Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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4313500 Public Management | OB | 0 | 1 |
Students taking this module should be familiar with general concepts of economics at Grade level.
Program sessions
October 5th
Time: 15:00-20:00
Session 1. Economic effects of public intervention:
What are the economic fluctuations ("business cycles") and why are they produced? What can we learn from the different historical episodes (the "Great Depression", stop and go policies, the "Oil Crisis", the "Great Moderation", the long crisis of the Japanese economy and the "Great Recession")?
What do the different schools of macroeconomic thought have to say about the stabilisation policy?
Obligatory readings: chapter 8 of Blanchard's book, Amighini i Giavazzi and the papers: "Why wages do not fall in recessions", "The crude art of policymaking", "A thinkers' guide", "Lessons from a "lost decade"" and "Caveat creditor" in The Economist.
Practical aspects of market failure: How to assess that costs of public intervention are not higher than the benefits of correcting market failure?
Reading:
Class based on Stiglitz Ed Ariel I pdf NouStiglitz.pdf. Obligatory reading before entering the class, which will be assessed every day at the beginning of the year.
Developments of the session and potential topics for the presentations on the basis of the tutoring sessions:
a- Strong points and weak points of public intervention in practice: mitigable and non-mitigable conditions for economic policy
The Economic Role of The State J Stiglitz i altres Ed Basil Blackwell, 1989 pps9-88 and same author, Journal of Economic Perspectives: vol 12, 2 Spring 1998 pps 3-22: Per què costa tant canviar el status quo a les AA.PP? pdf: LectStiglitz.pdf
b- A divertimento: why Public Administrations provide “bicing”?
Searchfor press articles.
c- Other areas that generate curiosity (regulation or provision of social security pensions; public provision with or without direct production to health, education, nursery schools, etc.) with details and material to be agreed upon by the guardians.
October 8th
Time: 15:00-20:00
Session 2. Economic effects of public intervention
Criteria for assessing a good a taxing system
Goal: understanding the implications of an excessive taxation on economy; articulate normative criteria of social justice and their functioning in practice
Reading:
Class based on the paper corresponding to Stiglitz's Obligatory Reading, Ed Ariel I pdf NouStiglitz.pdf. to do before the class
Developments for tutorials:
a- Fiscal reforms. An insight to international fiscal policy pdf: fiscaldominguez.pdf and OECD documents for updating
b- What do you do to eliminate the inheritance tax? Pdf: SucesIEF.pdf and ReformaISD.pdf
c- Tax on sugary drinks
d – Health copayments and in higher education: GL a Campalans.doc
e- Other topics to be agreed in the tutoring sessions
Who are the pros and cons of fiscal policy and monetary policy with the aim of macroeconomic stabilisation?
Macroeconomic policy: what we thought we know, what we have learned during the crisis and how we have designed the macroeconomic policy for the coming years.
Obligatory readings: chapter 5 ofBlanchard's book, Amighini i Giavazzi, articles "The next front is fiscal", "Put the air back in", "Sharing the pain", "Austerity alarm" and "Running out of options" in The Economist magazine, article by Koo "US Economy in Balance Sheet Recession: What the US Can Learn from Japan's Experience in 1990-2005?" and article by Blanchard, Dell'Aricia i Mauro "Rethinking Macroeconomic Policy".
October 15th
Time: 15:00-20:00
Session 3. Economic effects of public intervention:
Should monetary policy triumph between the objectives of price stability and economic growth? What is the role of economic agents' expectations in the formulation of monetary policy? Why is the monetary policy of the central banks independent of the political authority?
Obligatory readings:
Article by R. Repullo a Papeles de Economía Espanyola and articles "Stable prices and fast growth: just say no" by P. Krugman, "Heroes of the zeroes", "How low can you go" and "Grim expectations", "Monetary Illusions", "Changing targets", "The death of inflation" and "A new toolkit" in The Economist magazine.
What is the economic rationale for the existence of the Stability and Growth Pact? And its consequences? How does the existence of the single currency condition strategies against economic recession in different countries?
Obligatory readings: chapter 10 of the book by P. De Grauwe and articles by Jay Shambaugh "The Euro's Three Crises" and Paul De Grauwe "A Fragile Eurozone in Search of a Better Governance".
Modalities of expense and specific objectives. From welfare to worfare.com a dual fiscal system can make for a redistributive public policy? Modalities of fiscal incidence.Economic evaluation
Reading: recommended before the class
Text JL Pinto in the FBBVA book textavalpinto.pdf
Development of complementary tutorials:
(i) Economic evaluation. El cas del TAV Gines de Rus i V Inglada pdf: Spainhighspeed.pdf
(i) The debate 'Growing Public P.H. Lindert i controvèrsia a partir de la seva aportació: pdfs: Debate2A.pdf; debate2B.pdf i Lindert.doc
(ii) Dels programes de welfare al workfare, pdf: workfare.pdf
(iii) Models of welfare pdf: artmodels.pdf
(iv) - Other areas that we generate curiosity with detail and material to agree to the tutorials (for example, the proposal for Modernisation of the Catalan Public Administrations in 2012 or the rescue of Catalan motorways among others).
TUTORING SESSIONS:
Guillem López:
November 9th. Timetable: 15:00-20:00
November 23rd. Schedule: 15:00-20:00
Xavier Cuadras:
October 19th: 15:00-20:00
October 26th: 15:00-20:00
October 22th
Time: 15:00-20:00
Session 4. Rationality of public intervention:
The doctrine of public interest. The failures of the public sector: can the organization of the public sector be inefficient?
Government and agencies, economic theory of bureaucracy, political economy of public pressure. Where are the main inefficiencies of the public sector and how to cope with them?
