Universität Wien

040297 KU Political Economy (MA) (2020W)

Track in Policy Evaluation

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

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: Fr 12.05.2023 00:12