Universität Wien
Warning! The directory is not yet complete and will be amended until the beginning of the term.

040040 UK Social Choice (MA) (2024S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 50 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 04.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 21 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 8
  • Monday 11.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Monday 18.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Monday 08.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Monday 15.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Monday 22.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Monday 29.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Monday 06.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Monday 13.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
    Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Monday 27.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Monday 03.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Monday 10.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Monday 17.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Monday 24.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
    Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Aims: Students become familiar with the methods and some of the central results of social choice theory.
Contents: Preferences and choice, aggregation, Arrow's impossibility theorem, majority voting, scoring functions and the Borda rule, individual rights and power, manipulability and strategy-proofness.
Methods: Lectures, homework exercises, discussion.

Assessment and permitted materials

There will be two homework exercises and two tests. The tests will have open book format. For each homework exercise students can earn 10 points, for each test 25 points. To obtain a positive grade, it is necessary to earn at least 25 points on both test together and at least 35 points in total (both homework exercises plus both tests). Oral presentations of solutions to homework exercises and classroom participation yield extra points.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

To obtain a positive grade, it is necessary to earn at least 25 points on both test together and at least 35 points in total (both homework exercises plus both tests).

Examination topics

Material presented during the lectures.

Reading list

Wulf Gaertner: "A Primer in Social Choice Theory" revised version, Oxford University Press 2009.

Association in the course directory

Last modified: We 31.07.2024 11:25