- 5 crédits
- 30h
- 2e quadrimestre
Langue d'enseignement: Anglais / EnglishEnseignant: Decerf Benoît
The main objective of the course is to introduce the students to the modern models of political economics (i.e., economic models of the formation of policies), both from theoretical and empirical standpoint.
The first part of the course covers theoretical models of policy formation in democratic societies and empirical tests of competing theories. The second part covers the applications of these models to explain existing variations in government size, labour market institutions, international trade, and environmental policy.
Lecture 1. General Introduction Part I. Building Blocks Lectures 2-3. Electoral competition without political rents Lecture 4. Electoral competition with political rents Lecture 5. Lobbying Lecture 6. Legislative Bargaining Lecture 7. Bureaucracy Part II. Applications to specific policies Lecture 8. Government size 1: Basic model Lecture 9. Government size 2: Multiple equilibria Lecture 10. Labor market institutions 1: Unemployment insurance. Lecture 11. Labor market institutions 2: Labor Market Regulations. Lecture 12. International trade. Lecture 13. Environmental policy
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[Cours donné en anglais] The course consists of 13 lectures, which cover both theoretical models and empirical applications. Students are invited to actively participate at the discussions of models and their applicability to real-life economic policy-making during the lectures.
En raison des mesures prises dans la lutte contre la propagation du covid-19 et de celles mises en place au niveau de l'UNamur, les modalités d'évaluation font l'objet de modification pour être adaptées à la situation.
Les modalités d'évaluation qui sont ainsi d'application pour la période d'évaluation de fin de troisième quadrimestre (seconde session) sont communiquées par l'enseignant, aux étudiants, via WebCampus pour chaque unité d'enseignement
The final exam for the course is a two-hour closed-book final examination.
T. Persson and G. Tabellini, Political Economics: Explaining Economic Policy, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2000. The list of empirical papers will be distributed during the 1st lecture.