PAM 6970 - Empirical Public Finance and Taxation

(crosslisted)
(also ECON 6970)

Spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

Enrollment is limited to: juniors, seniors, or graduate students.

M. Lovenheim.

The principal objective of this course is to explore empirical evidence on the role of government intervention in the economy. The focus of the course will be on reading important papers and learning techniques that will allow you to produce original research in public economics and to analyze critically existing research in the field.