Government Finance

Course Code: FIN 325

Credit Hour: 3

Course Group: Specialization Courses: Finance

Modern state and government finance; Distinction among government finance; Business finance and personal finance; Public goods vs. private goods; Normative and subjective approach; Principles and cannons of taxation; Allocation of resources in the government sector; Pareto optimality, Maximum social advantage and the LDCs; Externalities and the role of government; Principles and theories on sources and uses of government budget and program; Budgetary systems and cost-benefit analysis; Budgetary system of Bangladesh; Economic growth vs. income distribution and government finance.

Texts:

Due and Friedlander, Government Finance-5th Edition, Richard D. Irwin Inc., Illions, 1973.

Aronson and Schwartz, Management policies in local government finance-5th edition, International city/county management associat.,2004