Master
2024/2025
Public Expenditures
Type:
Elective course (Economics and Economic Policy)
Area of studies:
Economics
Delivered by:
Department of Applied Economics
Where:
Faculty of Economic Sciences
When:
1 year, 3 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Master’s programme:
Economics and Economic policy
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
40
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This course deals with the expenditure side of the public sector. It discusses economic rationales for government spending programmes, how government can intervene to correct market failures, equity-efficiency trade-offs, and limitations of public expenditure programmes. It combines analysis of economic models, empirical evidence, and case studies. A large part of the course focuses on government expenditures analysis in particular fields, such as health care, public pensions, employment programmes, education, and social welfare programmes.