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17.812J Collective Choice I | Political Science

17.812J Collective Choice I | Political Science

This is an applied theory course covering topics in the political economy of democratic countries. This course examines political institutions from a rational choice perspective. The now burgeoning rational choice literature on legislatures, bureaucracies, courts, and elections constitutes the chief focus. Some focus will be placed on institutions from a comparative and/or international perspective.
Keywords:
lobbying, and elections, electoral system, point-valued solution, vote-buying, distributive theory, multiparty competition, political economy, coalitions, court, Industrial Organization, models of political parties, bureaucracy, voter, vote-trading, Political Economy, legislative-executive relations, macroeconomic policy, income redistribution, bargaining, legislature, taxation, government stability, informational theory, representative democracy, agency models, set-valued solution, minorities, structure-induced equilibrium models, comparative, public goods, Comparative Politics, direct democracy, electoral competition, government, Colonel Blotto, interest groups, rational choice, Macroeconomics, international, probabilistic voting models
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Material Type:
Online Course
Date Added to MERLOT:
May 12, 2016
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May 12, 2016
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Barbra Bied Sperling
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Graduate School
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English
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