Lehrende |
Prof. Dr. Dr. Lydia Mechtenberg |
Veranstaltungsart |
Seminar |
Kommentare/Inhalte: |
This course offers a new perspective on Political Economics by informingthe latter field with insights from Behavioral Economics. Political Economicstraditionally analyses social choice, voting, lobbying, political institutionsand government behavior under standard assumptions. Behavioral Economics, bycontrast, identifies open puzzles in Political Economics and explains them withthe help of insights from Behavioral Economics, like bounded rationality(illusion of control, incorrect probability judgments, limited memory etc.) andsocial and / or procedural preferences. These new theories are tested in thelab. |
Lernziel: |
The goal of this course is twofold. First, students will become“competent consumers” of the literature in Behavioral Economics. Second, theywill be enabled to develop a research project in this field that may becomepart of their dissertation. |
Vorgehen: |
Students present and discuss recent research in BehavioralPolitical Economics in class and provide a “referee report” on a related paper. A reading list will be provided by the beginning of October. Inthe first session on class, I will shortly present the papers, and the studentswill choose what to present and what paper to write a report on. Then, we willmeet every other week for the presentation and discussion of the literature. |
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Zusätzliche Hinweise zu Prüfungen |
PhD Students who want to participate must have taken some course in Behavioral or Experimental Economics. The class is open to advanced Masterstudents. |