Public Finance II

Year
3

Academic year
2019-2020

Code
01015586

Subject Area
LAW

Language of Instruction
Portuguese

Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face

Duration
SEMESTRIAL

ECTS Credits
6.0

Type
Elective

Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

Topics discussed in the Public Finance I course.

Teaching Methods

The course blends lectures and discussion classes.

Learning Outcomes

To provide the students with the concepts, theoretical models and tools of analysis they need to understand State financial activity.

To provide the students with the legal and economic framework of the State’s financial conduct by laying special stress on the key legislative pieces of Portugal and the European Union.

Work Placement(s)

Syllabus

PUBLIC FINANCE II (Elective course)

Part V: Effective public revenue

8.1. Asset revenue

8.2. Fees

8.3. Taxes

8.3.1. Distribution

8.3.2. Administration

8.3.3. Economic effects

8.4. The Portuguese reality

Part VI: Financial policies

9.1. Redistribution

9.1.1. Redistribution and development

9.2. Stabilization

9.2.1. The multiplier and the acceleration principle

9.2.2. Propulsive effect of public expenditure

9.2.3. Economic cycles

9.2.4. From demand-pull inflation to cost-push inflation

9.3.1. Anti-cyclical financial policy

9.3.2. Anti-inflationary financial policy

9.4. Development policy

9.5. Environment policy: the rationale of a deadlock.

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

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– Finanças Públicas e Direito Financeiro, A. L. de SOUSA FRANCO, Almedina, 4.ª ed. - 14.ª reimpressão, 2015, ISBN 9789724031194

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– Relatório com o programa, os conteúdos e os métodos de ensino teórico e prático da disciplina de Economia e Finanças Públicas…, A. ALMEIDA, Coimbra, ed. do autor, policopiado, 1991, Cota: Biblioteca da FDUC: J-55-7 - 75 761

– Relatório com o programa, os conteúdos e os métodos de ensino teórico e prático das matérias de uma disciplina de Economia Pública…, A. ALMEIDA, Coimbra, ed. do autor, policopiado, 1998, Cota: Biblioteca da FDUC: E-16-10 - 93 730

– Sobre o Estado e o Poder, a Economia e a Política, A. ALMEIDA, Almedina, reimpressão, 2013, ISBN 9789724018737

– Teoria Pura da Imposição, A. ALMEIDA, Almedina, reimpressão, 2006, ISBN 9789724014036