The course examines the role of the public sector in the economy with an emphasis on government expenditure programs and tax policy. The course provides an understanding of the nature of government intervention in the economy and the response of individuals and firms to government programs and policies. It does so by exploring both theoretical models and empirical evidence.

Textbook: Gruber's Public Finance and Public Policy

Held office hours and graded for an undergraduate course covering the government's role in providing and financing education, exploring why individuals invest in education and its impact on long-term social and economic outcomes.

Held office hours and graded for an undergraduate course covering introductory microeconomic models used to analyze economic behavior by individuals and firms and consequent market outcomes. 

Held office hours and graded for an undergraduate course covering economic theory applied to the allocation of natural resources and environmental amenities including issues relating to externalities, common property resources, public goods, allocation of depletable natural resources over time, economic factors of environmental polarization, and others.

Held office hours and graded for the second course in the undergraduate microeconomic sequence. The course covered topics such as welfare theory, imperfect information, imperfect competition, uncertainty, externalities, and public goods.