Political economics : Explaining Public Policies [ECONM904]

Acquis d'apprentissage

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.

Contenu

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.

Table des matières

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

Description des exercices

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