This course offers both theoretical foundations and the evaluation of government intervention in the economy. Theory will be illustrated with numerous examples from Europe and the USA..
The following topics will be dealt with:
- Public goods - Political economy - Cost-benefit-analysis - The federal budget in Belgium - Income redistribution - Taxation - Deficit-financing - Multilevel government public finance
Rosen, H.& T. Gayer, Public Finance, 10th global edition, Boston, McGraw-Hill,2014. Sale price: US$ 70
prof. dr. Jacques Vanneste jacques.vanneste@uantwerpen.be