ECON 3210 Economics of the Public Sector

A study of the economic principles that are most useful in analyzing the government’s role in the economy; the economic principles to be stressed are those that are particularly helpful in the microeconomic analysis of tax and expenditure policies. Sources of revenues, as well as expenditures for health, defense, education, social security, and welfare programs, are analyzed. Prerequisite(s): ECON 2010 AND ECON 2020
Credits: 3.0