Universität Wien

040234 UK Collective Choice (BA) (2021S)

8.00 ECTS (4.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
DIGITAL
Moodle

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 50 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Montag 01.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
  • Dienstag 02.03. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Montag 08.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
  • Dienstag 09.03. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Montag 15.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
  • Dienstag 16.03. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Montag 22.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
  • Dienstag 23.03. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Montag 12.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
  • Dienstag 13.04. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Montag 19.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
  • Dienstag 20.04. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Montag 26.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
  • Dienstag 27.04. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Montag 03.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
  • Dienstag 04.05. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Montag 10.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
  • Dienstag 11.05. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Montag 17.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
  • Dienstag 18.05. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Montag 31.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
  • Dienstag 01.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Montag 07.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
  • Dienstag 08.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Montag 14.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
  • Dienstag 15.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Montag 21.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
  • Dienstag 22.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Montag 28.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
  • Dienstag 29.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

FORMAT:
- There will be two online lectures each week on Mondays 15:00-16:30 and Tuesday evening 18:30 to 20:00 (using Zoom)
- All course material and access to online teaching will be on Moodle:
• Script containing the whole course material
• Printed handout at each lecture
o Problemsets and (later) solutions
o Research Articles and related material

CONTENT: This is an intermediate course in microeconomics. In the first part of the course, students are introduced to the literature of mechanism design without money and social choice. We will cover classic results centering around the question: which are good or reasonable voting schemes?
In the second part, we model elections as a strategic game with sophisticated voters (Explicit modelling of individual information, available action, and preferences) and study the non-cooperative Nash equilibria. Topics include the following:
• Conflict of interests and “compromise”
• Conflict of opinion and “aggregation of information”
• Pivotality considerations
• Discuss the role of turnout in elections, ethical considerations, and alternative forms of political participation such as protests, advice-giving, and non-binding voting.
• Discuss experimental and empirical evidence regarding voting behavior.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Assessment: In this course, a student can collect up to 100 points. 51 points are needed to pass. Points can be collected as follows:

1. Exam (maximum: 26 points)
2. Participation in class (maximum: 25 points)
3. A short term paper (around 8-10 pages, maximum: 49 points) to be handed in in written form and to be presented at the end of the term (short presentation: 10-20 minutes).

Students wishing to do so, will be offered a ``re-take possibility'' for the final exam. This re-take will be in the form of an oral exam.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

A minimum of 51 points is needed for a positive evaluation.

Prüfungsstoff

Literatur

The material for this course is contained in the lecture notes and exercises.

There is a typeset script that will be made available to the students.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Fr 12.05.2023 00:12