Sangam: A Confluence of Knowledge Streams

14.471 Public Economics I, Fall 2003

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dc.creator Poterba, James M.
dc.date 2003-12
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-04T06:12:07Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-04T06:12:07Z
dc.identifier 14.471-Fall2003
dc.identifier local: 14.471
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dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/45577
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dc.description Theory and evidence on government taxation policy. Topics include tax incidence; optimal tax theory; the effect of taxation on labor supply and savings; corrective taxes for externalities; taxation and corporate behavior; and tax expenditure policy. From the course home page: Course Description This course is a one-semester introduction to the economic analysis of taxation. It covers both theoretical contributions, such as the theory of optimal income and commodity taxation, as well as empirical work, such as the study of how taxes affect labor supply. The course is designed to acquaint students with key questions in the economics of taxation, and to equip them to carry out their own research in this field.
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dc.subject wealth
dc.subject financial policy
dc.subject income
dc.subject investment
dc.subject asset
dc.subject political economy
dc.subject capital
dc.subject public policy
dc.subject evidence
dc.subject government taxation policy
dc.subject tax incidence
dc.subject optimal tax theory
dc.subject labor supply
dc.subject savings
dc.subject corrective taxes for externalities
dc.subject corporate behavior
dc.subject tax expenditure policy
dc.subject economic analysis
dc.subject theory of optimal income
dc.subject commodity taxation
dc.subject calculus-based microeconomic analysis
dc.subject duality methods
dc.subject household theory
dc.subject firm theory
dc.subject growth theory
dc.subject Finance, Public
dc.subject Taxation
dc.title 14.471 Public Economics I, Fall 2003
dc.title Public Economics I
dc.coverage Fall 2003


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