public finance introduction igor baranov graduate school of management, st. petersburg university

Public Finance

Introduction

Igor BaranovGraduate School of Management, St. Petersburg University

Contact Information

Instructor:

– Dr. Igor Baranov, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg University

E-mail: [email protected]

Web: http://www.gsom.pu.ru/en/professors/baranov

Office hours:

• Tuesdays 2:30 – 3:30 pm, room 417 (Dekabristov pereulok)

• by appointment, room 227 (Volkhovsky pereulok)

Graduated from St. Petersburg University of Economics and Finance as an economist

Internships / Visiting Research Fellow: Berkeley, Emory, University of Illinois (Chicago), HBS, NHH, Stockholm School of Economics, LSE, etc.

Ph.D. dissertation on providing public goods in decentralized economies

Teaching (BM, MIB, EMBA, ExecEd): Public Finance, Public Economics, Business and Government (Regulation Economics), Management Accounting, Accounting and Finance in Health Care Organizations, Microeconomics

Research Interests: Competition in the Public Sector, Regulation, Performance Evaluation and Management in Health Care

Professional Membership: ASPE, EEA, ISRICH, IIPF

About instructor

Instructor (Research Projects)

GSOM, “Best Practices in Managing HCO”, 2007 USAID, “Analysis of Competition Prospects in Health Insurance”, 2005-2006 Ministry of Education and Science, “Analysis and Improvement of University Economy

Management”, 2004 Ministry of Finance of RF, “Financial Planning”, 2002-2005 The Soros Foundation, “Contribution of Health Insurers to Better Quality and Accessibility of

Health Care”, 2002–2003 Eurasia Foundation, “Development of Entrepreneurial Business-Community (in high-tech

industries in Saint-Petersburg)”, 2001-2003 USAID, “Regional Policy of Development of the Real Economy sector”, 2001-2002 Fond Foundation, “Higher Economic Education in Russia: Challenges of Acquiring New Content”,

2001-2003 RAO UES of Russia, “Energy Saving Program”, 2001 Ministry of Finance of RF, “Survey of Social Program Expenditure”, 2000-2001 State Property Fund of RF, “Changes in Organizational Behavior in the Post-Privatization Period”,

1997-1998 State Property Fund of RF, “Efficiency of Pledge Auctions”, 1997 INTAS, “Transition Economy: Local Public Sector in Russia”, 1995-1997 EU Secretariat, “Fiscal Policy and Fiscal Federalism in Russia”, 1995-1996

Course Goal and Objectives

Goal: to develop students’ analytical skills in the area of public finance.

Objectives:

to introduce students to the public sector reform agenda with a focus on public finance issues;

to demonstrate administrative, political, and economic constraints to public finance reforms;

to develop analytical skills of the students in three major areas of public finance reforms (performance-based budgeting, mid-term financial planning, budget decentralization);

to train students how to develop budgeting and performance evaluation systems for public sector institutions;

to develop students’ skills on how to write a public policy paper and make a presentation on public policy issue.

Course Layout

Lectures

Discussion sessions

Budgeting project

Public policy paper project

Both projects are based on work in small groups (up to 4 participants)

Topics Covered

Introduction to Public Finance. Review of the Public Finance Reforms

Budgeting and Performance Evaluation in Public Sector Organizations

Performance-Based Budgeting

Mid-Term Financial Planning

Budget Federalism

Grading Policy

mid-term exam - 10%

budgeting project (written and oral presentation) – 25%

public policy paper (written report and presentation in class) – 25%

final exam – 40%

public finance introduction igor baranov graduate school of management, st. petersburg university

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