Economics: Advanced Public Economics

The course is suitable for those of you who are interested in economic instruments, fiscal policy and the economic policies pursued by the public sector. We draw on microeconomic theory to strengthen analytical skills in relation to economic instruments.

The course is divided into three blocks:

• Block One: You will discuss the reasons for intervening in the market economy and how such measures should be designed. Topics include policies to address climate change, redistribution and social insurance, responsibility for healthcare, education and infrastructure as well as effective stabilisation policy.
  
  
• Block Two: You will analyse how public decisions are made – that is, the political decision-making process – and how this can influence the outcomes of economic policy.
  
  
• Block Three: You will examine the financing side, i.e. how the public sector and public welfare should be funded. Particular emphasis is placed on a forward-looking perspective. How do globalisation and technological transformation – through AI, digitalisation and automation – affect the possibilities of financing public welfare? What alternative forms of financing are available?

Course literature

The course literature listed may be updated up to eight weeks before the course begins.

The course consists of lectures and compulsory written assignments, designed to deepen your understanding of the course content. In the assignments, you will encounter both traditional calculation exercises and more reflective, essay-style analyses of various economic instruments, public measures and political interventions. We will integrate discussions of the assignments into the lectures and also make international comparisons.

Your final grade is based on the results of an individual written examination at the end of the course. In addition, you must submit and pass all assignments.

Prerequisites

At least 90 ECTS-credits in economics are required.

Selection criteria

Seats are allocated according to: ECTS (HPAV): 100 %.

Tuition fees for non-EU/EEA citizens

Citizens of countries outside:

• The European Union (EU)
• The European Economic Area (EEA) and
• Switzerland

are required to pay tuition fees. You pay an instalment of the tuition fee in advance of each
semester.

Tuition fees, payments and exemptions

Full programme/course tuition fee: SEK 18,750
First payment: SEK 18,750

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Note that you may also need to pay an application fee, or provide proof of exemption.

Application fee

No tuition fees for citizens of the EU, EEA and Switzerland

There are no tuition fees for citizens of the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland.