Политическая экономика

Бакалавриат 2022/2023

Статус: Курс по выбору (Политология)

Направление: 41.03.04. Политология

Кто читает: Департамент теоретической экономики

Где читается: Факультет социальных наук

Когда читается: 4-й курс, 3 модуль

Формат изучения: без онлайн-курса

Охват аудитории: для всех кампусов НИУ ВШЭ

Преподаватели: Акоз Кемаль Киванч

Язык: русский

Кредиты: 6

Контактные часы: 36

Полная версия программы учебной дисциплины

Аннотация

Well-functioning economic institutions and sound economic policies lead to better economic performance. Yet, these institutions and policies are not determined in a vacuum. They are affected by and co-evolve with political and legal institutions. Therefore, it's of utmost importance to understand how policy decisions are made, what governs the incentives and constraints of policymakers and how con icts over these decisions are resolved. Political economics is a eld of study devoted to the analysis of political institutions and decision making using the analytical and empirical approaches employed in economics (i.e. rational-choice theory, game-theory, econometrics). This course reviews key contributions in the eld of political economics, both theoretical and empirical. First, we will focus on studies that illustrate the key approaches in the study of democratic politics, elections, and policy choice. Then we will delve into dierent forms of non-electoral political bargaining. In this part of the course, we will study the broader context in which political and economic decisions are made. In other words, we will learn how political institutions matter for economic performance by setting the playing eld for economic interactions and in uencing equilibrium policy choices. We will see a formal framework to explain why some nations experience successful democratic transitions while others fail to do so. Finally, we will also get acquainted with some of the main issues in non-electoral politics such as civil conicts, corruption and factors in uencing state capacity as another determinant of economic and political outcomes.

Цель освоения дисциплины

to get acquainted with some of the main issues in non-electoral politics such as civil conflicts, corruption and factors influencing state capacity as another determinant of economic and political outcomes

Планируемые результаты обучения

understand how policy decisions are made, what governs the incentives and constraints of policymakers and how conflicts over these decisions are resolved

Содержание учебной дисциплины

Section 1. Introduction to Political Economy
Section 2. Electoral politics. (a) Voting and Aggregation: Arrow's Impossibility Theorem, Condorcet Rule, Majoritarian Rule and its implications (Median-Voter theorem, redistributive taxation).
Section 2. (b) Electoral Competition, i. Policy Platforms: Downsian Policy Convergence Theorem, and non-convergence.
Section 2. (b) ii. Election Campaigns, Media and Incumbency
Section 2. (b) iii. Lobbying
Section 2. (b) iv. Vote buying, electoral fraud and voter intimidation
Section 3. Public Policy. (a) Policy under the shadow of re-election: i. Political accountability
Section 3. (a). ii. Targeted public good provision
Section 3. (a). iii. White Elephants
Section 3. (a). iv. Electoral Cycles and Commitment
Section 3. (b) Composition and Quality of Politicians
Section 3. (c) Corruption
Section 4. Non-Electoral Political Bargaining. (a) Political Institutions. i. Political rule as coalitions
Section 4. (a). ii. Political transitions
Section 4. (a). iii. State capacity
Section 4. (b) Civil Wars and Ethnic Con ict

Элементы контроля

Theory Assignment
Presentation

Промежуточная аттестация

2022/2023 3rd module
0.5 * Presentation + 0.5 * Theory Assignment

Программа дисциплины