Political Economy of Electoral Democracies
ECON 2329
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Description
This class introduces students to a wide range of topics at the frontier of political economy research, with a focus on electoral democracies. Topics covered include theories of legislator and voter behavior, effects of elections, political media and advertising, special interest politics, and political polarization and populism. Methodologically, the class covers a range of techniques, including administrative data, surveys, text analysis, field and natural experiments, and structural methods.
Course Notes
Economics 2010a required or instructor consent.
School
Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Credits
4
Cross Reg
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
Department
Economics
Course Component
Lecture
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General Education
N/A
Quantitative Reasoning with Data
N/A
Divisional Distribution
Social Sciences
Course Level
Primarily for Graduate Students
