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1、ACourseinPublicEconomics:ResourcesforInstructorsJohnLeachAugust2002CourseDesignOverviewAreviewofthecontentsandmethodologyofeachchapterfollows.ThenumberinthemiddlecolumnisanestimateofthechaptersdifÞculty,ona1–5scalewith1beingtheeasiest.Forthispurpose,Ihaveimaginedthestudentstobeintheirthirdo

2、rfourthyear,withoneortwotermsofVarian-styleintermediatemicroeconomics,andwithagraspofbasiccalculusbutlittleexposuretostatistics.1:Introduction1Discussesthetwofundamentaltheoremsofwelfareeconomics.InformallystatestherequirementsoftheÞrsttheorem,andde-scribesthemarketfailuresthatarisewhenthes

3、erequirementsarenotsatisÞed:publicgoods,externalities,imperfectcompetition.Introducestheconceptofasymmetricinformation,anddiscussesitsrelevancetotheÞrsttheorem.Arguesthatasymmetricinfor-mationprecludesthegovernmentfromtransferringincomeinalumpsumfashion,sothattherequirementsofthesecondtheo-

4、remarealsounlikelytobesatisÞed.Thischapterareentirelyverbal.2:TheExchange2IntroducestheconceptofParetooptimalityandillustratesitwithEconomyasimpleexample.DevelopstheEdgeworthbox,andusesittodiscussParetooptimalityandcompetitiveequilibriumwithinthecontextofanexchangeeconomywithtwopeopleandtwo

5、goods.Demonstratesthetwotheoremsforthiseconomy.Theargumentsareverbalandgraphical.3:AnAlgebraic2Constructsanalgebraicversionofthetwoperson,twogoodex-Exchangechangeeconomy.DescribesParetooptimalallocationsasso-Economylutionstoanunder-determinedequationsystemandpresentsaCobb-Douglasexample.Des

6、cribescompetitiveequilibriumasthesolutiontoanequationsystemandpresentsaCobb-Douglasexample.Demonstratesthetwotheoremsbycomparingthetwoequationsystems.4CourseDesign4:TheProduction3Developsatwoperson,twogoodeconomyinwhichthepeopleEconomyareendowedwithtwofactorsofproductionandtheownershipofÞrm

7、s,butnotwithconsumergoods.DescribesaParetooptimalallocationasonesatisfyingthreeefÞciencyconditions,anddis-cusseseachefÞciencycondition.ShowsthataParetooptimalal-locationcanberepresentedasasolutiontoanunder-determinedequationsystem.Describescompetitiveequ