Course
Political Economy of Elections
About this course
This course covers formal models of elections and political economy, with topics including social choice theory, the median voter theorem, game theory, and models of electoral competition.
Course Materials
Lectures
01Course Overview and Decision Theory02Social Choice Theory: Setup and Aggregation Rules03Arrow's Impossibility Theorem04Median Voter Theorem05Static Games and Nash Equilibrium06Game Theory: Continued Examples and Algorithm07Electoral Competition: Office-Motivated Candidates08Electoral Competition: Policy-Motivated Candidates09Electoral Competition: Uncertainty and Polarization10Information Aggregation: Bayesian Updating11Juror's Optimal Action and Following the Signal12Probability of Correct Decision: Single Juror13Condorcet Jury Theorem14From Juries to Elections: Voting Rules and Error Tradeoffs15Strategic Voting and the Swing Voter's Curse16Political Persuasion: Model Setup