040040 UK Social Choice (MA) (2024S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften

Continuous assessment of course work

ON-SITE

Moodle

Mo 27.05. 09:45-11:15 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Registration is open from Mo 12.02.2024 09:00 to We 21.02.2024 12:00
Registration is open from Mo 26.02.2024 09:00 to Tu 27.02.2024 12:00
Deregistration possible until Th 14.03.2024 23:59

Details

max. 50 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Gerhard Sorger

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

    
    Monday
    04.03.
    09:45 - 11:15
    Hörsaal 21  Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 8
    
    Monday
    11.03.
    09:45 - 11:15
    Hörsaal 8  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  1.Stock
    
    Monday
    18.03.
    09:45 - 11:15
    Hörsaal 8  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  1.Stock
    
    Monday
    08.04.
    09:45 - 11:15
    Hörsaal 8  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  1.Stock
    
    Monday
    15.04.
    09:45 - 11:15
    Hörsaal 8  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  1.Stock
    
    Monday
    22.04.
    09:45 - 11:15
    Hörsaal 8  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  1.Stock
    
    Monday
    29.04.
    09:45 - 11:15
    Hörsaal 8  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  1.Stock
    
    Monday
    06.05.
    09:45 - 11:15
    Hörsaal 8  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  1.Stock
    
    Monday
    13.05.
    09:45 - 11:15
    Hörsaal 3  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  Erdgeschoß
Hörsaal 8  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  1.Stock
    
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    Monday
    27.05.
    09:45 - 11:15
    Hörsaal 8  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  1.Stock
    
    Monday
    03.06.
    09:45 - 11:15
    Hörsaal 8  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  1.Stock
    
    Monday
    10.06.
    09:45 - 11:15
    Hörsaal 8  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  1.Stock
    
    Monday
    17.06.
    09:45 - 11:15
    Hörsaal 8  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  1.Stock
    
    Monday
    24.06.
    09:45 - 11:15
    Hörsaal 7  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  1.Stock
Hörsaal 8  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  1.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Aims: Students become familiar with the methods and some of the central results of social choice theory.
Contents: Preferences and choice, aggregation, Arrow's impossibility theorem, majority voting, scoring functions and the Borda rule, individual rights and power, manipulability and strategy-proofness.
Methods: Lectures, homework exercises, discussion.

Assessment and permitted materials

There will be two homework exercises and two tests. The tests will have open book format. For each homework exercise students can earn 10 points, for each test 25 points. To obtain a positive grade, it is necessary to earn at least 25 points on both test together and at least 35 points in total (both homework exercises plus both tests). Oral presentations of solutions to homework exercises and classroom participation yield extra points.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

To obtain a positive grade, it is necessary to earn at least 25 points on both test together and at least 35 points in total (both homework exercises plus both tests).

Examination topics

Material presented during the lectures.

Reading list

Wulf Gaertner: "A Primer in Social Choice Theory" revised version, Oxford University Press 2009.

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Tu 27.02.2024 10:05