2018-2019 / ECON2278-1

Economy of public finances

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

 Master in management (60 ECTS)4 crédits 

Lecturer

Bernard Jurion

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This course is teached in Sofia (Bulgaria) for students selected by IFAG (Institut de la Francophonie pour l'Administration et la Gestion).
The first part of the course presents the elementary topics of the macroeconomic theory: investment, determination of national income, the multiplier, unemployment and inflation, fiscal and budgetary policies.
The course treats then the main topics of handbooks in Public Finance: aims of the public sector; market failure (public goods, externalities, congestion costs, ...); public choice;public finance and macroeconomic policy; fiscal federalism: decentralization and internationalization of public finance; public firm; cost-benefit analysis; tax analysis (equity and efficiency: optimal sales tax and optimal income tax; tax expenditures; taxes and inflation; tax policy and environment; tax policy and family; selective sales tax; ...).

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The student must be able to: - understand, explain and analyse in a critical perspective the policies of public finance; - have a share in the discussions on the internationalization of budgetary and tax policies.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Ex cathedra presentations. Two written tests, during the course, with exemptions.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Face-to-face. The course is organized in seven or eight days following a schedule fixed by IFAG.

Recommended or required readings

Written notes are distributed to the students.

Assessment methods and criteria

Written exam following the terms and conditions fixed by IFAG.
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Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Professor: B. JURION, Building B31, Room 1/55 - Phone: 04/366.30.47, e-mail: b.jurion@ulg.ac.be
Teaching assistant: J.DENOMERENGE, Building B31, Room 1/57 - Phone: 04/366.30.42, e-mail: jdenomerenge@ulg.ac.be