This course aims to study the role of government in addressing market failures, within social domains such as education, healthcare, and retirement financing, through policies like taxation and subsidies. The course is for students interested in topics such as taxation, education, healthcare financing, government budgets, economic efficiency, and equity. The course prepares you for a career in government (e.g. Ministry of Finance, Central Provident Fund), private sector (policy think tanks and consultancies addressing and advising on market failures), and academia.
| Academic Units | 3 |
| Exam Schedule | Not Applicable |
| Grade Type | Letter Graded |
| Department Maintaining | ECON(SSS) |
| Prerequisites | |
| Mutually Exclusive | |
| Not Available to All Programme | (Admyr 2021-onwards) |
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