Course teached as: B001223 - FINANZA PUBBLICA Second Cycle Degree in POLITICAL SCIENCES AND DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
The course focuses on the effect of taxes and subsidies on income distribution; the role of globalization on the countries’ revenue raising potential will also be discussed. On the second part, the link between budget procedures and budget outcomes will be analyzed in the framework of national and European budget process.
Among mandatory references:
Baldini M. Toso S. (2009), Diseguaglianza, povertà e politiche Pubbliche, Il mulino (detailed chapter on moodle)
Bosi P., Corso di Scienza delle Finanze, edizione 2015, capitoli 2 e 6
Chetty, Raj, Adam Looney, and Kory Kroft. 2009. “Salience and Taxation: Theory and Evidence." American Economic Review, 99(4): 1145{1177.
Condom J., J. R. Kling, e S. Mullainathan, , Policy and Choice: Public Finance Through the Lens of Behavioral Economics, Brooking Institution (capitoli da definire)
European Commission (2010), Public finance in EMU, chapter 3
European Commission (2012), Ageing report, Euroepan Economy 2/2012 (detailed chapter on moodle)
Hindriks J., Myles G. (2013), Intermediate Public Finance, The MIT Press, Second Edition (detailed chapter on moodle)
Panteghini P. M. La tassazione delle società, il Mulino terza edizione (2015) (pagrafi da definire)
two papers from a reading list
Learning Objectives
To provide students with the tools to design and to interpret tax policies. To provide students with the tools to understand the structure and the process of budget of public institutions.
Prerequisites
Microeconomics, Public finance (first level)
Teaching Methods
Lectures, seminars, student presentations
Further information
See e-learning web site (moodle) for programme details, handouts and articles
Type of Assessment
Written examination; midterm and final exams
Course program
The course focuses on selected issues of public finance under the main stream and the behavioural approach frameworks. In the first module, starting from an analysis of inequality and income distribution, the role of taxes as instruments to alter the current income distribution will be analyzed. A special reference will be devoted to the optimal taxation approach. In the second module, after an analysis of principle of international taxation and fiscal competition , the focus is on corporation tax. In the last module links among fiscal rules, budget processes and fiscal outcome will be discussed. A special focus will be devoted to the Italian budget process in the framework of European fiscal policy coordination.