Topics in Public Economics

The course will consist of three topics: The Economics of the Organization of the Public Sector -- Incentive aspects of internal organization and privatization; The Organization of Health Care; and Public Pensions and Public Choice.

I will, together with Eric Rehn, teach the topic "The Economics of the Organization of the Public Sector -- Incentive aspects of internal organization and privatization."

The course will consist of a number of lectures seminars. It will run during the first half of the semester and it will be taught in English.

Look here for a description of the topic.

Articles are available on the web or -- in cases where Lund University does not have web access -- at the library.

Due to time constraints, the material on non-profits was covered only in passing; the implication in terms of readings is that the Glaeser-Shleifer paper is to be treated as optional.

Some ideas for writing a paper on this topic can be found here.

Course requirements

The examination consists of two parts, a written exam and a short paper (written individually) combined with a presentation of the paper.

	Each student should write their paper on one of the topics. Students will be allocated to topics based on (in order of precedence): student preferences; random assignment. The paper is to be presented and discussed in a seminar.
	Total points are max 100, max 75 on the written exam and max 25 on the paper. For Pass 50 points are required, for High pass 75.

Supplementary course material

Miscellaneous

For those who know Swedish the following booklet by me might be of interest.

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