Economics (ECON)
Department of Economics
Faculty of Public Affairs
ECON 3403 [0.5 credit]
Public Economics: Expenditures
The role and nature of the government sector in the economy, the theory of public goods, the equity and efficiency effects of public expenditures, voting rules and fiscal politics, techniques of public expenditure analysis, and intergovernmental fiscal relations.
Precludes additional credit for
ECON 3003 (no longer offered),
ECON 3408 (no longer offered),
ECON 4402 (no longer offered), and
ECON 4403.
Prerequisite:
ECON 1000 or
FYSM 1003.
Lectures three hours a week.