Lehrende: Dr. Jesus Sanchez Ibrahim
Veranstaltungsart: Interaktive Lehrveranstaltung
Anzeige im Stundenplan: 22-3.e89
Semesterwochenstunden: 3
Credits: 6,0
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | 48
Kommentare/ Inhalte: The course of Political Economics will be held in presence.
Lernziel: The objective of this course is to introduce you to Political Economics. This field lies in the intersection between Economics and Political Science. You will learn how economic instruments can be used to better understand political problems. These are some questions that will be addressed during the semester: Why is that some countries are democracies whereas others are not? Which factors can explain "democratization"? What makes a party (or politician) support one policy or another? How citizens react to parties' behavior? What drives changes in public opinion, voting and collective action? What drives corruption among institutions? How corruption affects the democratic system? What drives conflict and polarization among political agents? How conflict and polarization affects the democratic system? What is the role of media?
Vorgehen: The course will include both theoretical and empirical contents. From the theoretical point of view, you will learn how to apply Game and Decision Theory to political problems. For instance, you will learn different ways in which parties' strategic behavior can be modelled. The empirical side will cover descriptive analysis (e.g, how political polarization can be measured and how these measures have behaved in the last decades) and econometrics (e.g, what is the effect of media bias on electoral outcomes).
Zusätzliche Hinweise zu Prüfungen: There will be no written exam. Instead, students will be graded based on weekly essays about some relevant papers. The last essay will be in form of a group presentation. Moreover, at the end of the semester, students have to hand individually a Research Proposal.
