Public Expenditures

2024/2025

Academic Year

ENG

Instruction in English

3

ECTS credits

Delivered at:

Department of Applied Economics

Course type:

Elective course

When:

1 year, 3 module

Instructors

Zasimova, Liudmila S.

Kolosnitsyna, Marina

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.