| Lec # | Topics | lecture Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Public Goods | ||
| 1 | Voluntary Private Provision of Public Goods and Private Charity | Public Goods - Private Equilibrium (PDF) |
| 2 | Efficient Public Goods Provision | Optimal Public Goods Supply (PDF) |
| 3 | Income Tax Deduction of Charitable Donations | Warm Glow Preferences(PDF) |
| Tax Treatment of Estates | ||
| 4 | Background Individual Motivation Annuities | Annuities (PDF) |
| 5 | Taxing Gifts to Individuals | |
| 6 | Estate Taxes | Atkinson-Stiglitz Model (PDF) Optimal Estate Tax (PDF) Taxing Savings (PDF) |
| Social Security | ||
| 7 | Social Insurance Theory | Social Security - Facts (PDF) |
| 8 | Within Cohort Theoretical Models | Social Security - Length of Career (PDF) Social Security - Varying Life Expectancy (PDF) |
| 9 | Social Security, Saving, and Benefit Adequacy Issues | |
| 10 | Social Security and Labor Supply | |
| 11 | Social Security in OLG Growth Models | Social Security - OLG Settings (PDF) |
| 12 | Social Security Reform: Overview and Political Economy | |
| Unemployment Insurance | ||
| 13 | Unemployment Insurance - Theory | Policy Application (PDF) |
| 14 | Unemployment Insurance and Worker Behavior | |
| 15 | Unemployment Insurance and Firm Behavior | |
| Workers' Compensation | ||
| 16 | Workers' Compensation Issues | |
| Disability Insurance | ||
| 17 | Disability Insurance Issues | |
| Government Redistributional Programs | ||
| 18 | Traditional Cash Welfare | |
| 19 | Effects of Welfare Reform | |
| Government Intervention in Health Insurance Markets | ||
| 20 | Health Insurance, Moral Hazard, and Adverse Selection | |
| 21 | Medicaid, the Uninsured, and Long Term Care | |
| 22 | Medicare and Provider Issues | |
| 23 | Health Insurance and the Labor Market | |
| 24 | Health Externalities - Smoking | |