040040 UK Social Choice (MA) (2020S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften

Continuous assessment of course work

Moodle

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 Mo 10.02.2020 09:00 to We 19.02.2020 12:00
Registration is open from Tu 25.02.2020 09:00 to We 26.02.2020 12:00
Deregistration possible until Th 30.04.2020 23:59

Details

max. 50 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Gerhard Sorger

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Due to the measures taken by the University of Vienna to prevent rapid spreading of Corona virus, the format of this course has to be changed until further notice. There cannot be any lectures in class. Instead, I will provide written explanations of the material and post them in the section "Course material" on the Moodle page. In combination with the handout that is already on the website, this should allow students to learn the material by themselves. There will also be a discussion forum on the website that allows students to post questions and receive answers. Changes regarding the homework exercises and their assessment are explained in the section "Homework exercises" on the Moodle page.

    
    Friday
    06.03.
    13:15 - 14:45
    Hörsaal 9  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  1.Stock
    
    Friday
    13.03.
    13:15 - 14:45
    Hörsaal 9  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  1.Stock
    
    Friday
    20.03.
    13:15 - 14:45
    Hörsaal 9  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  1.Stock
    
    Friday
    27.03.
    13:15 - 14:45
    Hörsaal 9  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  1.Stock
    
    Friday
    03.04.
    13:15 - 14:45
    Hörsaal 9  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  1.Stock
    
    Friday
    24.04.
    13:15 - 14:45
    Hörsaal 9  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  1.Stock
    
    Friday
    08.05.
    13:15 - 14:45
    Hörsaal 9  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  1.Stock
    
    Friday
    15.05.
    13:15 - 14:45
    Hörsaal 9  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  1.Stock
    
    Friday
    22.05.
    13:15 - 14:45
    Hörsaal 9  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  1.Stock
    
    Friday
    29.05.
    13:15 - 14:45
    Hörsaal 9  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  1.Stock
    
    Friday
    05.06.
    13:15 - 14:45
    Hörsaal 9  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  1.Stock
    
    Friday
    12.06.
    13:15 - 14:45
    Hörsaal 9  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  1.Stock
    
    Friday
    19.06.
    13:15 - 14:45
    Hörsaal 9  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  1.Stock
    
    Friday
    26.06.
    13:15 - 14:45
    Hörsaal 9  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  1.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Aims: Students become familiar with the methods and some of the central results of social choice theory.
Contents: Preferences and choice, aggregation, Arrow's impossibility theorem, majority voting, scoring functions and the Borda rule, individual rights and power, manipulability and strategy-proofness.
Methods: Lectures, homework exercises, discussion.

Assessment and permitted materials

Homework exercises (30%), classroom participation (20%), final exam (50%).

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

To pass the course, 50 % of the points that can be earned through homework exercises, classroom participation, and the exam have to be achieved.

Examination topics

Material presented during the lectures.

Reading list

Wulf Gaertner: "A Primer in Social Choice Theory" revised version, Oxford University Press 2009

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:19