4545: Public Choice/New Political Economy ( forår 2011 - 10 ECTS )
Rammer for udbud
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Uddannelsessprog:
engelsk
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Niveau:
Elective BSC and MSc course (Old course code: 2645)
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Semester/kvarter:
Variable
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Timer per uge:
4 hours. See time table at www.econ.au.dk/teaching/elective-courses/ for time and lecture room
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Deltagerbegrænsning:
None
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Undervisningssted:
Århus
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Hovedområde:
Det Samfundsvidenskabelige Fakultet
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Udbud ID:
26745
Formål
The objectives are that the students after having participated in the course should be able to:
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Apply classical public choice theory to the design of basic decision making institutions.
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Describe, analyse and reflect on the design of and effect of institutions in general.
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Describe, analyse and reflect on basic social choice problems.
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Apply the tools of public choice to the analysis of selected policy problems covered in the new papers included.
Indhold
The course has four main goals:
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to teach the student the classical public choice theory of committees and voting.
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to teach the student the theory of bureaucracy, rent seeking and capture.
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to discuss the theories of public vs private production and the size of the government.
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to introduce the normative theories of social choice. Also the course will present some new papers in the field.
Faglige forudsætninger
None
Underviser
Martin Paldam
Undervisnings- og arbejdsform
Lectures. The students are encouraged to write seminars in the fields
Litteratur
Dennis C. Mueller: Public Choice III. Cambridge UP, 2003, Approx. 500 pages
It will be supplemented with approx. 100 pages of new papers chosen at the European Public Choice Conference in Izmir March 2010, which will be specified before the beginning of the semester
Studieordning og bedømmelse
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Mundtlig, bedømt efter 7-skala med intern censur
Oral exam for 20 minutes with 20 minutes' preparation.
EXAMINATION AIDS ALLOWED: All - except any means of electronic communication including PC's
