AØKK08340U Seminar: Public Economics

Volume 2015/2016
Education

M.Sc. of Economics

The seminar is primarily for students at the MSc of Economics

Content

This seminar invites students to analyze theoretical and empirical issues within public economics.

Students are encouraged to write papers in pairs. Examples of what papers may do include:

- a thorough review of related articles on a specific topic

- an independent extension of an existing theoretical model

- a replication and extension of the empirical analysis of a published article using the article’s dataset

- an independent empirical analysis using, for instance, data available through one’s work or publicly available data

- a policy paper on a relevant topic of economic policy

 

 

Learning Outcome

Possible topics:

- Labor supply and taxation

- Optimal income taxation

- Taxation of multinational firms

- Taxation and regulation of the financial sector

- Green taxes

- Optimal unemployment insurance

- Tax havens

- Inequality and the tax system

- Retirement and taxes / public transfers

- Tax competition

- Taxation and international migration

- Tax evasion

- Tagging

- Border trading

Literature

There will be a limited number of topics for which the teacher will provide a suitable dataset (more info later):

For relevant literature, please refer to the syllabus of the graduate course Tax Policy as well as top journals (American Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics etc.) and top field journals (American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Journal of Public Economics).

 

BSc of Economics and similar knowledge of microeconomics and econometrics at the level of the undergraduate program. It is recommended that students have followed the undergraduate course Public Finance and the graduate course Tax Policy,
Planning meeting in the beginning of the semester, writing seminar paper during the semester and presentation at the end of the semester. The teacher gives more information at Absalon close to the start of the semester.

Schedule (dates are preliminary):
The first group meeting takes place on 10 February at 10am (around 1hour). During this meeting there will be
• introduced some selected topics
• discussed the form of your papers
• discussed the form of your presentations / discussions at the end of the course


The second group meeting takes place on 9 March at 10am (around 2-3 hours). During this meeting you will give a short presentation of your project and receive feedback from the other students and the teacher.


The final group meetings take place on 12 and 13 May (full days). During these meetings, each of you will present your paper to the group and provide a discussion of at least one of the other papers.

Throughout the period, the teacher will have (a limited amount of) time available for individual meetings.
  • Category
  • Hours
  • Exam
  • 0,3
  • Project work
  • 186
  • Seminar
  • 20
  • Total
  • 206,3
Credit
7,5 ECTS
Type of assessment
Written assignment
A written seminar paper.
Included in the seminar is an oral presentation for the others participans at the seminar of app 20 minuts.
Exam registration requirements

Attendance on the seminar. The mandatory commitment paper and seminar paper have been handed in at deadline.

Aid

Al aids for the written seminarpaper.

For the oral presentation the slices for the presentation. The teather can specifiy what els is allowed.

Marking scale
7-point grading scale
Censorship form
External censorship
up to 20 % censorship at the seminarpaper
Exam period

Deadline commitment paper/outline of your paper: 1 March 2016

Deadline final paper: 4 of May 2016 at midnight.

Presentations: The final group meetings take place on 12 and 13 May 2016(full days).

For enrolled students more information about examination, exam/re-sit, rules etc. is available at the student intranet for Examination (English) and student intranet for Examination (KA-Danish).

Re-exam

Submission of a written assignment and an oral exam in which you may be examined in the presentations of the other students participating in the seminar during the enrolment period in question.

Criteria for exam assesment

The student must in a satisfactory way demonstrate that he/she has mastered the learning outcome of the course.