Universität Wien

040234 UK Collective Choice (BA) (2021S)

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

  • Monday 01.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
  • Tuesday 02.03. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Monday 08.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
  • Tuesday 09.03. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Monday 15.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
  • Tuesday 16.03. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Monday 22.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
  • Tuesday 23.03. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Monday 12.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
  • Tuesday 13.04. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Monday 19.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
  • Tuesday 20.04. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Monday 26.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
  • Tuesday 27.04. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Monday 03.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
  • Tuesday 04.05. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Monday 10.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
  • Tuesday 11.05. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Monday 17.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
  • Tuesday 18.05. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Monday 31.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
  • Tuesday 01.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Monday 07.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
  • Tuesday 08.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Monday 14.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
  • Tuesday 15.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Monday 21.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
  • Tuesday 22.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Monday 28.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
  • Tuesday 29.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

FORMAT:
- There will be two online lectures each week on Mondays 15:00-16:30 and Tuesday evening 18:30 to 20:00 (using Zoom)
- All course material and access to online teaching will be on Moodle:
• Script containing the whole course material
• Printed handout at each lecture
o Problemsets and (later) solutions
o Research Articles and related material

CONTENT: This is an intermediate course in microeconomics. In the first part of the course, students are introduced to the literature of mechanism design without money 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: 26 points)
2. Participation in class (maximum: 25 points)
3. A short term paper (around 8-10 pages, maximum: 49 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