040040 UK Social Choice (MA) (2022S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 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).

Registration is open from Mo 07.02.2022 09:00 to Mo 21.02.2022 23:59
Registration is open from Th 24.02.2022 09:00 to Fr 25.02.2022 23:59
Deregistration possible until Mo 14.03.2022 23:59

Details

max. 50 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Gerhard Sorger

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Tuesday 01.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Tuesday 08.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Tuesday 15.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Tuesday 22.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Tuesday 29.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Tuesday 26.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Tuesday 03.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Tuesday 10.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Tuesday 17.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Tuesday 24.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Tuesday 31.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Tuesday 14.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Tuesday 21.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Tuesday 28.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 5 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
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 (40%), classroom participation (20%), final exam (40%).

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

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