Code: | 1GE402 | Acronym: | EFP |
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Classification | Keyword |
OFICIAL | Economics |
Active? | Yes |
Web Page: | http://sigarra.up.pt/fep/pt/ucurr_geral.ficha_uc_view?pv_ocorrencia_id=386380 |
Responsible unit: | Agrupamento Científico de Economia |
Course/CS Responsible: | Bachelor in Business Administration |
Acronym | No. of Students | Study Plan | Curricular Years | Credits UCN | Credits ECTS | Contact hours | Total Time |
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LGES | 21 | Bologna Syllabus since 2012 | 3 | - | 3 | 42 | 81 |
On successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
-Critically analyzing public policy and financial activity of the State, its nature, its determinants and restrictions;
-Understanding political arguments and realizing who decides the priorities of public policies;
- Arguing about the budgetary procedures in Portugal;
-Understanding how and why a subject should be seen as "public problem" requiring government response.
Part 1: Origins of the State and its functions
1-Theories about the origin of the State
2-Types of governance
3-Scope and structure of the public sector in Portugal
4-Reasons for the collective choice
4.1- Forms of State intervention and its economic functions
4.2-Allocative efficiency
4.3- Equity in distribution
Part 2: Theory of Public Choice and political decision
5-The challenge of the Theory of Public Choice to orthodox thinking
6- The role of politicians, bureaucrats and interest groups and the clash of values, interests and visions
7- A summary approach to voting rules in direct and representative democracies
8- The manipulation of democratic agenda
8.1- The voting paradox
8.2- The market of votes (logrolling)
9- Economic and financial constitutionalism
Part 3: Financial Administration of the State
10- General view of the financial management of the State
11- The fiscal State and its budget
11.1- Tax systems
11.2 -Taxes and other sources of State revenue
11.3- Brief characterization of the Portuguese tax system
11.4- State Budget in Portugal and its legal context
12- Public Debt
12.1- Notion and types of public debt
12.2- Major problems of public debt
Theoretical and practical classes resorting to official documents where appropriate.
Accomplishment of illustrative exercises.
Throughout the program, some issues of Economics and Public Finance will be discussed. In this context, students with distributed evaluation must work in group, writing and defending an original essay of a maximum of five pages about one of the topics for discussion.
Designation | Weight (%) |
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Participação presencial | 20,00 |
Teste | 80,00 |
Total: | 100,00 |
Designation | Time (hours) |
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Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico | 10,00 |
Estudo autónomo | 29,00 |
Frequência das aulas | 42,00 |
Total: | 81,00 |
Distributed evaluation requires the presence of at least 75% of classes. The count of attendance shall be done in relation to the number of classes in which it was taught the matter subject to assessment.
Distributed evaluation consists of :
- Two tests that will focus on different components of the program.
- Work in group, which involves a written paper with oral defense.
The first test will have a duration corresponding to a class and it will be held in class. The second test lasting 1h 30m will take place on the exam date. There is no imposition of minimum score on the tests. Students who begin their evaluation in this scheme may choose to submit to the final examination. In this case students perform the exam and not the second test.
Final examination will focus on all lectured program and will last 2h.
The final grade of the student subjected to distributed evaluation will be as follows:
1st Test - weighting 40%
2nd Test - weighting 40%
Attendance and participation- 20% ( consisting in participation in classes and group work and discussions in the classroom focusing predefined themes)
It will be according to the assessment rules. In this case students do not benefit from the component ' participation and attendance" even if they have fulfilled the requirements for it.