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14.75 Political Economy and Economic Development (MIT)

This course explores the relationship between political institutions and economic development, covering key theoretical issues as well as recent empirical evidence. Topics include corruption, democracy, dictatorship, and war. Discusses not just what we know on these topics, but how we know it, covering how to craft a good empirical study or field experiment and how to discriminate between reliable and unreliable evidence.

Keywords:: dictatorship, political economics, war, voting, collective action, ocwc, developmental economics, oec, Developmental Economics, democracy, economics, Political Economy, civil war, corruption

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Business / Economics

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Material Type:: Online Course
Date Added to MERLOT:: August 6, 2014
Date Modified in MERLOT:: July 2, 2019
Author:: Prof. Benjamin Olken
Submitter:: The Open Education Consortium
Primary Audience:: College General Ed
Technical Format:: Website

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Language:: English
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