Required reading:
"Public Management: Concepts and Institutions", Chapter 1, Sections 3, 4 and 5 of Albi et al (1997).
"Gestión pública y eficiencia", chapter 2,paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 d'Albri et al (1997).
Managing senior management: senior civil service reform in oecd member countries. OECD GOV/PUMA(2003)17
Capitols I i IV del llibre: Guillem López Casasnovas (director), Jaume Puig-Junoy, Juan José Ganuza and Ivan Planas Miret (2003) Els nous instruments de la gestió pública. Volum 31, de la Estudis Econòmics (available online)
"OECD Multilingual summaris. (PRP.pdf)
October 29th
Time: 15:30-20:30
Session 5. Rationality of public intervention:
Which are the main assignment mechanisms, agents, and organizations? Within the assignment mechanisms, how much should the public sector prioritize, which mechanism is best - queuing or pricing?
Public action through regulation. Modalities and economic effects. Is it better to use market regulation than productive intervention by the public sector? What? How
Required reading:
"Public management: Concepts and institutions", chapter 1, sections 1 and 2 of Albi et al (1997).
"De la Administración a la gestión", chapter 4 d'Albi et al (1997); and Annex III of chapter 2 d'Albi et al (1997).
November 2nd
Time: 15:00-20:00
Session 6. Rationality of public intervention:
Is it possible to introduce institutional and organizational reforms in the public sector that improve its efficiency?
Buy or produce? Public action throughconcertation and external service contracting. Rationality and problems.
Is it possible to have a governancemodel for public institutions similar to that of private ones?
Required reading:
"Public management and efficiency", chapter 2, section 5 of Albi et al (1997);
"Innovaciones en gestió pública", chapter 6 d'Albi et al (1997).
Capitol VI, i VI del llibre: Guillem López Casasnovas (director), Jaume Puig-Junoy, Juan José Ganuza and Ivan Planas Miret (2003) Els nous instruments de la gestió pública. Volum 31, de la Estudis Econòmics (available online)
(Chapters 5, i 6) Plans I (dir) Evolution of the governance model and management of the entities participating in the Catalan Health Service. PDF and photo
"Técnicas complementarias de gestión pública", chapter 5 d'Albi et al (1997).
"La gestión pública a través de casos", chapter 7 d'Albi et al (1997).
JL Pinto, V. Ortún and J. Puig-Junoy, El análisis coste-efectividad en sanidad, Atención Primaria, 2001.
J. Puig-Junoy, JL Pinto and V. Ortún, El análisis coste-beneficio en sanidad, Atención Primaria, 2001.
JL Pinto, J. Puig-Junoy and V. Ortún, El análisis coste-utilidad, Atención Primaria, 2001.
Planas I. (2005). Main mechanisms for the evaluation of public policies. Ekonomiaz 60.
TUTORING SESSIONS:
Ivan Planas
November 12th: Time: 15:00-20:00
November 16th. Time: 15:00-20:00
November 19th, 15:00-20:00 and December 10th. Time: 9:00-14:00
Sessions 7 and 8. Public finances and intergovernmental relations: Joaquim Solé i Vilanova i Maite Vilalta.
- Fiscal federalism: fair taxation, subcentral taxes, and allocation of taxes; subcentral public sector functions, mobility, intergovernmental subsidies and tax capacity and needs analysis.
- Fiscal systems of the Autonomous Communities.
- Local taxation.
TUTORING SESSIONS:
Joaquim Solé-Vilanova
Maite Vilalta
3rd December: Time: 9:00-14:00
17th December. Time: 9:00-14:00
December 14th
Seminar session from 15:00-20:00
Public policies reviewed in the light of economic theory. Guillem Lopez Casasnovas, Xavier Cuadras and Ivan Planas.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Lectures | 50 | 2 | 1, 12 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Seminars and tutoring sessions | 75 | 3 | 1, 12 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Essays and case resolution | 125 | 5 | 1, 12 |
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Delivery of essays | 30% | 0 | 0 | 1, 5, 4, 3, 6, 2, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 9, 13 |
Examinations | 50% | 0 | 0 | 1, 5, 4, 3, 6, 2, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 9, 13 |
Oral presentations | 10% | 0 | 0 | 1, 5, 4, 3, 6, 2, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 9, 13 |
Participation in class | 10% | 0 | 0 | 1, 5, 4, 3, 6, 2, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 9, 13 |
General references:
Albi, E.; González-Páramo, J.; López Casasnovas, G. 1997. Gestión pública. Barcelona. Ariel.
Brugué, Q.; Subirats, J. 1996. Lecturas de gestión pública. Selección de textos. Madrid. Ministerio para las Administraciones Públicas.
Rosen, H.S., Manual de Hacienda Pública, Ariel, Barcelona, 1987.
Guillem López Casasnovas (director), Jaume Puig-Junoy, Juan José Ganuza i Ivan Planas Miret (2003) Els nous instruments de la gestió pública. Volum 31, de la Estudis Econòmics (disponible online i gratuït a les Oficines de “la Caixa”)
Browning, E.K. y J.M. Browning, Public Finance and the Price System, (2nd ed.)
Macmillan, New York, 1983.
Mochón, F., Principios de Economía, McGraw-Hill, Madrid, 1995.
De Grauwe, p. (2005) the economics of monetary union, oxford university press
Ruiz-Huerta J. (ed.) ‘Políticas Públicas y redistribución de la renta’ Fund BBVA, 2006.
Sachs, j. I f. Larraín (1994) Macroeconomía en la economía global Prentice Hall
Schiller, B.R., Principios Esenciales de Economía, McGraw-Hill, Madrid, 1994.
Subirats, J. 1989. Análisis de políticas públicas y eficiacia de la administración. Madrid. Ministerio para las Administraciones Públicas.