EC9C7: Topics in Political Economy
Francesco Squintani
Module Leader
Kirill Pogorelskiy
Module Lecturer
Introduction
EC9C7-12 Topics in Political Economy Theory
Principal Aims
The module aims to develop the skills and knowledge of political economic theory necessary for a career as an academic economist and in all areas where advanced research skills in political economic theory are required. Specifically, it aims to teach the students to understand, appreciate, and ultimately contribute to, frontier research. It is intended to be comparable to modules taught in the best research universities in the USA and elsewhere in Europe.
Principal Learning Outcomes
Have a strategic overview and a detailed understanding of complex issues in advanced political economic theory. The teaching and learning methods that enable students to achieve this learning outcome are: Lectures, seminars and background reading. The summative assessment methods that measure the achievement of this learning outcome are: Submitted assessment.
Develop a critical knowledge of recent research in some key areas of political economic theory. The teaching and learning methods that enable students to achieve this learning outcome are: Lectures, seminars and background reading. The summative assessment methods that measure the achievement of this learning outcome are: Submitted assessment.
Autonomously pursue their own research agenda in the forefront of the political economic theory field. The teaching and learning methods that enable students to achieve this learning outcome are: Lectures, seminars and background reading. The summative assessment methods that measure the achievement of this learning outcome are: Submitted assessment.
Syllabus
The material will typically include: cheap talk models, multiple expert cheap talk, delegation and persuasion games, political advice, information aggregation, association and communication, juries and committees, pandering and career concerns, media bias, conflict and asymmetric information. It will also include material from a range of laboratory and field experiments in political economy, including general considerations on experimental design, bounded rationality, and behavioural game theory.
Context
- Pre or Co-requisites
- Satisfactory completion of MRes year 1
Assessment
- Assessment Method
- Coursework (100%)
- Coursework Details
- Presentation (35%) , Research Proposal (65%)
- Exam Timing
- N/A