Universität Wien FIND

040297 KU Political Economy (MA) (2020W)

Track in Policy Evaluation

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

An/Abmeldung

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

Details

max. 30 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

As long as the conditions and class size allow it, the course will take place in physical presence only. If physical presence is not feasible, the class will take place in a "hybrid" form (combining online and physical presence of smaller groups).

Donnerstag 01.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Dienstag 06.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Donnerstag 08.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Dienstag 13.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Donnerstag 15.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Dienstag 20.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Donnerstag 22.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Dienstag 27.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Donnerstag 29.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Dienstag 03.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Donnerstag 05.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Dienstag 10.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Donnerstag 19.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Dienstag 24.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Donnerstag 26.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Dienstag 01.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Donnerstag 03.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Donnerstag 10.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Dienstag 15.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Dienstag 12.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Donnerstag 14.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Dienstag 19.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Donnerstag 21.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Dienstag 26.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Donnerstag 28.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Why do people vote? When can representatives exploit their power? Can elections discipline politicians? How can the media influence the political process? In this course we will try to answer such questions both theoretically and empirically.
We start by introducing the workhorse models that will help students conceptualize the political process. We will build on that to analyze citizens’ participation and voting decisions, the incentives and constraints of policymakers, and how conflicts over policy are resolved.
The empirical part of the course will focus on the rise of parties that escape the traditional, bipolar Social-Democrat/Christian-Democrat divide that has dominated European political throughout the second half of the 20th century, and polarization of US politics. The focus will be on the impact campaign strategies, the media, rising trade integration, and immigration on electoral outcomes.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

The evaluation of the course will be based on:
- 1 problem set counting for 20% of the grade;
- 4 paper summaries counting for 40% of the grade (10% each);
- 1 presentation counting for 40% of the grade.
Participation is not mandatory but is strongly recommended. There is no make-up exam.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Although the course is self-contained and concepts and methods are developed gradually, students should have a good background in microeconomics, empirical methods, and game theory.

Prüfungsstoff

Theoretical: Electoral Competition, Lobbying, Political Agency, Partisan Politicians
Empirical: Persuasion and mobilization, Media and fake news, Globalization, Immigration

Literatur

The presentation material is downloadable from the website of the course.
Throughout the theory course, we will follow:
- Persson, Torsten, and Guido Enrico Tabellini. Political economics: explaining economic policy (MIT press, 2002);
- Morton, Rebecca B. Analyzing elections (WW Norton, 2006);
- Anderson, Simon P., Joel Waldfogel, and David Stromberg. Handbook of Media Economics (Elsevier, 2015).
The reading list for the empirical part of the course is available on the Moodle page of the course.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Do 23.03.2023 00:14