ECONOMICS 361: POLITICAL ECONOMY AND DEVELOPMENT

Syllabus

Lectures

Lecture 1: Introduction
Lectures 2-3: The role of leaders and democratic institutions
Lectures 4-5: Deep determinants of economic development - Macro evidence
Lectures 6-7: Deep determinants of economic development - Micro evidence
Lectures 8-9: Median voter theorem and citizen-candidate models
Lectures 10-11: Voting in practice: Agency models
Lectures 12-13: Voting in practice: Vote buying
Lectures 14-15: Monitoring and collective action
Lectures 16-17: Economic shocks, civil conflict and economic growth
Lectures 18-19: Is corruption efficient?
Lectures 20-21: The corrupt official's decision-making problem
​Lectures 22-23: Politicians and firms
Lectures 24-25: Property rights
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