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Presentation
Presentation
The discipline of public economics intend to analyse in terms positive and normative the finantial or non finantial activities of various entities of the public sector.
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Class from course
Class from course
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Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Bachelor | Semestral | 5
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Year | Nature | Language
Year | Nature | Language
3 | Mandatory | Português
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Code
Code
ULHT32-3502
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable
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Professional Internship
Professional Internship
Não
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Syllabus
Syllabus
1. Introduction. State intervention forms. Historical evolution of Public Finances.
2. Microeconomic fundamentals for the intervention of the State in economy.
2.1.The market efficiency.
2.2.The market failures.
2.3.The trade-off between efficiency and equity.
2.4.Public goods.
2.5.Externalities.
3.Public expenditures
3.1.Tendencies
3.2.Evaluation and efficiency
3.3. Cost- benefit analysis
4.Public recepts
5.1.Sources of financing
5.2.Efficiency and taxation
5.3.Equity
5.Public sector in Portugal
6.Budget of State
7.Susteinability of public finance
7.1.Public debt
7.2.Ricardian equivalence
7.3. arithmetics of deficits and debt
7.4.The dynamic sustainability of public debt.
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Objectives
Objectives
Assure the knowledge and capacity of understanding and aplication of the instruments of economics and fanance.
To know the concepts and economic models that explain the causes and consequences of the intervention of State.
Have the capacity to apply and interpret methods and instruments of theintervention of the State in the economy.
Give capacity to the students to identify the objects and methodologies of public intervention, in his different forms, as also evaluate the impacts in alocation of resources of tributation and public expenditure.
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Teaching methodologies and assessment
Teaching methodologies and assessment
Exposition of concepts and subsequent application to concrete cases. Use of real-life issues to stimulate critical thinking and propose innovative solutions to solve practical problems.
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References
References
- Paulo Trigo Pereira et al . Economia e Finanças Públicas, 5ª ed., Escolar Editora, Lisboa. 2016
- Stiglitz, Joseph. Economics of the Public Sector, W:W: Norton, 3ª ed., New York. 2000
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Office Hours
Office Hours
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Mobility
Mobility
No
