Public Economics

Public Economics: The Macroeconomic Perspective is a graduate-level textbook that examines public policy challenges through macroeconomic frameworks. The volume provides analytical tools grounded in microfoundations and empirical evidence.

Coverage focuses on major macroeconomic questions in public economics, including pension systems, public debt, income distribution, and fiscal sustainability. The text also explores how these public finance issues are compounded by demographic transition and population aging.

Designed as self-contained course material, the book applies general equilibrium analysis to evaluate how economic policies generate compensating or amplifying side effects. Downloadable lecture slides and computer code in GAUSS and MATLAB accompany the text.