Economic rationale for Government intervention Monopoly power Public goods Externalities Other rationales for Government intervention Forms of Government financing of health services Tax Policy Commodity taxes and subsidies The health economics of bads

Compulsory reading S. Folland, A. Goodman, and Stano, M. (2017). The Economics of Health and Health Care, 8th ed. Routledge Chapter 2. Microeconomic Tools for Health Economics Chapter 18. Equity, Efficiency, and Need Chapter 19. Government Intervention in Health Care Markets Chapter 23. The Health Economics of Bads Francesco Forte (2010). Principles of Public Economics: A Public Choice Approach, E.Elgar Chapter 3. Public Wants and Public Goods

Parte 1 – Beni pubblic, beni pubblici globali e servizi sanitari - Public goods for health - Global public goods - Global public goods e salute Parte 2- Federalismo fiscale e sistemi sanitari Parte 3 - Public Private Partnerships e servizi sanitari

Parte 1 Barrett, S. (2007) Introduction: the incentives to supply global public goods, in Barrett, S., Why Cooperate?: The Incentive to Supply Global Public Goods, Oxford University Press Binger, A. (2003) Global public goods and potential mechanisms for financing availability, paper prepared for the Fifth Session of the Committee for Development Policy meeting Parte 2 Rosen, H.S. and Gayer, T. (10th Edition) Public Finance, McGraw-Hill, Chapter 22 Musgrave R.A. and Musgrave P.B. (1989 or more recent edition) Public Finance in Theory and Practice, McGraw-Hill, Chapters 27 and 28 Parte 3