Course content may vary one week to another depending upon the availability of PECT rooms.
Evaluation: 20% oral presentation, 30% participation and exercises, 50% written exam paper
Student Group 2, Student Group 4, Student Group 7.
Teacher David Rees Secretary Marie Renard Course director Amanar Akhabbar,
Syllabus, Course Content, Policy Paper Subjects
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1. Group 2. Wednesday 4 September. 15h30-17h30. Room 811 Group 4. Wednesday 11 September. 10h15-12h15. Room 808 Group 7. Wednesday 4 September. 13h15-15h15. Room 808 Introduction |
Fiscal Policy questionnaire ESSCA lesson 1 introduction Policy Paper Subjects |
Fiscal Policy questionnaire answers Prepare your choices of Policy Paper for Lesson 2 |
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2. Group 2. Wednesday 11 September. 15h30-17h30. Room 812 Group 4. Wednesday 25 September. 10h15-12h15. Room 808 Group 7. Wednesday 11 September. 13h15-15h15. Room 808 Growth and Inequality |
Group questions. Explanation; Policy Paper selection Gini Index |
Growth (with Green GDP and HDI) 200 years of history - wealth and health (BBC) Wealth distribution exercise (Slide 2 only) US Wealth Distribution. Politizane. 7m Robert F. Kennedy speech on GDP (3m) |
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3. Group 2. Wednesday 25 September. 15h30-17h30. Room 808 Group 4. Wednesday 2 October. 10h15-12h15. Room 808 Group 7. Wednesday 25 September. 13h15-15h15. Room 808 Fiscal Policy and Research |
Geopolitical question time Group 2 |
Geopolitical question time Group 1 Macro - budget and IR Fiscal Policy French fuel tax explained (in French) |
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4. Group 2. Wednesday 2 October.. 15h39-17h30. Room 808 Group 4. Tuesday 8 October. 08h00-10h00. Room 808 Group 7. Wednesday 2 October. 13h15-15h15. Room 808 Macroeconomics Elasticity |
Research sources Tax Foundation World Inequality Database Our World in Data (3,666 charts across 297 topics) Life expectancy (useful for tobacco and alcohol research) United Nations data (world comparisons for economic, social and environmental indicators) World Bank data base (Browse by Country or Indicator) IMF Data (Mostly economic. Useful data and research on Fiscal Policy) Eurostat (European statistics from the European Commission) Index Mundi (Country statistics and charts) Trading Economics Indicators (mostly macroeconomic indicators) Global Issues ((Social, Economic, Political and Environmental issues) CIA World Factbook (go to 'Library) Eurobarometer (opinions of EU citizens) EU public data (Health data) European data (European University Institute. Data resources for research on Europe) Specific topics - go to 'Links' on this website Political and Research discussions, news and debates  and  Finding research articles Google Scholar JSTOR (access via ESSCA login) (search journals, books and primary sources) Science Direct (Scientific, technical and medical research) Emerald Insight (from Emerald publishing) Sage Journals CAIRN Info (academic data base in French) Wiley Online Library Clarivate (newspapers, videos, primary sources) Discussion (NB tax drift) What is the elasticity of: alcohol duty (which alcohol?) tobacco duty (which tobacco?) income tax corporation tax wealth tax VAT fuel duty inheritance tax |
Geopolitical question time Group 2 Pink Tax Elasticity video Elasticity Research |
| Lesson 5. Wednesday 16 October. Group 2. 15h30-17h30. Room 808 Group 4. 10h15-12h15. Room 808 Group 7. 13h15-15h15. Room 808 The Multiplier effect Three (minimuim) research sources |
The Multiplier Effect linked to the Marginal Propensity to Consume and Save The Mulitplier Effect linked to national goods and imported goods The Mulitplier Effect and Fiscal Policy The Multiplier effect for your research project - 2 dimensions: 1. reduced taxes provides more consumer spending (NB MPC). Increased taxes provide more money for government investment (on what?) The New Deal The Yellow Jackets (radio - in French). Cost of the revolt - 0.1% GDP Injection of 10b euros by the French Govt. Result - injecting money for people with a high MPC + 0.3% GDP. |
Geopolitical question time Group 3 The Multiplier effect The Multiplier effect with MPS and MPC EU Green Deal - video and information Individual Project Research |
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6. Tuesday 22 October. Group 2. 15h30-17h30. Room 808 Group 4. 08h00-10h00. Room 808 Group 7. 10h15-12h15. Room 808 Inequality |
Oxfam report on inequality Purchasing Power Parity (ppp) World inequality in ppp What is the 'desired' level of intranational / international / geographic inequality? What is the effect of changing your tax (Policy Paper) on intranational inequality? |
