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講義概要／Course description

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2012/09/20 現在

科目基礎情報／Course information

開講元学部／Faculty	国際教養学部／FACULTY OF LIBERAL ARTS
開講元学科／Department
登録コード／Registration Code	AIBE3160
期間／Period	2012年度／Academic Year 　　春学期／SPRING
曜限／Period	月/Mon　3 , 木/Thu　3
科目名／Course title	PUBLIC ECONOMICS*／PUBLIC ECONOMICS
教員表示名	KONISHI Yoshifumi
主担当教員名／Instructor	小西　祥文／KONISHI YOSHIFUMI
単位数／Credits	4
更新日／Date of renewal	2012/03/04

講義概要情報／Course description 　　　[top]　[outline]　[bottom]

講義概要 ／Course description	What should the government do – when, how and why? Why should the government maintain fiscal balance, and how should it do so? Why should the government intervene in certain areas, but not in others? How should the government impose taxes? If the government is to raise taxes, is there an optimal way of doing it? Or more frankly, what should (or shouldn’t) we, as responsible and rational citizens, expect from the government? Public economics attempts to answer these questions from economists’ point of view, focusing primarily on microeconomic (rather than macroeconomics) aspects. The Japanese society is experiencing a variety of social and economic problems, ranging from a rising poverty rate (“貧困問題”), rising social security costs (“社会保障費の増大”), declining educational achievements (“教育問題”), budget deficits (“財政赤字”), climate change (“地球温暖化”), and declining economy and innovations (“経済の閉塞感”). Public economics can give us “analytical frameworks” to think about these important problems. In this course, we not only learn the theoretical and empirical tools of public finance and the theories of public expenditures and taxation, but also apply them into thinking about some of these real-world problems in Japan. We shall, however, focus on learning economic ways of evaluating public policies and programs for these problems rather than trying to come up with “panaceas” to them – for the latter, we would need a graduate-level course to be devoted entirely to each topic (at the very least).
他学部・他研究科受講可否 ／Other departments' students	可／Yes ※要覧記載の履修対象とする年次を確認すること。 Please make sure to confirm the student year listed in the bulletin.
評価基準・割合 ／Evaluation	出席状況／Attendance　（5.0％） 授業参加／Class participation　（5.0％） 春学期学期末試験（授業期間中）／Spring Semester final exam(in class)　（40.0％） 中間試験／Mid-term exam　（30.0％） 小テスト等／Quizzes.etc.　（20.0％）
テキスト／Textbook	自由記述／Free Text　：Public Finance and Public Policy by Jonathan Gruber
講義概要HP URL ／URL of syllabus or other information	https://sites.google.com/site/yoshienvecon/teaching

講義スケジュール／Schedule 　　　[top]　[outline]　[bottom]

授業計画／Class schedule

1.Introduction 2.Theoretical Tools of Public Economics 3.In-Class Workout I, Does TANF Decrease Labor Suppy? 4.Empirical Tools of Public Economics 5.In-Class Workout II, How Does DID Estimator Work? 6.Government Fiscal Balance – Why Should We Care? 7.Private and Public Solutions to Externalities 8.In-Class Workout III, How Does CAT Work? 9.Private and Public Provision of Public Goods 10.In-class Workout IV, Private or Public Police Officers? 11.Redistribution and Welfare Programs I 12.Redistribution and Welfare Programs I 13.Review Session 14.Midterm Exam 15.Redistribution and Welfare Programs II 16.Redistribution and Welfare Programs II 17.Social Insurance and Social Secutiry I 18.Social Insurance and Social Secutiry II 19.Principles of Taxation 20.Tax Incidence 21.In-Class Workout V, Minimum Wage & Tax Incidence 22.Optimal Taxation 23.In-Class Workout VI, Is Green Tax Reform A Good Idea? 24.Corporate Income Taxation 25.In-Class Workout VII, Policy Contest 2011: Prep 26.In-Class Workout VIII, Policy Contest 2011: Voting 27.Review Session 28.Final Exam