THEORY OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND FISCAL POLICY

ECON 690

Topics in economic theory and policy.

ECON 741

Theoretical development of the functions of government in a mixed economy; welfare criteria for efficient government expenditures and taxation; nature of public goods and of redistribution activities of governments. Program budgeting and theoretical issues in cost-benefit analysis.

ECON 441

Analyzes the problems of the public sector in dealing with domestic issues of education, urban areas, welfare, natural resources, and the environment; provides students with opportunity to apply the tools of economic analysis that are pertinent to domestic public sector problems.

ECON 736

Theoretical, empirical, and institutional aspects of the use of monetary, fiscal, and income policies to affect inflation, unemployment, and other policy goals.

LAW 742

Federal income taxation; basic rules, theory and policy.