ES22028: Public finance
[Page last updated: 03 June 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Economics |
| Credits: | 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 200 |
| Level: | Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
| Period: |
- Semester 1
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| Assessment Summary: | EXOB 100% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Unseen Examination (EXOB 100%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
Before taking this module you must ( take ES12001 AND take ES12002 )
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| Learning Outcomes: |
- Outline core concepts and principles within public finance theory.
- Explain how core concepts and principles in public finance relate to tax policy.
- Employ economic modelling and empirical analysis tools to public finance problems.
- Familiarise with main trends and practical aspects of public finance in the UK and the world.
- Critically assess tax policy debates.
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| Synopsis: | "Study tax instruments and their impact on the wider economy, and the theoretical, practical, and institutional aspects of taxation.
You will start by learning about the principles of tax policy and welfare costs of taxation and build towards the wider topic of optimal tax policy.
You will also explore relevant topics such as:
- tax avoidance and evasion
- public debt and its sustainability
- government student loan repayments
- decentralised methods for generating public revenue"
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| Content: | Empirical overview of public finances
Principles of tax policy
Welfare costs of taxation
Optimal tax policy
Public debt and its sustainability
Specialized topics: tax avoidance and evasion, crowdfunding, government student loan systems
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| Course availability: |
ES22028 is Optional on the following courses:
Department of Economics
- UHES-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Economics (Year 2)
- UHES-AFB12 : BSc(Hons) Economics and Mathematics (Year 2)
- UHES-AKB12 : BSc(Hons) Economics and Mathematics with professional placement (Year 2)
- UHES-AKB12 : BSc(Hons) Economics and Mathematics with professional placement and study abroad (Year 2)
- UHES-AKB12 : BSc(Hons) Economics and Mathematics with study abroad (Year 2)
- UHES-AFB11 : BSc(Hons) Economics with Politics (Year 2)
- UHES-AKB11 : BSc(Hons) Economics with Politics with professional placement (Year 2)
- UHES-AKB11 : BSc(Hons) Economics with Politics with professional placement and study abroad (Year 2)
- UHES-AKB11 : BSc(Hons) Economics with Politics with study abroad (Year 2)
- UHES-AKB10 : BSc(Hons) Economics with professional placement (Year 2)
- UHES-AKB10 : BSc(Hons) Economics with professional placement and study abroad (Year 2)
- UHES-AKB10 : BSc(Hons) Economics with study abroad (Year 2)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2024/25 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2025/26 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2024/25.
- Courses and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
- Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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