3415 (v.7) Economics (Public) 312


Area:

School of Economics and Finance

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

1234 (v.4) Economics 100 or any previous version
 

Syllabus:

Topics to be covered will be chosen from economic roles of the state. Public goods, externalities and other sources of market failure, club goods. Public choice theory, voting theory and bureaucracy theory. Principles of taxation equity. Neutrality and excess burden. Tax shifting and incidence. Types of taxation in Australia and their individual effects. Direct and indirect taxes. Taxation reform, optimal taxation, taxation policy. General equilibrium tax incidence. Taxation versus user charge.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

91901 Economics

HECS Band (if applicable):

2

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Informational

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External
2004 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y   Y
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area