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| ECON2264-1 | Public choices and budgeting, Part 1 : Public choices analysis
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| Duration : | 15h Th |
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| Credits/ECTS : |
| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en administration publique, 1st year | | Toute l'année | | 3 |
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| Master in European Studies, Professional focus, 2nd year | | Toute l'année | | 3 |
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| Master in Political Sciences : International Relations, Professional focus, 2nd year | | Toute l'année | | 3 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en politiques européennes, 1st year | | Toute l'année | | 3 |
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| Master in Political Sciences : General, Professional focus , 2nd year | | Toute l'année | | 3 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en politiques et société, 1st year | | Toute l'année | | 3 |
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| Master in Public Administration, Professional focus, 2nd year | | Toute l'année | | 3 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en relations internationales, 1st year | | Toute l'année | | 3 |
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| Holder(s) : | Bernard Jurion |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : | The aim of this course is to analyse some political behaviour by using an economic approach.The content is based on the "Public Choice Theory". The following topics are discussed: voting theory (unanimity rule, majority rule and optimal majority, cycling, Arrow's theorem, median voter theorem, logrolling, simple alternatives to majority rule, ...) and representative democracy (two-party competition, multiparty systems, two views ef representation, political business cycle, ...). It is also emphasised on the objectives of the public administration (bureaucracy) and lobbies. The size and the growth of government is also explained (demand for public goods, fiscal illusion, less potential for productivity advances in the public sector, ...). |
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| Course objective : | Explain public choices by the rationality of economic agents. |
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| Prerequisites : | Students should have followed an introductory course in economics and, ideally, a course in public economics |
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| Organization : | First semester |
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| Written notes : | Lecture notes.
Recommended literature:
MUELLER, D.C., Public Choice, Cambridge University Press.
MUELLER, D.C., The Public Choice Approach to Politics, Edward Elgar. |
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| Assessment : | Oral and written exam the same day. |
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| Contacts : | Professor :
B. JURION, Building B31, Room 1/55 - Phone: 04/366.30.47, e-mail: b.jurion@ulg.ac.be
Teaching assistant:
M. LEFEBVRE, Building B31, Room 1/57 - Phone: 04/366.30.42, e-mail: mathieu.lefebvre@ulg.ac.be |
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