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040159 KU Collective Choice (MA) (2022W)

8.00 ECTS (4.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work
ON-SITE
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

The lecture on October 7 is canceled due to a conference travel.

  • Wednesday 05.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 13 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Friday 07.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 12.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 13 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Friday 14.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 19.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 13 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Friday 21.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Friday 28.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Friday 04.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 09.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 13 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Friday 11.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 16.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 13 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Friday 18.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 23.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 13 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Friday 25.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 30.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 13 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Friday 02.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 07.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 13 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Friday 09.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 14.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 13 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Friday 16.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 11.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 13 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 11.01. 13:15 - 14:00 Seminarraum 13 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Friday 13.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 18.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 13 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Friday 20.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 25.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 13 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Friday 27.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

FORMAT:
- There will be two lectures each week.
- All course material will be on Moodle:
https://moodle.univie.ac.at/course/view.php?id=329601

- 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.

Assessment and permitted materials

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.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

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

Examination topics

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Reading list

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.

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Tu 10.01.2023 09:48