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ECN300CA(経済学 / Economics 300)
Local Government Finance A

Katsuya KOBAYASHI

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Faculty/Graduate school Faculty of Economics
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Year 2024
Class code K6241
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Term 春学期授業/Spring
Day/Period 木3/Thu.3
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Campus 多摩
Classroom name オンライン/online
Grade 3
Credit(s) 2
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Open Program
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Global Open Program
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Chiyoda Campus Consortium
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Outline (in English)

Course outline:
In this lecture, I explain Japanese local government system and its issues. In Japan, we have a vast amount of governments' debt due to increases in social-security expenditures. We must make our governments' expenditures efficient. Students learn how to consider those issues from the standpoint of economics.

Learning objective:
Students should be able to consider the issues on local public finance logically on their own. Students should also understand several theories of public finance and local public finance and learn how to obtain and evaluate municipal data.

Leaning activities outside of classroom:
Before/after each class meeting, students will be expected to spend four hours to understand course contents and basic concepts of economics.

Grading criteria/policies:
Final grade will be calculated by term-end exam 50% + five homework 50% = 100%.

Default language used in class

日本語 / Japanese