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Quick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Fees Informations | Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|---|
| INR 2436 | yes | Coursera |
The Syllabus
Videos
- Course promo
- Introduction
- 1.1 Social Efficiency: Consumer/Producer Surplus
- 1.2 The Excess Burden of Taxation: Administrative and Compliance Costs, Evasion and Planning
- 1.3 Excess Burden: The Change in Relative Prices
- 1.4 Measuring the Excess Burden of Tax: Focusing on Consumer Surplus
- 1.5 Measuring the Excess Burden of Tax: Focusing on Producer Surplus
- 1.6 Measuring the Excess Burden of Tax: Consumer and Producer Surplus
Readings
- Before we begin
- Recommended Books
- Recommended Reading - Week 1
Practice Exercise
- week 1
Videos
- 2.1 The Law Cannot Determine Who Will Bear the Tax Burden
- 2.2 Examples of Specific Taxes and Subsidies and their Unintuitive Burden
- 2.3 What Determines the Tax Incidence?
- 2.4 Elasticityof Capital Supply Assuming full Mobility Across Borders
- 2.5 Who Bears the Burden of Corporate Tax: Shareholders ?
- 2.6 Who Bears the Burden of Corporate Tax: Employees? Consumers? All Capital Owners?
Readings
- Recommended Reading - Week 2
Practice Exercise
- week 2
Videos
- 3.1 How Does the Government Redistribute Income?
- 3.2 Redistributing Income Using Increasing Marginal Tax Rates
- 3.3 Achieving Progressivity Through Tax System without Increasing Marginal Tax Rates
- 3.4 Achieving Progressivity with a Deduction
- 3.5 Achieving Progressivity with a Grant (or Public Good)
Readings
- Recommended Reading - Week 3
Practice Exercise
- week 3
Videos
- 4.1 An Integrated View of the Tax and Transfer (welfare) Systems
- 4.2 Low Income Levels are Often Subject to Very High Marginal Tax Rates
- 4.3 An Interview with prof. Dan Shaviro
- 4.4 Taxing Ability, Not Income: “Tagging” and Transfers In-Kind
- 4.5 Taxing Ability, Not Income: Welfare Ordeals
- 4.6 Designing an Optimal Tax and Transfer System: The Model's Intuition
- 4.7 Understanding the Intuition of the Optimal Income Tax Model: No Government Intervention
Readings
- Recommended Reading - week 4
Practice Exercise
- week 4
Videos
- 5.1 Designing an Optimal Tax and Transfer System: Flat Tax and a Grant
- 5.2 The Mirrlees Optimal Income Tax Model: Non-Linear Tax and a Grant
- 5.3 Demonstrating Why a High Marginal Tax Rate at Low Income Level is Optimal
- 5.4 High Marginal Tax Rates at High Income Level: Patterns of Wealth Distribution, Elasticity, Tax Planning and International Tax Competition
- 5.5 Richard Epstein Talking about the Risks Involved in Tax-Coerced Massive Redistribution
- 5.6 Discussing Thomas Piketty’s Book “Capital in the 21st Century”: Taxation of Capital; High Inequality as a Threat to Democracy
- Conclusion of Part II
Readings
- Recommended Reading - Week 5
Practice Exercise
- week 5
- Final exam
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