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The Course Descriptions catalog describes all undergraduate and graduate courses offered by Michigan State University. The searches below only return course versions Fall 2000 and forward. Please refer to the Archived Course Descriptions for additional information.

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EC 835 Public Expenditures

Description:
Allocative and distributional effects of public expenditure. Public goods and externalities. Selected topics in public expenditure analysis such as cost-benefit analysis, fiscal federalism, mechanism design, public choice, general equilibrium models.
Effective Dates:
FS92 - SS02

EC 835 Public Expenditures

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
EC 805 or EC 812A
Description:
Allocative and distributional effects of public expenditure. Public goods and externalities. Selected topics in public expenditure analysis such as cost-benefit analysis, fiscal federalism, mechanism design, public choice, general equilibrium models.
Effective Dates:
US02 - US06

EC 835 Public Expenditures

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
EC 812A
Description:
Allocative and distributional effects of public expenditure. Public goods and externalities. Selected topics in public expenditure analysis such as cost-benefit analysis, fiscal federalism, mechanism design, public choice, and general equilibrium models.
Effective Dates:
FS06 - US25

EC 835A Public Economics I

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 1.5   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:1.5
Prerequisite:
EC 812A and EC 812B
Restrictions:
Open to graduate students in the Department of Economics or approval of department.
Not open to students with credit in:
EC 835
Description:
Efficiency and equity issues around market failure and taxation.  Topics include public goods, externalities, public choice, and optimal tax theory Offered half of semester.
Effective Dates:
FS25 - Open