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 3
Teacher David Rees Secretary Marie Renard Course director Amanar Akhabbar,
Syllabus, Course Content, Policy Paper Subjects
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1. Tuesday 14 January. Group 3. 13h15-15h15 Group 2. 15h30-17h30 Room 808 Introduction |
Fiscal Policy questionnaire ESSCA lesson 1 introduction Policy Paper Subjects Group Discussion Subjects |
Welcome Fiscal Policy questionnaire answers Prepare your choices of Policy Paper Numbers |
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2. Tuesday 21 January Group 3. 13h15-15h15 Group 2. 15h30-17h30 Room 808 Growth and Inequality |
Exercise. Choose 10 countries (including your own) fro around the world. Include countries from Europe, Asia, North America, South America and Africa. Make a chart (on paper or on your computer) and find the following data for each country: Gini score Tax Revenue to GDP (Tax Burden) HDI score Top 10% Top 1% Is there a link among the different data for a country? Share your findings with your research group. |
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) Gini Index Tax Revenue and expenditure to GDP % HDI Top 10% wealth comparison Top 1% wealth comparison Reading Oxfam - the top 1% World Top 1% (FRED) |
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3. Tuesday 28 January Group 3. 13h15-15h15 Group 2. 15h30-17h30 Room B511 Fiscal Policy and Research |
Geopolitical question time Group 2 |
Group 3 Subgroup 1. How Democratic is France? Group 2 Subgroup 1. Should the France Leave the EU? Macro - budget and IR Fiscal Policy French fuel tax explained (in French) |
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4. Tuesday 4 February Group 3. 13h15-15h15 Group 2. 15h30-17h30 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) |
Group 3 Subgroup 2. Can the EU Green Deal Work? Group 2 Subgroup 2. Should France Legalise the Use of Soft Drugs such as Cannabis? Elasticity Research |
| Lesson 5. Tuesday 11 February Group 3. 13h15-15h15 Group 2. 15h30-17h30 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 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. |
Group 3 Subgroup 3. Should the EU Continue to Expand? Group 2 Subgroup 3. Is the EU a Victim of China's Exports? Project overview Research (see the links from Lesson 4) The Multiplier effect The Multiplier effect with MPS and MPC Individual Project Research |
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6. Wednesday 12 February Group 3. 08h00-10h00 Group 2. 10h15-12h15 Room 808 Inequality |
The New Deal 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? |
Group 3 Subgroup 4. Is the USA under President Trump a Danger for the EU? Group 2 Subgroup 4. Should Turkey Become a Member of the EU? The Multiplier effect The Multiplier effect with MPS and MPC Wealth distribution (DR) Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) (DR) |
| Lesson 7. Tuesday 18 February Group 3. 13h15-15h15 Group 2. 15h30-17h30 Room 808 Project Research |
Fiscal Policy links |
Group 3 Subgroup 5. Should France Move Towards a 6th Republic? Group 2 Subgroup 5. Is the USA under President Trump a Danger for the EU? US funding of Israel For further links - see 'Links / Israel' See also 'Jewish Voice Peace' and 'If Not Now' Austerity video. Austerity (DR) An overview of different taxes Three academic articles (see lesson 4). Data in images (graphs / tables - site source) Data research - source - referencing - bibliography |
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8. Tuesday 25 February Group 3. 13h15-15h15 Group 2. 15h30-17h30 Room 808 |
Group 3 Subgroup 6. Should the France Leave the EU? Group 2 Subgroup 6. Should France Move Towards a 6th Republic? Finish - An overview of different taxes EU democracy Austerity video. Austerity (DR) for Group 3 Midterm test preparation |
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9. Tuesday 4 March Group 3. 13h15-15h15 Group 2. 15h30-17h30 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 Tuesday 11 March Group 3. 13h15-15h15 Group 2. 15h30-17h30 Room B511 ChatGPT |
ChatGPT create account What to do? "Write an essay" See ChatGPT example See AI ESSCA check Quillbot Quillbot example |
Group 3 Subgroup 7. Will the Rise of Nationalist Political Parties in the EU Continue? Group 2 Subgroup 7. How Democratic is France? |
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11 Tuesday 18 March Group 3. 13h15-15h15 Group 2. 15h30-17h30 Room 808 Mid-term test and Academic Writing |
MCQ mid-term test |
Group 3 Subgroup 8. Is the EU a Victim of China's Exports? Group 2 Subgroup 8. What is the Solution to the Russia / Ukraine Crisis? Ukraine (DR) |
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12 Tuesday 25 March Group 3. 13h15-15h15 Group 2. 15h30-17h30 Room 808 PESTEL analysis |
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 |
Mid-term test Group 2 answers Mid-term test Group 3 answers Exam evaluation grid Midterm test marks Wine for the winners Academic writing guidelines Academic writing example Academic writing exercise (evaluated). Single-page exercise in UK English with 2 references, 2 footnotes, 1 quotation and a bibliography. Send in pdf to Mr Rees by Friday 21 March. Economic theory in the Policy Paper. See 'content' for the module. Use of economic concepts in your policy paper |
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13 Tuesday 1 April Group 3. 13h15-15h15 Group 2. 15h30-17h30 Room B511 PESTEL |
Academic writing results Orals - explanation Orals practice in groups PESTEL - explanation Example of a PESTEL analysis on tobacco duty (DR. pdf) Orals - reminder of what is wanted. |
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14 Tuesday 8 April Group 3. 13h15-15h15 Group 2. 15h30-17h30 Room 809 Orals |
Oral Presentations (evaluated) A two-minute presentation by each student without PowerPoint etc. |
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| Lesson 15 Tuesday 15 April Group 3. 13h15-15h15 Group 2. 15h30-17h30 Room 808 French Fiscal Policy French Political Crisis Policy Paper preparation |
Course evaluation Group 2 Course Evaluation Group 3 Fiscal Policy and debt. A case study from France. French 2024 Political Crisis Linking data Policy Paper Guidelines Academic writing guidelines |
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Policy Paper written from home. To be sent by 28 April 20h |
Course evaluation results: Group 2 Group 3 |