ECO 450 Public Finance

Week 1

DQ 1, The Basics

DQ 2, Government Expenditures

Week 2

DQ 1, Markets and Efficiency

DQ 2, Externalities

Quiz 1 Chapter 1

Week 3

DQ 1, Public versus Private Goods

DQ 2, The Political Process

Quiz 2 Chapter 2 and 3

Week 4

Assignment 1, Social Security Insolvency

DQ 1, Cost Benefit Analysis

DQ 2, Government Assistance Programs

Quiz 3 Chapter 4 and 5

Week 5

DQ 1, Retirement and the Social Security System

DQ 2, The U.S. Health Care Dilemma

Midterm Exam

Week 6

DQ 1, Taxation and Government Finance

DQ 2, Evaluating Alternative Methods to Finance Government

Quiz 4 Chapter 8 and 9

Week 7

DQ 1, Taxation and Income

DQ 2, The National Debt

Quiz 5 Chapter 10

Week 8

Assignment 2, The Value Added Tax Is It Good for the United States

DQ 1, The U.S.Tax System

DQ 2, Personal Income Tax

Quiz 6 Chapter 11 and 12

Week 9

DQ 1 Corporate Income Tax

DQ 2 Taxation on Consumption and Sales

Quiz 7 Chapter 13 and 14

Week 10

DQ 1, Wealth and Taxation

DQ 2, Government Finance

Quiz 8 Chapter 15 and 16

Week 11

DQ 1, Government Policies on Health Care and Taxation

DQ 2, Public Finance and You

Final Exam Part 1

Final Exam Part 2