This course is an introduction to Publics Economics. The course is in two parts, the first one dealing with theory and concepts, and the second one being more applied.  Each part is divided in 5 lectures.

The thema of the first five lectures are developped below. Most of the class material is borrowed from the book of Joseph E. Stiglitz entitled ``Economics of the public sector'', w.w. Norton & company

Chapter 1 is devoted to introduce the concept of welfare, at an individual and at a collective level. It defines in particular Happiness, Utility, Pareto efficiency and Social Welfare function.

Chapter 2 summarize the ecomic theory of the State

Chapter 3 presents the panel of taxes in France, and more generally present for the french governement her expenditure and revenue

Chapter 4 compare the two concepts of Efficiency and Equity. It presents differents measures of inequalities

CHAPTERS

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welfareeconomy2022_chapter1(1).pdf

welfareeconomy2022_chapter2.pdf

welfareeconomy2022_chapter3.pdf

welfareeconomy2022_chapter4.pdf

TRAINING

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RESSOURCES

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