Online Courses Handbook 2003

3415 (v.6) Economics (Public) 312

Area:	School of Economics and Finance
Contact Hours:	3.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	8931 (v.4) Economics (Markets) 203 or any previous version
Topics to be covered in this unit 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 vs user charge.