313472 (v.1) Public Economics 512
| Area: | School of Economics and Finance |
|---|---|
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 4.0 |
| Tuition Patterns: | The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline. |
| Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Prerequisite(s): |
307795 (v.2)
Economic Principles 515
or any previous version
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| Syllabus: | The topics to be covered in this unit will be chosen from: The economics roles of the state, public goods, externalities and other sources of market failure; theories of Government growth; expenditure programs, health, education, security, principles of taxation equity; neutrality and excess burden, tax shifting and incidence, types of taxation in Australia and other countries and their individual effects. Administrate and compliance costs; taxation policy, taxation reform, optimal taxation; taxation vs. user-pricing, pricing policies of public enterprises, the issues of privatisation and corporatisation; cost benefit analysis and the efficiency of Government expenditure and intergovernmental financial relations in Australia. The stabilisation role of Government (macro-economics) will not be covered in this unit. |
| Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details | The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline. |
| Field of Education: | 091901 Economics |
| Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Partially Online Internal | Area External | Central External | Fully Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | ||||
| 2012 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y |
Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
