ECON3053 Political Economy of Macroeconomic Policy
Later Year Course
| Offered By | School of Economics |
|---|---|
| Academic Career | Undergraduate |
| Course Subject | Economics |
| Offered in | ECON3053 will not be offered in 2009 |
| Unit Value | 6 units |
| Course Description |
This course looks at how economic outcomes can be affected by politics and the institutional structure underlying it. Topics such as heterogeneity of interests, electoral competition, partisan politics, fiscal and monetary policy, institutional design, political business cycles, politics and growth are addressed. Students are expected to have a firm grasp of microeconomic and macroeconomic concepts, at least at the advanced undergraduate level. |
| Indicative Assessment |
Problem sets (40%) plus a final examination (60%). |
| Workload |
Two lectures per week with tutorials. |
| Areas of Interest | Economics |
| Requisite Statement |
ECON2102/2112 Macroeconomics 2 (P or H). Recommended co-requisite: ECON2141/2142 Strategic Thinking: An Introduction to Game Theory |
| Preliminary Reading |
Torsten Persson and Guido Tabellini (2002), Political Economics: Explaining Economic Policy, paperback edition, MIT Press. |
| Other Information |
For further information please refer to http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=ECON3053 |
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