Public Economics (MSc)
This is an advanced master's course I taught at the University of Bonn.
Syllabus
Teaching evaluations:
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2019 (average lecturer rating 1.2, where 1 is best and 5 is worst; 35 students responded)
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2020 (93% of students satisfied overall; 40 students responded)
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2021 (100% of students satisfied overall; 35 students responded)
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2022 (average lecturer rating 1.1, where 1 is best and 5 is worst; 56 students responded)
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2023 (average lecturer rating 1.1, where 1 is best and 5 is worst; 24 students responded)
Lectures:
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Lecture 1: Introduction
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Lecture 2: Baseline General Equilibrium Model
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Lecture 3: Distortionary commodity taxation
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Lecture 4: Inequality in the data
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Lecture 5: Optimal linear taxation
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Lecture 6: Equity-efficiency trade-off
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Lecture 7: Optimal non-linear taxation
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Lecture 8: Political economy
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Lecture 9: Social security
Problem sets (email me for solutions):
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PS1: Social Planner's problem and Competitive equilibrium
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PS2: Distortionary commodity taxation
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PS3: Inequality in the SCF
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PS4: Redistributive effects of taxes and transfers in the PSID
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PS5: Estimating labor supply elasticities of married couples using CPS
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(Old PS5: Redistributive effects of taxes and transfers in the PSID with TAXSIM)
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PS6: Optimal linear taxation
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PS7: Equity-efficiency trade-off
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PS8: Optimal non-linear taxation
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PS9: Political economy