The course studies economic behaviors in the public sector, focusing on the role of government in public expenditures. It explores the concepts and methods of public finance, public choice and policy analyses. The contents include the fundamental theories of welfare economics, public goods, externality, public choice, public expenditure planning and evaluation, health care, social security, and income redistribution policies.The course studies economic behaviors in the public sector, focusing on the role of government in public expenditures. It explores the concepts and methods of public finance, public choice and policy analyses. The contents include the fundamental theories of welfare economics, public goods, externality , public choice, public expenditure planning and evaluation, health care, social security, and income redistribution policies.
本課程以政府支出為對象，從經濟效率的觀點和社會正義的觀點解析政府介入經濟活動的適當性（亦即，包含財政支出的實是分析和規範性分析）。課程內容包括：
一、政府提供公共財的理由和內容的適當性。對外部性問題的處理（包括全球外部性，如二氧化碳交易市場的建立和它的作用）。解釋公用事業出現的理由（以範疇經 濟的論點）和管理模式（歐洲與美英不同）。
二、介紹公共選擇理論（這決定政府支出的規模和類別）。說明一些投票設計「反應民意」的程度。
三、介紹公平的觀點(功效主義論，Rawles的正義論，Nozick的去政府論，和社會安定論)。
由這介紹目前台灣的政府採取的減緩所得分配不均的措施和問題。
四、解析我國政府強制推動社會保障制度（全民健保和國民年金）的理由和出現的問題。課程講授將以現況與制度面思考為重點，很少數學與圖形分析。
This course focuses on government expenditures and analyzes the appropriateness of government intervention in economic activities from the perspectives of economic efficiency and social justice (that is, including real analysis and normative analysis of fiscal expenditures). Course content includes:
1. The reasons and content of the government’s provision of public funds are appropriate. Dealing with externality issues (including global externalities, such as the establishment and role of the carbon dioxide trading market). Explain the reasons for the emergence of public utilities (based on the argument of category economies) and the management model (Europe is different from the United States and the United Kingdom).
2. Introduce public choice theory (which determines the size and type of government spending). Explain the extent to which some voting designs "reflect public opinion".
3. Introduce the perspectives of fairness (utilitarianism, Rawles’ theory of justice, Nozick’s degovernment theory, and social stability theory).
This introduces the current measures and issues taken by the Taiwanese government to alleviate the uneven distribution of income.
4. Analyze the reasons and problems that arise when our government compulsorily promotes the social security system (National Health Insurance and National Pension). The course teaching will focus on current situation and institutional thinking, with little mathematics and graphical analysis.
徐偉初，歐俊男，謝文盛 (2021)，財政學，5版，華泰文化。ISBN：9789869897778
Rosen, Harvey S., and Ted Gayer (2014), Public Finance, 10th edition, Berkshire, U.K.: McGraw-Hill Education. ISBN: 007715469x
Xu Weichu, Ou Junnan, Xie Wensheng (2021), Finance, 5th edition, Huatai Culture. ISBN: 9789869897778
Rosen, Harvey S., and Ted Gayer (2014), Public Finance, 10th edition, Berkshire, U.K.: McGraw-Hill Education. ISBN: 007715469x
| 評分項目 Grading Method | 配分比例 Grading percentage | 說明 Description |
|---|---|---|
| 平時成績平時成績 usual results |
30 | 出席、筆記、隨堂測驗 |
| 期中考試期中考試 midterm exam |
30 | |
| 期末考試期末考試 final exam |
35 | 依學校規定時間及相關補考規定實施 |
| 彈性與自主學習彈性與自主學習 Flexibility and independent learning |
5 | 線上學習與測驗 |
