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14.471 Public Economics I

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Prereq: 14.04
Units: 4-0-8
Lecture: MW1-2.30 (E51-361) Recitation: F12 (E51-395)

Theory and evidence on government taxation policy. Topics include tax incidence; optimal tax theory; the effect of taxation on labor supply and savings; taxation and corporate behavior; and tax expenditure policy.
J. Poterba, I. Werning
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14.472 Public Economics II

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Prereq: 14.471
Units: 3-0-9

Focuses on government expenditures and policies designed to correct market failures and/or redistribute resources. Key topics include theoretical and empirical analysis of insurance market failures, the optimal design of social insurance programs, and the design of redistributive programs.
A. Finkelstein