Economics 410: Public Choice

Midterm:
March 13

Syllabus

Class Lecture Outlines

  • Week 1: Public Goods, Externalities, and Comparative Institutions

  • Week 2: The Logic of Collective Action

  • Week 3: The Median Voter Model

  • Week 4: Rational Ignorance and the "Miracle of Aggregation"

  • Week 5: Efficiency and Bargaining

  • Week 6: Basics of Public Opinion and Voter Motivation

  • Weeks 7: Empirical Accuracy of the Median Voter Model

  • Week 8: Division of Powers, Special Interests, and Rent-Seeking

  • Week 9: Political Competition and Political Collusion

  • Weeks 10-11: Wittman's Myth of Democratic Failure

  • Week 12: Expressive Voting

  • Week 13: Systematic Bias Versus the Miracle of Aggregation

  • Weeks 14-15: Democracy, Dictatorship, and Markets

    • Homeworks

  • HW#1

  • HW#2

  • HW#3

  • HW#4

  • HW#5

    • Answer Keys

  • HW#1 Answer Key

  • HW#2 Answer Key

  • HW#3 Answer Key

  • HW#4 Answer Key

  • HW#5 Answer Key

  • Midterm Answer Key (2001)

  • Final Exam (2001)

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