Public Finance &
Public Policy

Jonathon Gruber - MIT

1. Why Study Public Finance?

2. Externalities in Theory

3. Externalities in Theory & Practice I

4. Externalities in Theory & Practice II

5. Public Goods Theory, Optimality & Pricing

6. Cost / Benefit Analysis

7. Political Economy

8. Local Public Goods & Fiscal Federalism

9. Public Provision of Private Goods: Education

10. Social Insurance Theory

11. Social Security

12. Other Social Insurance Programmes

13. Health Care I

14. Health Care II

15. Health Care III

16. Redistribution & Welfare Policy

17. Redistribution & Welfare, Taxation

18. Overview of Taxation & Tax Base, Tax Incidence

19. Tax Incidence & Tax Efficiency

20. Taxation & Labour Supply

21. Taxation & Savings

22. Wealth Taxation

23. Corporate Taxation

24. Corporate Taxation & Tax Reforms