ECON 523 Graduate Public Finance I
Semester
Fall
Offered
2018
This is the second quarter of the graduate public finance sequence.
Class Materials
Class materials
ECON 523 Graduate Public Finance I
Lecture 1: PF Overview - Equity, Efficiency, and Fiscal Policy
Connecting Theory and Empirics - Skill Biased Technological Change Example
Connecting Theory and Empirics - Gravity Example from Treb Allen
Lecture 2: Incidence Example - Cabral, Geruso, Mahoney (AER, 2018)
Background for lecture 2: Amy Finkelstein Slides on Adverse Selection
Lecture 3: Overview of Spatial Public Finance and Rosen-Roback Model
Problem Set 1: Due 11/13/18
Lecture 4: Place-based policies (theory + recent JMP by Piyapromdee)
Here is an excellent book on discrete choice.
Lecture 5: Placed-based policies: Evidence
Lecture 6: Local PF - Tiebout, Sorting, and Fiscal Federalism
Lecture 7: Capital Taxation - Overview, Facts, and the Harberger Model
We won't be able to cover as much as I'd like on this topic. I strongly encourage you to go through Stancheva's slides on capital taxation, as well as Alan Auerbach's notes on capital gains taxation (and, time permitting, his discussion of the Harberger model and his consideration of dynamics)
Lecture 9: Corporate Tax Incidence
Lecture 10: Investment and Corporate Financial Policy
Lecture 11: Innovation Policy
Lecture 12: Measuring Income and Wealth Inequality
See blackboard for part 12b