| 1 |
Basic One-Dimensional Electoral Competition
General Framework |
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| 2 |
Applications
Public Goods and Size of Government |
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| 3 |
Taxation and Income Redistribution |
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| 4 |
Macroeconomic Policy |
Problem set 1 due |
| 5-6 |
Multiparty Competition and Comparative Electoral Systems |
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| 7 |
Multidimensional Electoral Competition
Possibility of a Solution |
First topic review: deadline to submit the list of papers to be covered in the review |
| 8 |
Set-valued Solution Concepts |
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| 9 |
Probabilistic Voting Models |
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| 10 |
Structure-induced Equilibrium Models |
Problem set 2 due |
| 11 |
Other Models |
Problem set 3 due |
| 12 |
Elections with Imperfect Information
Learning by Voters |
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| 13 |
Agency Models |
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| 14-15 |
Models of Political Parties |
First topic review: deadline for the topic review itself
Problem set 4 due |
| 16 |
Vote-Buying, Vote-Trading, and Resource Allocation
Vote-Buying, Vote-Trading in Legislatures |
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| 17 |
Probabilistic Voting Models |
Second topic review: deadline to submit the list of papers |
| 18 |
"Colonel Blotto" Models - Cultivating Minorities |
Problem set 5 due |
| 19-20 |
Interest Groups and Lobbying |
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| 21 |
Legislatures
Bargaining in Legislatures |
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| 22 |
Coalitions and Government Stability |
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| 23 |
Informational vs. Distributive Theories of Legislature |
Second topic review: deadline for the topic review itself |
| 24 |
Legislative-Executive Relations |
Problem set 6 due |
| 25 |
Representative vs. Direct Democracy |
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