Economics 260: Download Problem Sets and Lecture Notes

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• Problem Set 1
• Problem Set 2
• Problem Set 3
• Problem Set 4
• Old Midterm Exam
• Practice Final Exam

National Accounts and the Public Sector

• Lecture Notes: National Accounts [A "Powerpoint Show" -- requires MS Powerpoint software]
• Lecture Notes: The Public Sector in the National Accounts

Comparative Public Finance

• Comparative Public Finance
• Comparative Public Finance: Internationally Common Features of Public Old-Age Pensions

Taxes and Behavior

• Taxes & Behavior: Theory
• The Logic of Collective Action
• Notes on the Behavioral Implications of Tax Distortions
• Conversion Factors
• Unpleasant Welfare Arithmetic
• The Affordable Care Act and Workers' Wages: What does Adam Smith Say?
• Floors and Ceilings Lottery demonstration (requires browser plugin)
• Rent Seeking
• Market Analysis

Tax Incidence

• Overview Demonstration (requires browser plugin)
• Tax Incidence with Imperfect Competition
• Over-Shifting in the Cigarette Industry
• The Principle of Comprehensive Cost, Applied to the Relation between Market Structure and Excise Tax Incidence
• Musgrave, Pechman incidence calculations

Optimal Taxes

• Optimal Taxation
• Derivation of Ramsey's Optimal Tax Formula
• Misallocations, Substitution Effects, and the Robustness of Activist Public Policy.
• Rules vs Discretion
• Taxation in Kind

Explaining Government Behavior

• Explaining Government Behavior: Overview
• Probability of a Decisive Vote
• Social Security, Voting, and Chain Letters (PPS)
• Nondemocracy (PPT)
• Deadweight Costs and the Size of Government