| Detailed information | 
                                        
                      | Pre-requisites | (*)Fach  Einführung in die Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Fach  Einführung in die Volkswirtschaftslehre und Fach  Kernkompetenzen I aus Volkswirtschaftslehre | 
   
                                
                    
                      | Original study plan | Bachelor's programme Business and Economics 2021W | 
                      
                    
                      | Objectives | Students will be able to apply microeconomic methods to evaluate the effects of public revenue and spending programmes on economic efficiency and distribution. | 
                      
                    
                      | Subject | The course provides an analysis of the effects of activities of the public sector on economic efficiency and redistribution. It consists of two parts: the first part on public spending covers, for example, the method of cost-benefit analysis and social security; the second part on public revenue covers, for example, the economic effects of the taxation of consumption, labor income, and capital income. | 
                                                            
                    
                      | Criteria for evaluation | Exam and participation in class. | 
                       
                    
                                     
                    
                      | Language | German | 
                      
                    
                      | Study material | Hindriks and Myles (2013), Intermediate Public Economics, 2nd edition, MIT Press. Stiglitz (2015), Economics of the Public Sector, 4th edition, Norton.
 Slides of the course 'Steuern und Staatsausgaben'.
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                      | Changing subject? | No | 
                                        
                      | Corresponding lecture | (*)572KPEHOSPK20: KS Ökonomie der Sozialpolitik (3 ECTS) | 
    
                                        
                      | Earlier variants | They also cover the requirements of the curriculum (from - to) 2AECOFFI: IK Public Economics (2009W-2015S)
 
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