Prerequisites: graduate standing; or consent of instructor
Description: Covers various market failures that justify government policy intervention; how economic analysis is used to measure impacts of policies; and how policy design can improve economic efficiency. Introduces policy issues confronting our society including access to health care, excess pollution, provision of public goods, education, social insurance, and taxation.
Credit: May be taken Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) with consent of instructor and graduate advisor.