ECC4830 Welfare economics
Faculty of Business and Economics
ECC4830 Welfare economics is a level 4, 6-credit-point, undergraduate and postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Business and Economics. It isn't offered in 2020. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Not offered
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
The 2027 handbook has no page for ECC4830. This is its 2020 entry, the latest one.
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Overview
A study of theories in welfare economics, including conditions for Pareto optimality, welfare criteria, social choice, consumer surpluses, second versus third best, externalities and public goods as well as problems of applying these theories to such areas as public utility pricing, optimal taxation, road congestion, environmental protection, and public spending.
Offerings in 2020
The 2020 handbook lists no offerings for ECC4830.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
understand the welfare economic foundation of public policies
- 2
analyse the pros and cons, costs and benefits of economic measures and changes from the perspective of social welfare.
Workload and teaching
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Associate Professor Elias Khalil
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ECC4830?
ECC4830 has no prerequisites.
When is ECC4830 offered?
ECC4830 has no offerings listed in the 2020 handbook.
How much work is ECC4830?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
More details
- Credit points
- 6
- Level
- 4
- Study level
- Undergraduate and Postgraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Business and Economics
- Organisational unit
- Department of Economics
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.125
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 3
- Study abroad
- Not available
- Handbook years
- 2020