Economic Policy & Public Choice
Lecture with Tutorial in WS 2013/2014
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Neumärker
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Department for Economic Policy and Constitutional Economic Theory
Schedule
Lecture: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Neumärker
Time: | Wed, 10-12h |
Room: |
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Start: | 2. Semester week (due to opening of the academic year) |
Tutorial: Martha Kontodaimon M.Sc.
Time: | Tues, 14-16h |
Room: | HS 2004 KG II |
Start: | 3. Semester week |
Supplementary Tutorials: Mihaela Pavlova
General: | Wed, 8-10h, KG I HS 1032 (new!) |
NBS: | Tues, 8-10h, KG I HS 1140 |
Start: | 4. Semester week |
Target Group and Language
- This course is designated for first-year students of the M.Sc. Economics program (economics and politics), the M.Sc. VWL program, and Diplom-Students (Hauptstudium). Exchange students are equally welcome to participate.
- If students of other faculties (e.g. political science) wish to participate, they should contact the tutor by email before the third week of the semester.
- Recommended prerequisites: Good knowledge of microeconomics.
- This module is entirely taught in English.
Credits: 6 ECTS
- M.Sc. Economics: First-year course for profile ‘Economics and Politics’.
- M.Sc. VWL: Wirtschaftspolitisches Wahlpflichtmodul (Ordnungspolitik).
- Diplom VWL: Hauptstudium, Pflichtfach „Wirtschaftspolitik: Ordnungspolitik“, Pflichtwahlfach „Ordnungs- und Wettbewerbspolitik“.
Downloads & Content
- Outlines and slides will be provided at this website.
- Literature will be provided on ILIAS.
- The passwords will be provided in the first sessions of the lecture and tutorial.
Lecture:
Tutorial:
- Tutorial 1
- Tutorial 2
- Tutorial 3
- Public Good Game
- Tutorial 4
- Tutorial 5
- Tutorial 6
- Tutorial 7
- Tutorial 8
- Tutorial 9
- Tutorial 11
- Tutorial 12
- Tutorial 13
Sub-Tutorial:
Outline:
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Introduction
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Economic problems of economic policy
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Economic man and collective action
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Allocation and exchange
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Distribution and conflict
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Liberty and welfare
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Implementation and reform
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Stability and sustainability
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The public choice of economic policy
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Rational and behavioral public choice
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Positive and normative public choice
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Institutions and hierarchies of public choice
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Authoritarian policy formation
1.1 Leviathan governments
1.2 Autocratic regimes -
Democratic organization and voting rules
2.1 Rational voting and basic voting systems
2.2 Direct and representative democracy
2.3 Legislature and Bureaucracy
2.4 Interest groups, rent-seeking and lobbying -
Spatial hierarchy
3.1 Federalism
3.2 Supranational policy choice
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Liberal concepts of economic policy formation
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Ordoliberal design
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Liberal paternalism
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Constitutional political economy
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Application to special policy issues
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Redistribution in democracy
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Organizing the just welfare state
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Market regulation and privatization
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Constitutional budget constraints and their effects on economic policy
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Readings:
Introductory Textbooks:
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Hillman, A.L.: Public Finance and Public Policy, 2nd Ed., Cambridge 2009.
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Mueller, D.C.: Public Choice III, Cambridge 2003.
Additional readings will be announced in the lecture and tutorial.