SV-Public Fiannce

PUBLIC FINANCE TÀI CHÍNH CƠNG Assoc.Prof.Dr Nguyễn Thị Thùy Dương STUDENT EVALUATION • • • • Attendance and Homework: 10% Mid-term Test: 20% Presentation: 20% Final Examination: 50% BASIC TEXT AND REFERENCE • Basic text: Jonathan Gruber (2012), Public Finance and public policy, 3rd edition, Worth Publishers • Reference: - Harvey Rosen (2013), Public finance (The Mcgraw-Hills series in economic) - David N Hyman (2013), Public finance: A Contemporary Application of theory to policy LEARNING OBJECTIVES • Understand the role of the public sector in the economy by using microeconomic tools; • Understand public expenditure analysis and methods of financing government expenditures; • Study the underlying theory of welfare economics as well as the economic effects of public policy such as public sector pricing, expenditure and tax policies LEARNING OUTCOMES • Explain public finance principles and theories • Perform economic policy analysis by applying microeconomic principles and theories • Demonstrate effective communication skills THE FOUR QUESTIONS OF PUBLIC FINANCE When should the government intervene in the economy? How might the government intervene? What is the effect of those interventions on economic outcomes? Why governments choose to intervene in the way that they • The difference between public finance and state finance • The difference between public finance and corporate finance CONTENTS - CHAPTER 1: EXTERNALITIES AND PUBLIC GOODS - CHAPTER 2: BUDGET ANALYSIS - CHAPTER 3: THE THEORY OF TAXATION - CHAPTER 4: TAX INCIDENCE - CHAPTER 5: TAX SYSTEM THEORETICAL TOOLS OF PUBLIC FINANCE The set of tools designed to understand the mechanics behind economic decision making I - Constrained Utility Maximization II - Equilibrium and Social Welfare III - Quasi Experiments EMPIRICAL TOOLS OF PUBLIC FINANCE Empirical tools: The set of tools designed to analyze data and answer questions raised by theoretical analysis I - Time Series Analysis II - Quasi Experiments III - Cross-Sectional Regression Analysis IV - Structural Modeling