POLI 278. Political Economy Models of Elections (4 units)
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Description
This course introduces the formal literature on economic models of voting and electoral politics. It reviews models that look at elections as I) mechanisms for preference aggregation, II) mechanisms for information aggregation, and III) mechanisms for selecting and incentivizing politicians. Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Prerequisite courses
POLI 278 has no prerequisite courses.
Successor courses
No courses have POLI 278 as a prerequisite.