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2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ECO 317 Government Finance

3 Credit(s) DIII Q
The micro and macro economic roles and responsibilities of government are reviewed and analyzed. Topics discussed are fiscal policy, income distribution, principles of taxation, the taxpayers’ revolt, state and local government finance, revenue sharing, and the fiscal crisis of cities. Current issues are used for analytical purposes. Three lecture hours per week. This course is offered on a periodic basis. Elective for Economics majors. Division III elective for all other majors. Prerequisite: ECO 200  or ECO 201 .