Fiscal Policy Instruments
Informacje ogólne
Kod przedmiotu: | 2400-SU2TS87 |
Kod Erasmus / ISCED: |
14.3
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Nazwa przedmiotu: | Fiscal Policy Instruments |
Jednostka: | Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych |
Grupy: | |
Punkty ECTS i inne: |
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Język prowadzenia: | angielski |
Rodzaj przedmiotu: | seminaria magisterskie |
Skrócony opis: |
The course aim is to prepare master`s dissertation: dissertation topic should be in the field of public finance. Upon the course completion student gains knowledge of modern public finance systems. Moreover, student is able to analyze and compare public finance systems in different countries. To complete the course, it is necessary to finish the thesis. |
Pełny opis: |
1. Public revenue (sources of public revenue, tax definition, tax classification, tax progressivity, tax incidence, optimal taxation theory) 2. Public expenditure (the Wagner law, different expenditure policies, public expenditures as an instrument for income redistribution) 3. The state budget (the state budget cycle, the state budget discipline, the state budget deficit) 4. Public debt (the reasons for public debt, the types of public debt, public debt management, the real cost of public debt) 5. Fiscal policy (the aims of fiscal policy, fiscal policy instruments, fiscal policy versus monetary policy) 6. Public finance system in Poland 7. Tax system in an international perspective (the history of tax systems before World War II, taxation in modern public finance systems, the north/south taxation mentality) 8. International public finance and globalization |
Literatura: |
Barr N., Economics of the Welfare State, Oxford University Press, 2004 Creedy J., Tax and Transfer Tensions, Designing Direct Tax Structures, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA, USA 2011 Musgrave R. A, Public Finance in a Democratic Society, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2000 Raghbendra J. Modern Public Economics, Routledge, London, New York 1998 Rosen H. S., Public Finance, IRWIN, Homewood, Boston 2002 Rosen H. S., Gayer T., Public Finance, McGraw-Hill, 2010 Stiglitz J., Economics of the Public Sector, W. W. Norton & Co Ltd., 2000 Tax Reform in Open Economies, International and Country Perspectives, red. Claus I., Gemmell N., Harding M., White D., Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA, USA 2010 |
Efekty uczenia się: |
Upon the course completion student gains knowledge of modern public finance systems. Student is able to analyze and compare public finance systems in different countries. Moreover, student knows how to write master`s thesis in the field of economics. KW01, KW02, KW03, KU01, KU02, KU03, KK01, KK02, KK03 |
Metody i kryteria oceniania: |
To complete the course, it is necessary to finish the master`s thesis. |
Właścicielem praw autorskich jest Uniwersytet Warszawski, Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych.