Topic 1. Institutions, markets and state. The paper of the public intervention |
a) Introduction to the Public Economy
b) Problems of efficiency and equity in the operation of the markets
c) The reason of the public intervention: "failures of market" and "failures of the State".
We review the foundations of the public intervention in a system of market economy when it fails, to improve the efficiency, the equity in the distribution of the income, and the economic stability. |
Topic 2. Organization and dimension of the Public Sector in Spain |
a) Introduction to the Spanish public sector
b) Delimitation of the public sector, and legal framework
c) The weight of the public sector in the economy |
Topic 4. Analysis of public income |
a) International trends
b) The income of the Spanish public sector
c) Main tax and tax figures
d) The federal public treasury |