wir300 - Public Finance (Complete module description)

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Students
• understand government action and its analysis using methods from public finance,
• have basic knowledge in public finance, and can put questions of public finance in the context of scientific discussions
• describe the operations of markets and government intervention,
• apply methods from public finance to the analysis and evaluation of fiscal policies - alone and in small groups - and question them critically;
• can present their results in the form of written contributions and oral presentations, and can defend them in the scientific debate.

The lecture part addresses the topics:

• normative theory of government activity,
• positive theory of government activity,
• sustainability of public debt,
• public revenues,
• the welfare state,
• demographic change and sustainability of pension systems.

The seminar deals with topical issues in public finance.

Wigger, B. (2006), Grundzüge der Finanzwissenschaft, Springer, Berlin.
Blankart, C. B. (2011), Öffentliche Finanzen in der Demokratie, Vahlen; München.
Rosen, H. S. & T. Gayer (2010); Public Finance. Mcgraw-Hill Higher Education.

The module consists of a lecture and a seminar on a topical issue in public finance.

seminar paper, presentation and discussion: end of semester
voluntary short mid term test that improve grades by 0.7 may be undertaken

Submission of seminar paper, presentation and discussion towards the end of the lecture period. Bonus: short mid-term examination, by which a maximum grade improvement of 0.7 points can be achieved.