Universität Wien

040031 UK Political Economy (BA) (2016S)

8.00 ECTS (4.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
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).

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

Prerequisites:
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.

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.

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.

Association in the course directory

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