040031 UK Political Economy (BA) (2016S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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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 We 17.02.2016 09:00 to We 24.02.2016 12:00
- Deregistration possible until Mo 14.03.2016 23:59
Details
max. 50 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Wednesday
09.03.
08:00 - 09:30
Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Monday
14.03.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
Wednesday
16.03.
08:00 - 09:30
Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Monday
04.04.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
Wednesday
06.04.
08:00 - 09:30
Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Monday
11.04.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
Wednesday
13.04.
08:00 - 09:30
Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Monday
18.04.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
Wednesday
20.04.
08:00 - 09:30
Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Monday
25.04.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
Wednesday
27.04.
08:00 - 09:30
Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Monday
02.05.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
Wednesday
04.05.
08:00 - 09:30
Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Monday
09.05.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
Wednesday
11.05.
08:00 - 09:30
Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Wednesday
18.05.
08:00 - 09:30
Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Thursday
19.05.
09:45 - 11:15
Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Monday
23.05.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
Wednesday
25.05.
08:00 - 09:30
Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Monday
30.05.
11:30 - 14:45
Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
Wednesday
01.06.
08:00 - 09:30
Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Thursday
02.06.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 17 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Monday
06.06.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
Wednesday
08.06.
08:00 - 09:30
Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Monday
13.06.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
Wednesday
15.06.
08:00 - 09:30
Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Monday
20.06.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
Wednesday
22.06.
08:00 - 09:30
Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Monday
27.06.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
Wednesday
29.06.
08:00 - 09:30
Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Students are supposed to regularly attend to classes. In April/May there will be a written exam. Further, during the course students will discuss a paper drawn out from the reading list. These papers should be elaborated in groups of (up to) 3 students. Finally, students will discuss a research proposal.Grading:
The course grade will be a combination of a final exam (45%) and, a seminar presentation (25%), and a review of the book titled Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by J. Robinson and D. Acemoglu (30%). The attendance to all the exams is mandatory.
The course grade will be a combination of a final exam (45%) and, a seminar presentation (25%), and a review of the book titled Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by J. Robinson and D. Acemoglu (30%). The attendance to all the exams is mandatory.
Examination topics
Reading list
The books for the course are:
Acemoglu, Daron and Robinson, James (2006), Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy, Cambridge University Press. (AR)
Muller C. M.,(2003), Public Choice III, Cambridge University Press. (M)
Person, Torsten and Tabellini, Guido (2006), Political Economics: Explaining Economic Pol-
icy, The MIT Press. (PT)On top of it, there will be Lecture Slides and a number of suggested readings for each Topic. Students are expected to read carefully specific parts of them.
Acemoglu, Daron and Robinson, James (2006), Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy, Cambridge University Press. (AR)
Muller C. M.,(2003), Public Choice III, Cambridge University Press. (M)
Person, Torsten and Tabellini, Guido (2006), Political Economics: Explaining Economic Pol-
icy, The MIT Press. (PT)On top of it, there will be Lecture Slides and a number of suggested readings for each Topic. Students are expected to read carefully specific parts of them.
Association in the course directory
Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:28
This is a course for advanced bachelor students. Knowledge of intermediate
microeconomics, game theory, and macroeconomics is required.Course outline:
The course is designed to provide the participants with an introduction to modern political economics. The aim is to explain the determinants of economic and social
policy in modern democracies and to analyze how these policies may di§er according to the different political institutions in place. Specifically, it will provide an introduction to formal models of nondemocratic and democratic decision-making, based on voting, lobbying, and legislative bargaining. Theoretical models will be complemented by a discussion of recent studies in political economics.Course Aims:
The goal of the course is to make students familiar with the most common theoretical methods used in modern political economy.