为了进一步提升博士生的科研能力，财政税务学院将陆续邀请国内外的学者为博士生和硕博连读生系统讲授公共政策的研究方法及其应用，欢迎大家一起参与！

Public Finance and Public Policy

课程概况：

本课程主要研究公共部门在经济中的作用，包括外部性、公共产品、地方公共服务供给及需求、财产税、教育政策及经济发展政策。本课程旨在帮助学生理解现有政策并开展相关研究，课程面向公共财政与政策研究的博士生。

主讲人：

Pengju Zhang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Rutgers University, Newark.

课程时间：

2018年6月5日—6月14日

课程资料：

The primary course materials are journal articles. Most of the required readings are recent examples of high-quality empirical research in public finance and policy analysis. Students are encouraged to look at the Journal of Public Economics, National Tax Journal, Public Finance Review, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, and Public Budgeting and Finance to find other articles on topics they wish to pursue.

While the course does not follow any particular textbook, some basic lecture material is taken from the textbookPublic Finance and Public Policy by Jonathan Gruber.

课程安排：

2018.6.5   Introduction to the Course

2018.6.6   Externalities  

2018.6.7   Public Goods  

2018.6.8   The Supply of Local Public Services: Production Function &

Cost Function & Their Application in Empirical Studies

2018.6.11  The Demand for Local Public Services: Median Voter Model & Public Service Capitalization Studies  

2018.6.12  Public Revenue: Property Tax Administration and Incidence

2018.6.13  Public Expenditure: Education Policy

2018.6.14  Public Expenditure: Economic Development Policy: Impact of Tax Rate                    

授课地点：

学院南路校区主教111

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