Applied Public Economics (2235.YR.014477.1)

General information

Type:	OPT	Curs:	2,3,4	Period:	S semester
ECTS Credits:	2 ECTS

Teaching Staff:

Group	Teacher	Department	Language
Year 2	Dirk Foremny	Sociedad, Política y Sostenibilidad	ENG

Group	Teacher	Department	Language
Year 3	Dirk Foremny	Sociedad, Política y Sostenibilidad	ENG

Group	Teacher	Department	Language
Year 4	Dirk Foremny	Sociedad, Política y Sostenibilidad	ENG

At the end of this class, students will be able to understand and use basic empirical tools to evaluate public policies. The main focus of the class is on tax policies, and other public sector interventions to redistribute income. Students learn how to derive empirical predictions from economic theory and how to take them to the data. Students will learn how to use basic methods to evaluate the causal impact of public tax and transfer policies.

The objective of this subject is to provide students with a conceptual framework to analyze taxation from a normative perspective, and to apply this framework to current tax policy and reform proposals. The class combines a brief discussion of normative theories of government intervention and redistribution with a policy orientated analysis of recent empirical studies. The class will deal with policy relevant questions, such as how individuals respond to incentives generated by the tax system, tax evasion and avoidance, mobility of high income tax payers, the role of tax havens, and how taxation can help to resolve inequality, among others.

1. Introduction

1.1. Taxation: How it Works and What it Means

1.2. Research Methods: From Theory to Empirics

2. Taxation in Theory and Practice

2.1. Income and Wealth around the Globe

2.2. Taxation and Efficiency

2.3. Taxation and Equity

2.4. Behavioral Responses to Taxation

3. Taxation in a Globalized World

3.1. Migration of the Rich

3.2. Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion

3.3. The Impact of Tax Havens

ASSESSMENT BREAKDOWN

1) Gruber, J. (2019). Public Finance and Public Policy, 6th Edition
2) The class syllabus will include several recent academic research papers which are related to current policy questions. These paper will be announced before the course starts.

Group	Teacher	Department
Year 2	Dirk Foremny	Sociedad, Política y Sostenibilidad

Group	Teacher	Department
Year 3	Dirk Foremny	Sociedad, Política y Sostenibilidad

Group	Teacher	Department
Year 4	Dirk Foremny	Sociedad, Política y Sostenibilidad