Foundations of Economic Policy

Lecture with Tutorial in WS 2009/2010

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Neumärker

Lecture

Tutorial

Sub-Tutorials

NBS: Monday 14 - 16h, room 1 Peterhof (Pedro Sarasqueta)
General: Tuesday 12 - 14h, room 3043 (Muzaffar Sapaev)

Start

Lecture: First Week of Semester
Tutorial: Second Week of Semester
Sub-Tutorials: Second Week of Semester

Target Group

Lecture and Tutorial for Integrated Master Programs (IMP): First-year course.

Credits

6 Credit Points.

Support

Stephan Wolf, Room 2436
Tel.: 203-2318
e-mail: stephan.wolf@vwl.uni-freiburg.de
Office hours: on appointment

Downloads for Lecture

• Outline
• Script Part I - III.2

Downloads for Tutorial

• Script Tutorial I
• Script Tutorial II
• Script Tutorial III
• Script Tutorial IV
• Script Tutorial V
• Script Tutorial VI
• Script Tutorial VII
• Script Tutorial Epilogue

Downloads for Sub-Tutorial

• Question Sheet 1 
• Question Sheet 2
• Question Sheet 3
• Question Sheet 4
• Question Sheet 5
• Question Sheet 6
• Question Sheet 7

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.