Foundations of Economic Policy
Lecture with Tutorial in WS 2007/2008
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Neumärker
Lecture
Time: | Wednesday 10 - 12h |
Place: | Room 3042, KG III |
Tutorial
Time: | Thursday 12 - 14h |
Place: | Room 1098, KG I |
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)
- Toolbox Conflict Economics.
- Questions Part 5 - 6.
- Answer Question 19.
- Selected questions/answers from former exams.
Short Outline and Introductory References
Outline:
- Introduction
- Basic Issues and Tools
- Market Allocation
- Collective Allocation
- 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.