Geopolitical question time Group 4 Fast Fashion Cruise tourism Wealth distribution (DR) Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) (DR) |
| Lesson 7. Wednesday 23 October Group 2. 15h30-17h30. Room 808 Group 4. 10h15-12h15. Room 808 Group 7. 13h15-15h15. Room 808 Project Research |
Fiscal Policy links |
Geopolitical question time Group 5 Panama Papers Scandals Three academic articles (see lesson 4). Data in images (graphs / tables - site source) Data research - source - referencing - bibliography |
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8. Tuesday 29 October Group 2. 15h30-17h30. Room 808 Group 4. 08h00-10h00. Room 808 Group 7. 10h15-12h15. Room 808 |
Geopolitical question time Group 6 Midterm test preparation IMF and political debt control Stephen Kinzer. Overthrow John Perkins. The New Confessions of an Economic Hitman. |
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9. Wednesday 30 October Group 2. 15h30-17h30. Room 808 Group 4. 10h15-12h15. Room 808 Group 7. 13h15-15h15. Room 808 Wealth, Lobbying and Political Power |
Lobbying Transparency Register (European
Commission) Lobbyfacts (data on EU lobbying) Student case studies 2019 Danone Oxfam Sanofi Scania Tesla Wikipedia 2018 Coca Cola E-privacy Europeche Mercosur Monsanto Volkswagen |
Lobbying and Taxes. BrianKelleher Richter et al. (JSTOR. Via ESSCA library) Corporate lobbying (is4 profit) Billy wants a dog (flv) (US) What does a lobbyist do? (flv) (Germany) Lobbying presentation (pdf) |
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10 Wednesday 6 November Group 2. 15h30-17h30. Room 811 Group 4. 10h15-12h15. Room 808 Group 7. 13h15-15h15. Room 808 ChatGPT |
ChatGPT create account What to do? "Write an essay" See ChatGPT example See AI ESSCA check Quillbot Quillbot example |
Geopolitical question time Group 7 Tourist rentals and housing Shrinkflation |
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11 Wednesday 13 November Group 2. 15h30-17h30. Room 808 Group 4. 10h15-12h15. Room 808 Group 7. 13h15-15h15. Room 808 Mid-term test |
MCQ mid-term test Group 2 Group 4 Group 7 |
Geopolitical question time Group 8 Hunting and Animal Welfare Russia / Ukraine conflict BBC article on the US elections Academic writing guidelines Academic writing example Academic writing Academic writing exercise (evaluated). Single-page exercise with citations and bibliography. Economic theory in the Policy Paper. See 'content' for the module. Use of economic concepts in your policy paper Exam evaluation grid |
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12 Wednesday 20 November Group 2. 15h30-17h30. Room 808 Group 4. 10h15-12h15. Room 808 Group 7. 13h15-15h15. Room 808 Academic writing |
Mid-term test Group 2 answers Mid-term test Group 4 answers Mid-term test Group 7 answers MCQ marks Academic writing exercise |
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13 Wednesday 27 November Group 2. 15h30-17h30. Room 808 Group 4. 10h15-12h15. Room 808 Group 7. 13h15-15h15. Room 808 PESTEL analysis Greek Debt Crisis |
PESTEL analysis can be used to foresee the PESTEL effects / consequences of putting into action any new policy - in our case - Fiscal Policy. PESTEL analysis of your fiscal proposals |
Geopolitical question time Group 9 Dating Midterm test marks Wine for the winners Academic writing results Greek Debt Crisis (David Rees) Orals practice in groups Example of a PESTEL analysis on tobacco duty (DR. pdf) Orals - reminder of what is wanted. |
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14 Wednesday 4 December Group 2. 15h30-17h30. Room 811 Group 4. 10h15-12h15. Room 809 Group 7. 13h15-15h15. Room 801 Orals |
Oral Presentations (evaluated) A two-minute presentation by each student without PowerPoint etc. |
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| Lesson 15 Wednesday 11 December Group 2. 15h30-17h30. Room 808 Group 4. 10h15-12h15. Room 808 Group 7. 13h15-15h15. Room 808 Debt and Debt Control |
Debt - comedy (mofire2K) Debt Clock and Debt comparison (Commodity.com) (Choose a few countries and divide the debt by the population to see the per capita debt) Japanese debt (IMF) A World of Debt (Visual Capitalist) Sovereign debt default (Wikipedia) Debt and politics (in French) (David Rees) US debt (CNBC) Household debt (OECD) |
Course evaluation Group 2 Course Evaluation Group 4 Course Evaluation Group 7 Policy Paper Guidelines Academic writing guidelines Fiscal Policy and debt. A case study from France. French 2024 Political Crisis |
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Policy Paper written from home. To be sent by 30 December |
Course evaluation results: Group 2 Group 4 Group 7 |