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PS 626 - Economics and Public Policy II

This course focuses on the rationale for government intervention in a market economy. The course begins with a consideration of market successes through the analysis of the first and second theorems of welfare economics. The course then considers market failures through an analysis of distributional issues, public goods, externalities, non-competitive market structures, and asymmetric information. The role and degree of government intervention in health care, education, social assistance, employment insurance, and pension plans is also discussed.

Prerequisites

Corequisites

None

Antirequisites

None

Offerings

Winter 2026 [1261]

Section	Class	Enrolled	Time	Days	Location	Instructor
SEM 001	3360	30 / 55	10:30 - 11:50	T,W

Winter 2025 [1251]

Section	Class	Enrolled	Time	Days	Location	Instructor
SEM 001	3445	23 / 55	13:30 - 14:50	W

Winter 2024 [1241]

Section	Class	Enrolled	Time	Days	Location	Instructor
SEM 001	3473	29 / 55	13:00 - 15:50	T

Winter 2023 [1231]

Section	Class	Enrolled	Time	Days	Location	Instructor
SEM 001	3490	36 / 55	13:00 - 15:50	T	EC5 1027	Andres Arcila-Vasquez

Winter 2022 [1221]

Section	Class	Enrolled	Time	Days	Location	Instructor
SEM 001	3514	48 / 55	13:00 - 15:50	T	EC5 1027	Andres Arcila-Vasquez

Winter 2021 [1211]

Section	Class	Enrolled	Time	Days	Location	Instructor
SEM 041	3569	38 / 55	10:00 - 11:20	M,T		Anindya Sen

Winter 2020 [1201]

Section	Class	Enrolled	Time	Days	Location	Instructor
SEM 001	3587	47 / 55	11:00 - 12:20	T,Th	EC5 1027	Corey Van De Waal

Winter 2019 [1191]

Section	Class	Enrolled	Time	Days	Location	Instructor
SEM 001	3520	45 / 55	13:00 - 15:50	T		Cornelis Howard Van de Waal

Winter 2018 [1181]

Section	Class	Enrolled	Time	Days	Location	Instructor
SEM 001	3692	54 / 55	13:30 - 14:50	T,Th	EC5 1027	Cornelis Howard Van de Waal

Winter 2017 [1171]

Section	Class	Enrolled	Time	Days	Location	Instructor
SEM 001	3608	53 / 53				Cornelis Howard Van de Waal

Winter 2016 [1161]

Section	Class	Enrolled	Time	Days	Location	Instructor
SEM 001	4357	46 / 53	09:30 - 12:20	M		Cornelis Howard Van de Waal

Winter 2015 [1151]

Section	Class	Enrolled	Time	Days	Location	Instructor
SEM 001	7501	40 / 50				Anindya Sen