| Academic Year |
2024Year |
School/Graduate School |
School of Economics Economics Day Course |
| Lecture Code |
G6073212 |
Subject Classification |
Specialized Education |
| Subject Name |
公共経済学２ |
Subject Name
（Katakana） |
コウキョウケイザイガク２ |
Subject Name in
English |
Public Economics 2 |
| Instructor |
YAMAGUCHI CHIKARA |
Instructor
(Katakana) |
ヤマグチ チカラ |
| Campus |
Higashi-Hiroshima |
Semester/Term |
2nd-Year, First Semester, 2Term |
| Days, Periods, and Classrooms |
(2T) Mon1-4：ECON B255 |
| Lesson Style |
Lecture |
Lesson Style
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Classes will be held face-to-face. However, those may be conducted online if there is a change in the University's policy.
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| Credits |
2.0 |
Class Hours/Week |
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Language of Instruction |
J
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Japanese |
| Course Level |
2
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Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
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| Course Area（Area） |
24
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Social Sciences |
| Course Area（Discipline） |
03
:
Economics |
| Eligible Students |
Second year sturdents |
| Keywords |
Market Failure, Tax Theory |
| Special Subject for Teacher Education |
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Special Subject |
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Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) | |
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Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) | Economic Analysis
（Abilities and Skills）
・The ability to analyze and examine political issues applying knowledge on economic policy, international economics and economic matters and so on. |
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Class Objectives
/Class Outline |
The purpose of this course is to help students understand and master how economics can be applied to make decisions on real economic and social issues, and to prepare them for the related ERE and civil service examinations. |
| Class Schedule |
lesson1: Course Introduction
lesson2: Microeconomics (Consumer Theory)
lesson3: Microeconomics (Producer Theory)
lesson4: Imperfect Competition (Oligopoly)
lesson5: Imperfect Competition (Tacit Collusion)
lesson6: Natural Monopoly in Diminishing Cost Industry
lesson7: Price Regulation and Contestable Market
lesson8: Theory of Taxation
lesson9: Labor Income and Concumption Taxes
lesson10: Tax Incidence
lesson11: Ramsey Rule
lesson12: Tax Competition
lesson13: Fiscal Externality
lesson14: Advantage of Small Countries
lesson15: Condluding Remarks
Quizzes will be given in class and a regular exam will be given during the examination period. |
Text/Reference
Books,etc. |
Reference books will be announced in the first class. |
PC or AV used in
Class,etc. |
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| Learning techniques to be incorporated |
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Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review |
Lesson 1：What is the Lagrange Function?
Lesson 2：What is Consumer Surplus?
Lesson 3：What is a Competitive Equilibrium?
Lesson 4：What is Cournot's Limit Theorem?
Lesson 5：What is the Fork Theorem?
Lesson 6：What is a Natural Monopoly?
Lesson 7：What are the Methods of Price Regulation?
Lesson 8：What are the Tax Principles?
Lesson 9：What is the Equivalence Theorem between Consumption and Labor Income Taxes?
Lesson 10：What is a Price Elasticity?
Lesson 11：What is the Inverse Elasticities Rule?
Lesson 12：What is tax competition?
Lesson 13：What are fiscal externalities?
Lesson 14：What is the advantage of small countries?
Lesson 15：What is the substitution or income effect? |
| Requirements |
No mobile devices or photography is allowed in class.
Lecture materials will be available on Moodle for a limited time. |
| Grading Method |
Your grade is evaluated based on the results of the quizzes (20%) and exam (80%). |
| Practical Experience |
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| Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it |
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| Message |
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| Other |
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Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching. |