University of Pittsburgh

Courses

ECON 0230

Course Pages

2009-10 Course Archive

Public Finance

Instructor: Jack Ochs

Office Hours

T Th 11-12

Syllabus

Course Information

  • Nores on Property Taxes and Appraisal of Property have been posted (Posted December 7, 2009, 3:15 pm)
  • Notes on Deficit Financing have been Posted (Posted November 30, 2009, 9:14 am)
  • For Monday, November 29, please read Chapter 4 (Posted November 20, 2009, 11:43 am)
  • No class on Monday, November 23 (Posted November 20, 2009, 11:41 am)
  • Answers to questions 20-27 have been posted (Posted November 20, 2009, 11:40 am)
  • Notes on tax incidence and formulae for tax incidence and excess burden have been posted. (Posted November 11, 2009, 9:06 am)
  • Reminder: Answer to question 30 is due today. Answers to the next set of questions listed on the syllabus are due one week from today. (Posted November 11, 2009, 9:05 am)
  • Summaries of House and Senate health reform bills are posted in the Notes (Posted October 29, 2009, 10:59 am)
  • Notes on Social Security have been posted (Posted October 20, 2009, 9:16 am)
  • Reminder: Answers to questions 15 and 16 are due on Wednesday, October 21 (Posted October 16, 2009, 7:55 am)
  • Notes on Education have been posted (Posted October 15, 2009, 9:23 am)
  • Examination Two Answer Guide has been posted (Posted October 13, 2009, 1:59 pm)
  • Your answers to Exam Questions 11,12 and 14 are due on Tuesday, October 13 (Posted October 7, 2009, 5:53 pm)
  • Lecture on Public Choice has been posted (Posted October 5, 2009, 9:43 am)
  • Examination One Answer Guide has been posted (Posted October 5, 2009, 9:43 am)
  • Ignore prior notices. There is no class Monday, September 28. The first 10 questions on the examination list are due Wednesday, September 30. (Posted September 23, 2009, 1:07 pm)
  • No class on Monday, September 28. The first 100 questions on the examination list are due on Wednesday, September, 30. The questions are under the Examinations tab. (Posted September 23, 2009, 1:00 pm)
  • The answers to the first 10 questions on the examination list are due Monday, September 28 (Posted September 23, 2009, 10:36 am)
  • Homework Two Answer Guide has been posted under Notes (Posted September 23, 2009, 10:35 am)
  • Homework One answer guide is posted under notes (Posted September 21, 2009, 8:47 am)
  • Homework Two has been posted. Your answers are due on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 (Posted September 16, 2009, 9:02 am)
  • Homework One is posted under Assignments. Your answers are due on Friday, September 18 (Posted September 9, 2009, 8:19 am)

Assignments

  • Homework One (Download) (Posted September 9, 2009, 8:18 am)
  • Homework Two (Download) (Posted September 16, 2009, 9:00 am)

Exams

  • Examination questions (Download) (Posted May 11, 2009, 1:36 pm)

Links / Notes

  • Historical Federal Budget Information (Download) (Posted May 11, 2009, 1:41 pm)
  • Additional Readings (Download) (Posted May 11, 2009, 2:01 pm)
  • Lecture One (Download) (Posted May 11, 2009, 2:02 pm)
  • Lecture Two (Download) (Posted August 20, 2009, 10:25 am)
  • Lecture Three (Download) (Posted September 4, 2009, 11:59 am)
  • Lecture 4 (Download) (Posted September 9, 2009, 8:17 am)
  • Lecture Five (Download) (Posted September 9, 2009, 3:26 pm)
  • Externalities, Con't (Download) (Posted September 16, 2009, 9:07 am)
  • Homework One answer guide (Download) (Posted September 21, 2009, 8:51 am)
  • Lecture on Public goods (Download) (Posted September 21, 2009, 9:09 am)
  • Homework Two Answer Guide (Download) (Posted September 23, 2009, 10:34 am)
  • Examination One answer Guide (Download) (Posted September 30, 2009, 10:36 am)
  • Public choice (Download) (Posted October 5, 2009, 9:42 am)
  • Local Public goods (Download) (Posted October 12, 2009, 12:13 pm)
  • Exam 2 Answer Guide (Download) (Posted October 13, 2009, 1:57 pm)
  • Education (Download) (Posted October 15, 2009, 9:19 am)
  • Social Security (Download) (Posted October 20, 2009, 9:14 am)
  • Social Security, Continued (Download) (Posted October 20, 2009, 9:15 am)
  • Answers to questions 15 and 16 (Download) (Posted October 22, 2009, 10:55 am)
  • Abbreviated synopsis of Senate HELP Committee Health Reform Bill (Download) (Posted October 29, 2009, 10:27 am)
  • Summary of House Bill 3200 (Download) (Posted October 29, 2009, 10:58 am)
  • Welfare Programs (Download) (Posted November 4, 2009, 9:42 am)
  • Answers to Questions 17-19 (Download) (Posted November 4, 2009, 10:32 am)
  • Tax Expenditures (Download) (Posted November 6, 2009, 9:21 am)
  • Personal Income Tax Notes (Download) (Posted November 9, 2009, 10:11 am)
  • Tax Incidence (Download) (Posted November 11, 2009, 8:59 am)
  • Incidence and excess burden formulae (Download) (Posted November 11, 2009, 9:00 am)
  • Answers to Questions 20-27 (Download) (Posted November 20, 2009, 10:45 am)
  • Ricardian Equivalence--Does government borrowing burden future geneerations? (Download) (Posted November 30, 2009, 9:12 am)
  • Property Taxes (Download) (Posted December 7, 2009, 3:14 pm)
  • Self Appraisal of Property (Download) (Posted December 7, 2009, 3:15 pm)