# EC2450B Public Economics and Fiscal Policy Semester: Spring | Year offered: 2019 The class meets Tuesdays 6-8:45pm in M-16, starting Jan 29th. The TA is Eric Andersen (). Lecture and Section notes are posted here and on Canvas. [Syllabus](/file_url/267) **LECTURE NOTES** [Lecture 1: Introduction to Graduate PF and Facts on Inequality, Taxes, and Mobility](/files/stantcheva/files/introduction_0.pdf) [Lectures 2 and 3: Optimal Income Taxation ](/file_url/274) [Lecture 4: Empirical Labor Supply Responses to Taxation](/file_url/281) [Lecture 5: Taxable Income Elasticities and Broader Effects of Taxation](/file_url/284) [Lecture 6: Optimal Transfers](/file_url/295) [Lecture 7: Guest Lecture by Xavier Gabaix](/file_url/287)[ Part 2](/file_url/288) [Lecture 8: Social Preferences](/file_url/294) [Lecture 9: Tax Enforcement](/file_url/297) [Lecture 10: New Dynamic Public Finance](/file_url/300) [Lectures 11 and 12: Capital Taxation ](/file_url/302) [Lecture 13: Social Security and Retirement](/file_url/305) **ASSIGNMENTS** Referee Report (due March 26th): [Bierbrauer\_Boyer](/file_url/269) [Martinez\_Saez\_Siegenthaler](/file_url/270) [Suarez](/file_url/271) [ Tsyvinski\_Werquin](/file_url/272) [Guide to Writing Referee Reports](/file_url/273) Paper Proposal (due May 8th): [Paper Proposal](/file_url/275) --- ## Class Materials: ### EC2450B Public Economics and Fiscal Policy The class meets Tuesdays 6pm-8:45 pm in M-16. [Syllabus](/file_url/267)