| Economics / Muenster University |
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Spring/Summer 2011
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Professor: Roger D. Congleton
Office : SCH 218 |
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| Office Hours: | Tuesday 2:00 - 4:00 and Wednesday 4:00 - 5:00, and most other times by appointment | . |
| Recommended Texts: Optional Text: |
Mueller, D. (2003) Public Choice III.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Hillman, A. L. (2009) Public Finance and Public Policy, Responsibilities and Limitations of Government. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Congleton R. D. and Swedenborg, B. (2006) Democratic Constitutional Design and Public Policy. Cambridge Mass: MIT Press. |
J-Stor Journals Public Choice Society FEC US Constitution / Constitutions Elections Market Gallup RDC1.Net |
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| Dates | Lectures | Text Readings (See Syllabus for complete reading list) |
| Some
methodological background reading |
M 1, H10, How
Predictable
is Political Behavior / Review
of
Micro Tools |
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| 17/5 | I.
Introduction: On the Origins
and Logic of Public Choice |
M1 / PP
2 |
| 18/5 | II. Introduction to Voting Models | M4, H6 / Median Voter Model |
| 25/5 | III. Applications of the Median
Voter Model |
M6, M11, H9 / Median Voter Model |
| 1/6 | IV. Conceptual Problems with
Majority Rule |
M5, M12 / Economic
and
Cultural Prerequisites for Democracy |
| 8/6 | V. Stochastic Voting Models and
Welfare |
M12, M13 |
| 14/6 | No Classes this week
/ Whit
Montag |
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| 21/6 |
VI. Voting and Institutions |
M 4 / C: SwedCon
ch
7-9 |
| 22/6 | IX. Bureaucracy as a Special Interest Group | M16, H2 |
| 28/6 | VIII. Economic and Ideological Special Interests and Rent-Seeking Losses | M20, H2 / Rent-Seeking Losses and Institutions |
| 5/7 | XI. Public Choice Application: The Politics of Environmental Regulation | Governing
the Global Commons Environmental Political Economy |
| 12/7 | XII. Public Choice Application: the Welfare State: Public Pensions and Healthcare | |
| 19/7 | XIII. Course
Overview and Review for Final Exam
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| 20/07 |
XIV. Final Exam in class |
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27/07 |
Final Papers Due--via
e-mail--to: congleto@gmu.edu |
Some Ideas for Paper Topics |
| Course Grades, Two Options:
Final Exam 100% |
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