Dr Ethan Ilzetzki 32L 1.10 and Mr Gabriel Zucman

This course is compulsory on the MPA in European Public and Economic Policy, MPA in International Development, MPA in Public Policy and Management, MPA in Public and Economic Policy and MPA in Public and Social Policy. This course is available on the MSc in Political Science and Political Economy. This course is not available as an outside option.

An introductory graduate course providing an economics background suitable for high-level public policy-making. The emphasis is on acquiring sound models and methods suitable for appraising policy-making issues and applicable in a wide variety of contexts. The first term (MT) covers microeconomics and the second term (LT) covers macroeconomics.

MT: Microeconomics: Demand and Supply in Competitive Markets: Consumer Optimisation: Demand for Goods: Consumer Optimisation and Labor Supply: Firms' Optimisation, the Supply of Goods and the Demand for Labour: Monopoly: Uncertainty and Insurance: Markets and Asymmetric Information: Monopolistic Competition and Game Theory: Externalities in Consumption and Production: Public Goods.

LT: Macroeconomics: Understanding Macroeconomic Data; Long-run Economic Growth; Business cycles; Aggregate Demand; Money, Inflation and Monetary Policy; Stabilization Policy;  Fiscal Policy and Government Debt; the Labour Market and Unemployment; Exchange Rates and International Economic Policy; the Financial System and the Macroeconomy.

20 hours of lectures and 9 hours of seminars in the MT. 20 hours of lectures and 10 hours of seminars in the LT. 1 hour of seminars in the ST.

Students will complete weekly problem sets. Some of these will be marked to to provide indicative assessment.

A full reading list will be distributed at the beginning of the course.

Exam (60%, duration: 3 hours) in the main exam period.
Continuous assessment (30%) in the MT and LT.
Presentation (10%) in the ST.