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040159 KU Collective Choice (MA) (2021W)

8.00 ECTS (4.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work
REMOTE
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).

Details

max. 50 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Friday 01.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Wednesday 06.10. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
  • Friday 08.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Wednesday 13.10. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
  • Friday 15.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Wednesday 20.10. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
  • Friday 22.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Wednesday 27.10. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
  • Friday 29.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Wednesday 03.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
  • Friday 05.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Wednesday 10.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
  • Friday 12.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Wednesday 17.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
  • Friday 19.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Wednesday 24.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
  • Friday 26.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Wednesday 01.12. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
  • Friday 03.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Friday 10.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Wednesday 15.12. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
  • Friday 17.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Friday 07.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Wednesday 12.01. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
  • Friday 14.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Wednesday 19.01. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
  • Friday 21.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Wednesday 26.01. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
  • Friday 28.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

FORMAT:
- There will be two online lectures each week on Wednesdays 8:00-9:30 and Friday 11:30 to 13:00 (using Zoom)
- All course material and access to online teaching will be on Moodle: https://moodle.univie.ac.at/course/view.php?id=249267#section-1
- a tentative syllabus is already available on Moodle
• Script containing the whole course material
o Problemsets and (later) solutions
o Research Articles and related material

CONTENT: This is a course in microeconomics. In the first part of the course, students are introduced to the literature of mechanism design without money (including a chapter on matching theory) and social choice. We will cover classic results centering around the question: which are good or reasonable voting schemes?
In the second part, we model elections as a strategic game with sophisticated voters (Explicit modelling of individual information, available action, and preferences) and study the non-cooperative Nash equilibria. Topics include the following:
• Conflict of interests and “compromise”
• Conflict of opinion and “aggregation of information”
• Pivotality considerations
• Discuss the role of turnout in elections, ethical considerations, and alternative forms of political participation such as protests, advice-giving, and non-binding voting.
• Discuss experimental and empirical evidence regarding voting behavior.

Assessment and permitted materials

Assessment: In this course, a student can collect up to 100 points. 51 points are needed to pass. Points can be collected as follows:

1. Exam (maximum: 49 points)
2. Participation in class (maximum: 25 points)
3. A short term paper (around 8-10 pages, maximum: 26 points) to be handed in in written form and to be presented at the end of the term (short presentation: 10-20 minutes).

Students wishing to do so, will be offered a ``re-take possibility'' for the final exam. This re-take will be in the form of an oral exam.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

A minimum of 51 points is needed for a positive evaluation.

Examination topics

Reading list

The material for this course is contained in the lecture notes and exercises.

There is a typeset script that will be made available to the students.

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Fr 12.05.2023 00:12