ECN305 Political Economy (20 credits)

Year Running: 2016/2017

Credit level: F6

Pre-requisites

ECN201, ECN202, and either ECN216 or ECN219. ECN308 or ECN309 may be taken as a co-requisite in place of ECN216 or ECN219 by students on the following degree programmes: ECNU08, MGTU15, MGTU16, FREU03, RUSU02

Description

Important economic processes cannot be fully understood without taking into account political and institutional factors and governments' political motivations. This module introduces insights from politics into the study of public policy and economic performance. In particular, it aims to give students: 1. an opportunity for interdisciplinary study within the undergraduate economics degree; 2. familiarity with the modern literature in theoretical and applied political economy, including topics such as redistributive politics, comparative politics, and electoral/partisan cycles; 3. an opportunity to develop their research and team-working skills through research-oriented group assignments.

Reading List

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Teaching Methods

Delivery Type	Hours
Independent	172.0
Lab	2.0
Lecture	20.0
Problem Solving	4.0

Methods of assessment

Assessment Type	Duration	% of formal assessment	Semester
Course Work	0.0	25 %	S1
Exam	2.0	75 %	S1

Teaching methods and assessment displayed on this page are indicative for 2023-24.