Special Topics in Public Policy: Introduction to Health Policy (UCONN, SNU GSPA, MPA/MPP Elective)
This course provides an introduction to the theoretical backgrounds and frameworks to think about the health care market and the role of public policies in this market. The first part of the course examines the market for health care, where health care is considered as a good that can be purchased in a market. Then we discuss various issues in economic modeling of the health care market, with special attention to asymmetric information, externalities and health insurance. In the middle of the course we explore different examples of established health care systems around the world. Finally, we focus on various issues involving public health insurance in the United States and survey broad topics related to the development and implementation of health policy, such as mandates, tax policy and pharmaceutical regulation.
Policy Analysis (UCONN, MPP core)
This course provides an introduction to the theoretical and empirical tools used in applied policy analysis. The course begins by considering the economic rationale for government intervention in markets including: externalities, public goods, asymmetric information, adverse selection, and equity considerations. The course then examines issues related to the funding provision of public goods and services including the theory and practice of taxation, fiscal federalism, voting on public goods and intergovernmental grants.
Economic Analysis for Public Policy and Management (UCONN, MPA/MPP core)
This course applies basic microeconomic analysis to public policy and management problems. The principal goal of the course is to teach students economic reasoning so they can use the tools of microeconomic analysis to help untangle the complex policy problems they will confront as policy makers, policy analysts, and administrators. Some specific topics include supply and demand; budget constraints; utility theory; cost and production curves; the nature of markets; elasticity of demand, supply, and income; and application of economic tools to policy and management problems (cost-benefit analysis).
This course provides an introduction to the theoretical backgrounds and frameworks to think about the health care market and the role of public policies in this market. The first part of the course examines the market for health care, where health care is considered as a good that can be purchased in a market. Then we discuss various issues in economic modeling of the health care market, with special attention to asymmetric information, externalities and health insurance. In the middle of the course we explore different examples of established health care systems around the world. Finally, we focus on various issues involving public health insurance in the United States and survey broad topics related to the development and implementation of health policy, such as mandates, tax policy and pharmaceutical regulation.
Policy Analysis (UCONN, MPP core)
This course provides an introduction to the theoretical and empirical tools used in applied policy analysis. The course begins by considering the economic rationale for government intervention in markets including: externalities, public goods, asymmetric information, adverse selection, and equity considerations. The course then examines issues related to the funding provision of public goods and services including the theory and practice of taxation, fiscal federalism, voting on public goods and intergovernmental grants.
Economic Analysis for Public Policy and Management (UCONN, MPA/MPP core)
This course applies basic microeconomic analysis to public policy and management problems. The principal goal of the course is to teach students economic reasoning so they can use the tools of microeconomic analysis to help untangle the complex policy problems they will confront as policy makers, policy analysts, and administrators. Some specific topics include supply and demand; budget constraints; utility theory; cost and production curves; the nature of markets; elasticity of demand, supply, and income; and application of economic tools to policy and management problems (cost-benefit analysis).