Foundations of Economic Policy

Lecture with Tutorial in WS 2007/2008

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Neumärker

Lecture

Tutorial

Start

Lecture: Second Week of Semester
Tutorial: Third Week of Semester

Target Group

Lecture and Tutorial for Integrated Master Programs (IMP): First-year course.
Grundstudium / Grundzüge der VWL (Vorlesung mit Übung).
Hörer anderer Fakultäten.

Credits

IMP-Students:  6 Credit Points.
Diploma-Students: Examination requirement (3. Teilleistung) for "Vordiplom".
Other Students: 6 Credit Points equivalent (exam including tutorial).

Support

Benedikt Fritz, Room 2430
Tel.: 203-2318
e-mail: benedikt.fritz@vwl.uni-freiburg.de
Office hours: on appointment

Downloads for Lecture

• Outline. 
• Script Part I - III.2.

Downloads for Tutorial

• Script Chapter I. 
• Script Chapter II. 
• Script Chapter III.
• Script Chapter IV (completed version, except IV.6).
• Script Chapter V (completed version).
• Script Chapter VI (completed version).
  • Skript Kapitel VI, deutsche Version aus SoSe 2005.
• Script Chapter VII (completed version).
• Script Epilogue (completed version).

Downloads for Sub-Tutorial (IMP)

• Questions Part 1 - 4.

  • Answers Part 1 - 4.

• Toolbox Conflict Economics.
• Questions Part 5 - 6.
  • Answers Part 5 - 6.
• Answer Question 19.
• Selected questions/answers from former exams.

Short Outline and Introductory References

Outline:

1. Introduction
2. Basic Issues and Tools
3. Market Allocation
4. Collective Allocation
5. Economic Policy and Democratic Processes

References:

• Acocella, N.: The Foundations of Economic Policy, Cambridge 1997.
• Buchanan, J.M.: The Constitution of Economic Policy, in: American Economic Review 77 (1987), 243-250.
• Cullis, J.; Jones, P.: Public Finance and Public Choice, 2. Ed., Oxford et al. 1998.
• Dixit, A.K.: The Making of Economic Policy, Cambridge/Mass. 1996.
• Hirshleifer J.; Glazer, A.; Hirshleifer D.: Price Theory and Applications, 7. Ed., Cambridge et al. 2005.
• Mueller, D.C.: Public Choice III, Cambridge 2003.

Hinweis: Seit SoSe 2005 werden die Grundlagen der Wirtschaftspolitik alternierend im Wintersemester in englischer, im Sommersemester in deutscher Sprache gelesen.