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PPOL 602 Economics for Public Policy (3 credits)

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Offered by: School of Public Policy (Faculty of Arts)

Administered by: Graduate Studies

Overview

PPOL : Policies governed by microeconomic considerations will be examined in government departments where issues such as labour market policy, economic development policy governing aid to developing countries, health policy, industrial organization and competition policy, and others will be relevant. Topics could include: market failure and public goods, public sector economics, theories of choice and individual demand, expected utility theory, moral hazard, risk and uncertainty.

Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2018-2019 academic year.

Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2018-2019 academic year.

  • Restriction: Students must be registered in the MPP program or have the permission of the program director and course instructor.

  • Students must be registered in the MPP program or have the permission of the program director and course instructor. Since incoming students are required to have a macroeconomics course, this course concentrates on microeconomic methods.

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