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040159 KU Collective Choice (MA) (2021W)

8.00 ECTS (4.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
DIGITAL
Moodle

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 50 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Freitag 01.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Mittwoch 06.10. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
  • Freitag 08.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Mittwoch 13.10. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
  • Freitag 15.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Mittwoch 20.10. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
  • Freitag 22.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Mittwoch 27.10. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
  • Freitag 29.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Mittwoch 03.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
  • Freitag 05.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Mittwoch 10.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
  • Freitag 12.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Mittwoch 17.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
  • Freitag 19.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Mittwoch 24.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
  • Freitag 26.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Mittwoch 01.12. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
  • Freitag 03.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Freitag 10.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Mittwoch 15.12. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
  • Freitag 17.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Freitag 07.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Mittwoch 12.01. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
  • Freitag 14.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Mittwoch 19.01. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
  • Freitag 21.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Mittwoch 26.01. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
  • Freitag 28.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

FORMAT:
- There will be two online lectures each week on Wednesdays 8:00-9:30 and Friday 11:30 to 13:00 (using Zoom)
- All course material and access to online teaching will be on Moodle: https://moodle.univie.ac.at/course/view.php?id=249267#section-1
- a tentative syllabus is already available on Moodle
• Script containing the whole course material
o Problemsets and (later) solutions
o Research Articles and related material

CONTENT: This is a course in microeconomics. In the first part of the course, students are introduced to the literature of mechanism design without money (including a chapter on matching theory) and social choice. We will cover classic results centering around the question: which are good or reasonable voting schemes?
In the second part, we model elections as a strategic game with sophisticated voters (Explicit modelling of individual information, available action, and preferences) and study the non-cooperative Nash equilibria. Topics include the following:
• Conflict of interests and “compromise”
• Conflict of opinion and “aggregation of information”
• Pivotality considerations
• Discuss the role of turnout in elections, ethical considerations, and alternative forms of political participation such as protests, advice-giving, and non-binding voting.
• Discuss experimental and empirical evidence regarding voting behavior.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Assessment: In this course, a student can collect up to 100 points. 51 points are needed to pass. Points can be collected as follows:

1. Exam (maximum: 49 points)
2. Participation in class (maximum: 25 points)
3. A short term paper (around 8-10 pages, maximum: 26 points) to be handed in in written form and to be presented at the end of the term (short presentation: 10-20 minutes).

Students wishing to do so, will be offered a ``re-take possibility'' for the final exam. This re-take will be in the form of an oral exam.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

A minimum of 51 points is needed for a positive evaluation.

Prüfungsstoff

Literatur

The material for this course is contained in the lecture notes and exercises.

There is a typeset script that will be made available to the students.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Fr 12.05.2023 00:12