Study-unit ECONOMICS OF TAXATION

Course name Business administration
Study-unit Code 20A00076
Location PERUGIA
Curriculum Comune a tutti i curricula
Lecturer Cristiano Perugini
Lecturers
  • Cristiano Perugini
Hours
  • 63 ore - Cristiano Perugini
CFU 9
Course Regulation Coorte 2023
Supplied 2023/24
Supplied other course regulation
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Economico
Sector SECS-P/03
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)
Type of learning activities Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction Italian
Contents The course deals with the general principles of state intervention in modern market economies in terms of tax collection, delving into theoretical and empirical aspects of the progressivity of taxes and the redistribution of income.
Reference texts Scienza delle Finanze (VI edizione). Harvey S. Rosen, Ted Gayer, Chiara Rapallini, 2023 – Parts IV and V
Additional teaching materials rendered available by the instructor
Educational objectives Provide the student with an adequate mastery of the main themes relating to public intervention in market economies. In particular, it is expected that at the end of the course the student will be able to use the categories of economic theory to: - optimally design the tax system (income taxes and property taxes) - measure the redistributive effects of public policies - define costs and benefits in multilevel governance systems.
Prerequisites Microeconomics and basic principles of public economics.
Teaching methods Lectures and laboratories
Other information Additional teaching materials available on the Unistudium platform
Learning verification modality Written test. Duration: 1 hour. Three definitions of key concepts and an open question.
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Extended program Introduction and reminders of public economics
Taxation and income distribution: theoretical aspects
Taxation and distribution of income: tax incidence, tax progressivity, partial and general equilibrium models
Taxation and efficiency. The draw-off between equity and efficiency
Taxes and individual behaviors
The Italian tax system
Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile 1, 3, 10