ECON 3171-0

Brief

This course is an introductory class of political economy. Political economy broadly refers to apply the methodology of economics to analyze political behavior and institutions. The first half of the class introduces the analytical tools, and then focuses on voting theory. Some of the questions we will discuss in class are: why do people vote? what determines voters’ voting behavior? what are the incentives of politicians? The second half of the class covers some important topics discussed by the political economists, for example, rent seeking, bureaucracy, and institutions.

Description

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Timetable

Scores

Average GPA 3.7

Std. Deviation 0.84

Remarks

HSS政治經濟學程必修

Restrictions

Compulsory

Elective

Cross Discipline

First Specialization

Second Specialization