Università Roma Tre

Part I. Introduction to Economics and Public Economics

I.1 Consumers' and Firms' behaviour
I.2 Demand, Supply, and market equilibrium
I.3 Welfare Economics
I.4 Market failures
I.4 Social Justice and Equity

Part II. The Economics of Public Spending and Welfare Programs

II.1 Models of Public Spending and Welfare
II.2 Public spending on education
II.3 Public spending on health services
II.4 Pensions
II.5 Income redistribution and poverty

Part III. The Economics of Market and Environmental Regulation

III.1 Market regulation
III.2 Environmental regulation

Part IV. Economic Foundations of Fiscal Federalism

IV.1 Economic justifications of fiscal federalism
IV.2 The financing of sub-national governments

Part V. Fiscal Policy and Taxation in the European Context

V.1 Objective and tools of fiscal policy
V.2 Some economics of European Union construction and functioning
V.3 The harmonisation of national Value Added Tax systems

Reference textbooks

Rosen H.S., Gayer T. (2014), Public Finance. Tenth edition. McGraw-Hill
Ch. 1, 3, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 20

Cullis J., Jones P. (2009), Public Finance & Public Choice. Third edition. Oxford University Press
Ch. 12, sections 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7.1