Study Programmes 2015-2016
| ECON2264-1 | ||
| Public choices and budgeting, Part 1 : Public choices analysis | ||
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Duration :
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| 15h Th | ||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Bernard Jurion | ||
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Coordinator :
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| Bernard Jurion | ||
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language | ||
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester | ||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | ||
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Course contents :
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| 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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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The student must be able to: - explain public choices by the rationality of economic agents; - analyse, in a critical perspective, the results of the decision making in the public sector. | ||
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| Students should have followed an introductory course in economics and, ideally, a course in public economics or public finance. | ||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Ex cathedra presentations. | ||
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face. Second semester. | ||
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Recommended or required readings :
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| 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 methods and criteria :
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| Oral and written exam the same day. | ||
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Professor :
B. JURION, Building B31, Room 1/55 - Phone: 04/366.30.47, e-mail: b.jurion@ulg.ac.be
Teaching assistant: J. DENOMERENGE, Building B31, Room 1/57 - Phone: 04/366.30.42, e-mail: jdenomerenge@ulg.ac.be |
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