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The text for this course is:

Gruber, Jonathan. Public Finance and Public Policy. New York, NY: Worth Publishers, 2005. ISBN: 0716786559.

Readings table.
LEC #	TOPICS	READINGS
1	Why Study Public Finance?	Gruber, Chapter 1
2	Externalities in Theory and Practice	Gruber, Chapters 5-6
3	Public Goods in Theory and Practice: Basic Theory, Optimality and Pricing	Gruber, Chapter 7
4	Public Goods in Theory and Practice: Cost/Benefit Analysis	Gruber, Chapter 8
5	Public Goods in Theory and Practice: Political Economy	Gruber, Chapter 9
6	Public Goods in Theory and Practice: Local Public Goods and Fiscal Federalism	Gruber, Chapter 10
7	Public Goods in Theory and Practice: Public Provision of Private Goods: Education	Gruber, Chapter 11
8	Social Insurance and Redistribution: Overview	Gruber, Chapter 12
9	Social Insurance and Redistribution: Social Security	Gruber, Chapter 13
10	Social Insurance and Redistribution: Unemployment Insurance, Disability Insurance and Workers' Compensation	Gruber, Chapter 14
11	Social Insurance and Redistribution: Health Insurance	Gruber, Chapters 15-16
12	Social Insurance and Redistribution: Redistribution and Welfare Policy	Gruber, Chapter 17
13	The Institutions and Theory of Taxation	Gruber, Chapters 18-20
14	Taxation and Individual Behavior: Taxation and Labor Supply	Gruber, Chapter 21
15	Taxation and Individual Behavior: Taxation and Savings	Gruber, Chapter 22
16	Taxation and Individual Behavior: Taxation, Risk Taking and Wealth	Gruber, Chapter 23
17	Corporate Taxation	Gruber, Chapter 24
18	Tax Reform	Gruber, Chapter 25