POL SCI 203B

Economic Theory and Methods for Political Science II

Political Science · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

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Continuing survey of microeconomic techniques used in formal political science, with focus on market failures and on modeling individual choice in nonmarket situations. Specific topics include externalities, public goods and allocation mechanisms, collective action, spatial models, structure-induced equilibrium, and information asymmetries.

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Prerequisite: course 203A.

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POL SCI 203A

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POL SCI 203B

POL SCI 203AEconomic Theory and Methods for Political Science I

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