Economics

1. Global crises and global public goods. The main problems of collective action at the global level 2. Income distribution and tax policies.  Measures of progressivity and redistribution. Application to IRPEF reforms.  Social welfare analysis and income distribution: theorems of Atkinson (1970); Shorrocks (1983) 3. Rent seeking 4. Evolution of the design of personal income taxes: the role of progressivity  Optimal income taxation: models of Mirrlees (1971); Stiglitz (1987)  New progressive taxation proposals (Zucman tax) 5. Optimum taxation of goods (Ramsey models) and current structure of indirect taxation (VAT)  Integration between direct and indirect optimal taxation 6. Taxation in the global economy:  Capital taxation and systems of international tax rules  global minimum tax  Taxation of international trade (tariffs) 7. Multiple jurisdictions: fiscal federalism and fiscal competition  Design of decentralized systems  Uniformity and differentiation in spending policies: the Italian case

Basics in micro and macro economics

In addition to the slides and documents uploaded to Moodle, useful texts are:  Hindriks, J. and Myles, G. P. (2006) Intermediate public economics, MIT (selected chapters)  Cullis J. and Jones P. (2009 ) Public finance and public choice, Oxford University Press (selected chapters)

Attendance is not compulsory but recommended

Attending Students: 35% Presentation of a paper to the class. The paper will be assigned at the beginning of the course, and the presentation will take place in May 2023. 40% Oral exam 25% In-class work: summary of the main content of the lesson (half a page) or a brief presentation (10 minutes) or class discussion. Non-Attending Students: Oral exam (specified exam dates).

In-class teaching with presentations, discussion, and group work