ECON 7115 - Public Economics IV
North Terrace Campus - Semester 1 - 2019
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General Course Information
Course Details
Course Code ECON 7115 Course Public Economics IV Coordinating Unit Economics Term Semester 1 Level Postgraduate Coursework Location/s North Terrace Campus Units 3 Contact Up to 4 hours per week Available for Study Abroad and Exchange Y Assumed Knowledge ECON 7032 or ECON 7025 or ECON 7121 Restrictions Available to MAppEc & MAdvEc students only Assessment Typically, assignments & final exam Course Staff
Course Coordinator: Associate Professor Mandar Oak
First half: Associate Prof Mandar Oak
Second half: Prof. Gareth MylesCourse Timetable
The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from Course Planner.
Tuesday: 09.00am to 11.00am Engineering & Math EM213 Engineering Seminar Room 2
Thursday: 16.00 to 18:00 Engineering Sth S112 -
Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Recognize and apply advance tools and models used in the field of Public Economics.
- Modify, and suitably apply models used in public economics in their own research.
- Formulate a perspective on how public policies are formulated and how they differ from the prescribed standards of normative public economics.
- Discuss and critique academic articles and policy papers based on academic articles in a group setting.
University Graduate Attributes
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:
University Graduate Attribute Course Learning Outcome(s) Deep discipline knowledge
- informed and infused by cutting edge research, scaffolded throughout their program of studies
- acquired from personal interaction with research active educators, from year 1
- accredited or validated against national or international standards (for relevant programs)
1 Critical thinking and problem solving
- steeped in research methods and rigor
- based on empirical evidence and the scientific approach to knowledge development
- demonstrated through appropriate and relevant assessment
2,3 Teamwork and communication skills
- developed from, with, and via the SGDE
- honed through assessment and practice throughout the program of studies
- encouraged and valued in all aspects of learning
4 Career and leadership readiness
- technology savvy
- professional and, where relevant, fully accredited
- forward thinking and well informed
- tested and validated by work based experiences
3,4 Self-awareness and emotional intelligence
- a capacity for self-reflection and a willingness to engage in self-appraisal
- open to objective and constructive feedback from supervisors and peers
- able to negotiate difficult social situations, defuse conflict and engage positively in purposeful debate
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Learning Resources
Required Resources
The required textbook, if any, will be announced in MyUni and via email. Any academic articles to be covered will also be announced in MyUni.Recommended Resources
You could buy the following recommended books or borrow them from the library.
• Public Economics, Gareth D.Myles, Cambridge University Press
• The Theory of Externalities, Public Goods and Club Goods, Richard Cornes and Todd Sandler, Cambridge University Press
• Lectures on Public Economics, Anthony Atkinson and Joseph E. Stiglitz, McGraw-Hill BookCo.
• Public Goods, Theories and Evidence. Batina and Ihori. Springer-Verlag (available as online text through Adelaide Uni library)Online Learning
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Learning & Teaching Activities
Learning & Teaching Modes
The course will be delivered in the standard lecture-mode. Students are expected to actively participate in the lectures, which includes doing the requisite reading, answering questions and participating in the conversations. Some lectures will be offered in a tutorial model in which we will use the problem-solving approach to underscore the concepts covered in the lectures.Workload
The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.
Typical weekly workload for the course is 12 hours per week, distributed as follows: 4 hours for the lectures/tutorials, 4 hours for requisite revisions/required readings, 4 hours for problem solving and critical thinking about research questions.Learning Activities Summary
Teaching & Learning Activities Related Learning Outcomes Lectures 1,2 Seminars 1 - 4
Lecture Schedule
The first 6 weeks of the course will cover topics such as:
Electoral Politics , Interest Group Politics, Legislative Politics
The topics to be covered in week 7-12 include:
Public Goods (efficiency, private provision, lindahl pricing, pivotal mechanisms etc) and externalities.Small Group Discovery Experience
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Assessment
The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:
- Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
- Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
- Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
- Assessment must maintain academic standards.
Assessment Summary
Assessment Task Due Date/ Week Weight Length(Word,Time) Learning Outcomes Article Presentation and Review
(individual work)Weekly (from week 2) 30% TBA 3,4 Mid-term Exam Week 6 30% TBA 1,2 Final Exam Week TBA 40% TBA 1,2 Total 100% Assessment Related Requirements
The assignments, unless specified as a group assignment, must be solved individually. You are free to consult external sources as long as you properly acknowledge them.Assessment Detail
Classroom participation will include newsroom presentations (discussing recent news related to the public economics topics covered in the course).
More details on assesment will be given in MyUni and during the lecture.Submission
The due dates of assignments will be available in MyUni. If you need to extra time, you must seek prior permission, which may be granted at the discretion of the lecturer.Course Grading
Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:
M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme) Grade Mark Description FNS Fail No Submission F 1-49 Fail P 50-64 Pass C 65-74 Credit D 75-84 Distinction HD 85-100 High Distinction CN Continuing NFE No Formal Examination RP Result Pending Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.
Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.
Final results for this course will be made available through Access Adelaide.
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Student Feedback
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