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Instructors: Dr. Jesus Sanchez Ibrahim
Event type:
Interactive class
Displayed in timetable as:
22-3.e89
Hours per week:
3
Credits:
6,0
Language of instruction:
English
Min. | Max. participants:
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Comments/contents:
The course of Political Economics will be held in presence.
Learning objectives:
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?
Didactic concept:
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).
Additional examination information:
There will be a final exam made of multiple choices questions and one open question to choose among two. Important: you won't need to learn anything by heart; but rather understand concepts and intuitions explained during the course.
In addition, during the course you will have the option of handing short essays in which you comment some research paper. These essays can increase your grade by 0.7 points maximum.
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