11.04.2014 Views

Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

Government Intervention in the Economy<br />

Organzing framework: “When is government intervention necessary in<br />

a market economy?”<br />

Market first, govt. second approach<br />

Why? Private market outcome is effi cient under broad set of conditions<br />

(1st Welfare Thm)<br />

Course can be split into two parts:<br />

1 How can govt. improve effi ciency when private market is ineffi cient?<br />

2 What can govt. do if private market outcome is undesirable due to<br />

redistributional concerns?<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> () <strong>Part</strong> 1: <strong>Introduction</strong> 15 / 28

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!