04:30 PM to 07:10 PM W
Carow Hall 01
Section Information for Spring 2017
This is a research-oriented course in public choice, also known as political economy, economics of politics, and rational choice theory. It introduces students to basic concepts and debates in public choice, including the logic of collective action, the Median Voter Model, information, bargaining, competition, and constitutions. But its main goal is to take students up to the research frontier, with a focus on what I think of as “cutting edge” topics: empirical public opinion research, ideology, Wittman's critique of the political failure literature, expressive voting, voter irrationality, behavioral political economy, dictatorship, and anarchy.
I assume that you have taken Public Choice I (Econ 852), and are familiar with basic calculus and econometrics.
Credits: 3
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate or Non-Degree.
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