ECON 361
Political Economy and Economic Development
Spring 2016
Division II
Cross-listed
This is not the current course catalog
Class Details
This course is intended as an introduction to the newly emerging field of political economy of institutions and development. Key questions of interest include how voters behave and how this affects policy and economic outcomes; the nature, evolution and economic implication of corruption, and how it can be controlled; and the economics of conflict. The goal of the course is both to provide students of a sense of the frontier research topics in political economy in developing countries and to introduce them to the methodologies used to investigate these topics.
The Class:
Format: lecture/discussion
Limit: 25
Expected: 25
Class#: 3474
Grading: no pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Limit: 25
Expected: 25
Class#: 3474
Grading: no pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
problem sets, quizzes, presentation, final exam
Extra Info:
may not be taken on a pass/fail basis
Prerequisites:
ECON 110 and (ECON 255 or STAT 346) or permission of instructor
Enrollment Preferences:
junior and senior majors
Distributions:
Division II
Notes:
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
ECON 361 Division II ECON 524 Division II
ECON 361 Division II ECON 524 Division II
Attributes:
POEC Comparative POEC/Public Policy Courses
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ECON 361 - 01 (S) LEC Political Econ & Economic Devt
ECON 361 - 01 (S) LEC Political Econ & Economic DevtDivision IIJessica E. LeightM 7:00 pm - 9:40 pm
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