Public Microeconomics (ECON0061)

Key information

Faculty: Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences
Teaching department: Economics
Credit value: 15

Restrictions: The MSc-level ECON0065 Microeconomics module is the firm pre-requisite
Timetable

Alternative credit options

There are no alternative credit options available for this module.

Description

Aims: To provide students with a thorough and up-to-date understanding of research in selected topics in public microeconomics.

Module Outline: Household welfare measurement: costs of children, within household decision making. Social welfare measurement: inequality and poverty. Issues in optimum tax design. Commodity taxation and consumer demand. Income taxation and labour supply. Public economics grounds for intervention: public goods and other market failures.

Suitable for: MSc Economics students, MSc Data Science & Public Policy (Economics route) students who are taking ECON0065

Prerequisites: ECON0065听

Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year

Intended teaching term: Term 2 听听听 Postgraduate (FHEQ Level 7)

Teaching and assessment

Mode of study: In person
Methods of assessment: 100% Exam
Mark scheme: Numeric Marks

Other information

Number of students on module in previous year: 10
Module leader: Professor Ian Preston
Who to contact for more information: economics.msc.admissions@ucl.ac.uk

Last updated

This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.

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Please note,听information in the catalogue is听subject to change as teaching and assessment arrangements for 2024/25 may need to be adjusted in line with the University's Feedback and Assessment principles and operating model.

Centrally managed exam durations will be provided on students' individual exam timetables. Arrangements for locally managed exams and in-class activity will be confirmed by the teaching department for the module.

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