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Public Finance Introduction. Igor Baranov Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg University. Contact Information. Instructor: Dr. Igor Baranov, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg University E-mail: baranov@gsom.pu.ru
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Public FinanceIntroduction Igor Baranov Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg University
Contact Information • Instructor: • Dr. Igor Baranov, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg University • E-mail: baranov@gsom.pu.ru • 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)
About instructor • 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
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%