Spring 2027

Theory of Public Finance and Fiscal Policy

Theory of Public Finance and Fiscal Policy covers tax incidence, microeconomic tax effects, macroeconomic stabilization, growth, debt management, and international taxation.

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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Jesse Gregory3.7/5Martin Oconnell

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.90 GPA, 90.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades).

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ECON 742

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.90 GPA, 90.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

JESSE GREGORY is recorded teaching in Spring 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MARTIN O'CONNELL is recorded teaching in Spring 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.90 GPA, 90.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Tax incidence and expenditure benefits on relative incomes
  • Microeconomic effects of taxation on work effort, investment, and consumption
  • Stabilization, growth, and debt management policies in the macroeconomic context
  • International taxation problems

Skills

  • Analyze tax incidence, microeconomic effects of taxation, macroeconomic fiscal policies, and international taxation issues.

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ECON 742 · Spring 2027

Theory of Public Finance and Fiscal Policy

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Recorded 2026-10-14

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