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Eco 355 Public Finance, Class Number 2067, Spring 2008

Meets TTh 1:15–2:35 in HU 024

Instructor:  Prof. Thad Mirer
Office:  BA 110B
Office Hours:  TTh 2:50–4:05 & appt
Phone:  442-4755
E-mail:  mirer@albany.edu

Final Exam and Course Grades

General Materials:

Syllabus

Homework Assignments:

Assignment #1 – Due at the beginning of class, Thursday, February 21
Assignment #2 – Due at the beginning of class, Tuesday, March 18

Assignment #2 Questions
Table 18-3, Revised and Expanded – for Assignment #2

Special Readings:

One Answer to Global Warming: A New Tax – Gregory Mankiw, New York Times, September 16, 2007
Social Security Reform: The Nature of the Problem – U.S. Treasury Department, Issue Brief No. 1

General Information:

Gruber – Text Website
CBO – Congressional Budget Office
OMB – Office of Management and Budget
Council of Economic Advisers
Government Finance – Tables in the Economic Report of the President, 2007

Tax Information:

Tax Policy Center – a nongovernmental research center
Tax Policy: Facts and Figures

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