PUBLIC SECTOR ECONOMICS I AND II. YEAR 2017-18
CONTENT 1st-2nd SEMESTER


TEACHERS:
AMADEO FUENMAYOR and MARÍA ÁNGELES TORTOSA

 PART I


UNIT 1, 2 and 3:

Links to public budgets:
European Union Budget


UNIT 4: Public sector failures. Politicians, citizens and civil servants

*MATERIALS for practical classes:
Pressure groups:    List of Australian Pressure Groups  Age concern  Anmesty International  International transparency  
Data: 
Spanish Political Barometer and CIS  European Social Survey Education Net 
Recommended articles: Theory of rational ignorance  Economics of Bureaucracy   Political action Downs


READINGS:

Sandel, M. What money can't buy. London: Pinguin Books, 2012.

Cohen, D. Homo economicus. The lost prophet of modern times. Wiley. 2014
Akerlof, G.A. NAD sHILLER, r.j. Phishing for phools: The economics of manipulation and deception. Princeton University Press, 2015


LINKS: The New York Times Politics page  Krugman's Web  The Economist -world politics  Project Syndicate     J. Kwak and Jonhson, S. Blog in Economics, Law and Public policy  Revista española de ciencia política  The Global Policy Journal 
Instituto Nacional de Administración Pública
Center for research on direct democracy-Zurich  Harvard Kennedy School 
EU transparency register 

VIDEOS AND MOVIES:

Video Morin, e. and "The way" 
Video C. Felber about Commom Welfare Economy
M. Sandel and the lost art of democratic debate 
MOVIE: Lincoln     Invictus    La Dama de Hierro    Yes-minister, TV serie    The Ides of March' 



UNIT 5: Public economic evaluation and regulation

*MATERIALS for practical classes:

READINGS: STIGLITZ, J. Freefall: America, free markets, and the sinking of the world economy. New York : W. W. Norton & Co., 2010. Chapter 7.
LINKS:  The happy planet index  Action for happiness  Professor Layard, R.  Web page of Professor Skidelsky, R.



UNIT 6: Pensions systems


*MATERIALS for practical classes:  DEMOS HELSINKI THINK TANK AND BASIC INCOME EXPERIMENT 
LINKS:  Basic income  Envejecimiento en red-CSIC-IMSERSO
 
N. Barr web page  Blog Julio Pérez Díaz- Ageing of population 
Esther Duflo  y Poor economics

PART II
: Public revenues - Taxes


Blogs about taxation:   Mankiw's Blog  Blog RES pública
LINKS:
Gruber Public Finance Handbook 
OCDE and taxes 
Fiscal Foro. IEB (Institut Economia Barcelona)
Gestha
Instituto de Estudios Fiscales en España

Journals about taxation:
Public economics electronic journals  Fiscal Studies Journal


Statistics: Agencia Estatal Tributaria 

Optimal taxation:
 

LINKS MIRRLEES REPORT:   Institute for Fiscal Studies in UK   Mirrlees report- Vol 1  Mirrless report- Vol 2 
  Mirrlees Report -Journal of Fiscal Studies   Seminar in Fundación Areces about Mirrlees report 

LINKS SPANISH TAX REFOR:   Spanish Tax Reform Report 2014  FEDEA y reforma fiscal