Public Policy II

This course focuses on the role of the government in the economy. The aim is to provide an understanding of the reasons for government intervention in the economy, empirically analyzing the benefits of possible government policies and the response of economic agents to the government's actions in real-word applications. The course will give students an introduction to frontier research and policy applications in economics and social science in a non- technical manner. In this context, the course will also provide an introduction to basic methods in data science, including regression and causal inference.