Systems Competition (doctoral lecture)

[ Course | Course Outline | Core References | Old Exams]

• Course 
  
  
  

  Lecturers	Mikael Priks
  Phone:	2180 2956
  Office hours:	Feel free to contact me at any time

   

  Time:	Tuesday, 1 - 3 pm	Wednesday, 12 - 2 pm
  Location:	Ludwigstr. 28 RG, 024	Ludwigstr. 28 RG, 024
  Start:	October 17, 2006
  Exam:

  
  

• Course Outline

The course “Systems Competition’’ deals with competition between states in many different areas of the economy, such as government expenditure, environmental regulation, labour standards, quality standards, and banking regulation. Both theoretical and empirical aspects of the problems will be discussed. The book by H.-W. Sinn (2003) will be the core reference for the course. At various points of the course the book will be augmented by supplementary material.

Contents

1.      Introduction

2.      Tax Competition

3.      Redistribution and Mobility

4.      Social Dumping

5.      Environmental Regulation

6.      Competition of Product Standards

7.      Banking Regulation

8.      Competition of Competition Rules

• The exam will take place on February 6 between 13.00-15.00 in our class room.

• Core References
  
  Hans-Werner Sinn, The New Systems Competition, Yrjö Jahnsson Lectures, Basil Blackwell: Oxford, 2003.

• Other Literature

Mobility and the Role of Education as a Commitment Device

Zodrow and Mieszkowski

• Lecture Notes

Taxes and Public Infrastructure Goods 1

Taxes and Public Infrastructure Goods 2

Taxes and Public Infrastructure Goods 3

Taxes and Public Infrastructure Goods 3 + Fiscal Competition and a Leviathan Government

Regional Tax Competition

Welfare States and their Sustainability

Mobility and Education

Hamiltonians

Social Dumping

Catching Up

Environment

Product Standards

Banking

Competition of Competition Rules

Mock Questions