# ECON 2450A: Public Economics and Fiscal Policy I Semester: Fall | Year offered: 2025 Hello! Very glad you are interested in this class! I am Stefanie Stantcheva: and our great teaching assistant is Konstantin Poensgen: Class time: The class meets Mondays and Wednesdays 12:00-1:15 pm in Emerson 210. Course content: This is a graduate course in public economics, intended primarily for graduate students in the Department of Economics and those in the Business Economics and PEG programs. Other students with preparation in microeconomic theory and econometrics can inquire with me whether the course is suitable for them. The course will cover core topics in the field of public economics, through a combination of theoretical models and empirical work. We will cover classical work, as well as new, frontier research. Here is the Syllabus. --- Attachments- [ picture\_as\_pdf EC2450A\_Syllabus\_Fall25.pdf ](/sites/g/files/omnuum7746/files/2025-09/EC2450A_Syllabus_Fall25.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdf Introduction\_v2.pdf ](/sites/g/files/omnuum7746/files/2025-09/Introduction_v2.pdf) ---