Lehrende: Angela De Martiis
Veranstaltungsart: Seminar
Orga-Einheit: Sociology, Politics & Economics
Anzeige im Stundenplan: Political Economic
Semesterwochenstunden: 3
Credits: 5,0
Standort: Campus der Zeppelin Universität
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: 1 | 36
Prioritätsschema: Standard-Priorisierung
Inhalte: A fundamental question in the current political economy is which factors determine the institutions of collective decision making. Why some countries are democracies with regular elections and where politicians are accountable to citizens, while other countries are not. The framework of the new political economy is ‘economic-based’; it stresses the individual economic incentives determining political preferences. The new political economy assumes that people behave strategically and their behavior can be modeled by the means of game theory. Different groups have opposing interests over political outcomes and these translate into opposing interests over the form of political institutions, that determine the political outcome. The lecture will also discuss the importance of culture, religion and geography on economic development.
Lernziele: The students should improve and deepen their knowledge and analytical capabilities in the areas of political economy, macroeconomics and empirical economics.
Weitere Informationen zu den Prüfungsleistungen: Written Exam (Klausur)
Literatur: Acemoglu, Daron, Robinson, James: Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy, New York: Crown Publisher, 2012. Acemoglu, Daron, Robinson, James: Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Selected Journal Articles and Working Papers. Discussion of political-economy issues in the media (e.g. Economist).
