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教学时程

课程单元 重要日期
1 Basic One-Dimensional Electoral Competition

General Framework
2 Applications

Public Goods and Size of Government
3 Taxation and Income Redistribution
4 Macroeconomic Policy Problem set 1 due
5-6 Multiparty Competition and Comparative Electoral Systems
7 Multidimensional Electoral Competition
Possibility of a Solution
First topic review: deadline to submit the list of papers to be covered in the review
8 Set-valued Solution Concepts
9 Probabilistic Voting Models
10 Structure-induced Equilibrium Models Problem set 2 due
11 Other Models Problem set 3 due
12 Elections with Imperfect Information

Learning by Voters
13 Agency Models
14-15 Models of Political Parties First topic review: deadline for the topic review itself

Problem set 4 due
16 Vote-Buying, Vote-Trading, and Resource Allocation

Vote-Buying, Vote-Trading in Legislatures
17 Probabilistic Voting Models Second topic review: deadline to submit the list of papers
18 "Colonel Blotto" Models - Cultivating Minorities Problem set 5 due
19-20 Interest Groups and Lobbying
21 Legislatures

Bargaining in Legislatures
22 Coalitions and Government Stability
23 Informational vs. Distributive Theories of Legislature Second topic review: deadline for the topic review itself
24 Legislative-Executive Relations Problem set 6 due
25 Representative vs. Direct Democracy