I. Public economics and economic efficiency
1. An introduction to public economics
2. Equilibrium and efficiency

II.Government
3. Public sector statistics
4. Theories of the public sector

III. Departures from efficiency
5. Public goods
6. Club goods and local public goods
7. Externalities
8. Imperfect competition
9. Asymmetric information

IV. Political economy
10. Voting
11. Rent-seeking

V. Equity and distribution
12. Optimality and comparability
13. Inequality and poverty

VI. Taxation
14. Commodity taxation
15. Income taxation
16. Tax evasion

VII. Multiple jurisdictions
17. Fiscal federalism
18. Fiscal competition

VIII. Issues of time
19. Intertemporal efficiency
20. Social security