Public Economics: Designing Government Policy
ECON 1410
Subject & Catalog Number
Jointly Offered with:
Harvard Kennedy School as SUP 125
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Description
This course analyzes what role the government plays and should play in a market economy, with a focus on the United States and on tax and budgetary issues. It covers the central theoretical concepts and empirical methods in public economics and applies them to ongoing policy debates.
Course Notes
Offered jointly with Kennedy School as SUP-125.
Recommended Prep
Familiarity with intermediate microeconomics, multivariate calculus, and econometrics (at the level of economics 1123 or 1126) is recommended.
School
Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Credits
4
Cross Reg
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
Department
Economics
Course Component
Lecture
NOTE: This course requires additional sections; you will be prompted to choose secondary components during the Add to Cart process
General Education
N/A
Quantitative Reasoning with Data
N/A
Divisional Distribution
Social Sciences
Course Level
For Undergraduate and Graduate Students
