17.812J / 14.296J Collective Choice I, Fall 2008
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Snyder, James
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Collective Choice I
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This is an applied theory course covering topics in the political economy of democratic countries. This course examines political institutions from a rational choice perspective. The now burgeoning rational choice literature on legislatures, bureaucracies, courts, and elections constitutes the chief focus. Some focus will be placed on institutions from a comparative and/or international perspective.
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2008-12Other identifiers
17.812J-Fall2008
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17.812J
14.296J
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political economy, rational choice, legislature, bureaucracy, court, and elections, electoral competition, comparative, international, public goods, government, taxation, income redistribution, macroeconomic policy, multiparty competition, electoral system, voter, agency models, models of political parties, point-valued solution, set-valued solution, probabilistic voting models, structure-induced equilibrium models, vote-buying, vote-trading, Colonel Blotto, minorities, interest groups, lobbying, bargaining, coalitions, government stability, informational theory, distributive theory, legislative-executive relations, representative democracy, direct democracy
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