14.75 | Fall 2012 | Undergraduate

Political Economy and Economic Development

Lecture Notes

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1 Introduction: Why study political economy and development? Motivation and course overview Political Economy and Economic Development: Introduction (PDF) Recitation 0: Introduction to Stata (PDF)
2 The Role of Leaders and Democratic Institutions Leaders and Democratic Institutions (PDF) Recitation 1: Linear Regression Models and the Wald Estimator (PDF)
3 The Deep Determinants of Economic Development: Macro Evidence The Deep Determinants of Economic Development: Macro Evidence (PDF) No recitation
4 The Deep Determinants of Economic Development: Micro Evidence The Deep Determinants of Economic Development: Micro Evidence (PDF) No recitation
5 None Available No notes No Recitation
6 The Median Voter Theorem The Median Voter Theorem (PDF) Recitation 2: Fixed Effects and Regression Discontinuity (PDF)
7 The Median Voter Theorem (cont.) No notes No recitation
8 Voting in Practice: Citizen-Candidate Models, Politician Identity and the Failure of the Median Voter Theorem Voting In Practice (PDF) No recitation
9 Voting in Practice: Agency Models Selection, Moral Hazard, and Voting (PDF) Recitation 3: Moral Hazard (PDF)
10 Voting in Practice: Agency Models (cont.) No notes No recitation
11 Voting in Practice: Vote buying and voter intimidation No notes Recitation 4: Deep Determinants of Economic Development and Pande (2003) (PDF)
12 Sometimes It Gets Complicated: Condorcet’s Paradox and Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem Sometimes It Gets Complicated: Condorcet’s Paradox and Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem (PDF) No recitation
13 Midterm No notes No recitation
14 Good vs. Bad Dictatorships Dictatorships (PDF - 1.1MB) Recitation 5: Models of Participation (PDF)
15 Commitment problems in Dictatorship No notes No recitation
16 The Logic of Collective Action Collective Action Lecture 1 (PDF) No recitation
17 Ethnic Heterogeneity and Contributions to Public Goods Collective Action Lecture 2 (PDF) Recitation 6: Relationship Between Regime Type and Economic Outcomes and A Related Question: The Size of the State and the Government (PDF)
18 Monitoring and Collective Action Problems No notes No recitation
19 Recovery from Civil War. Special Conflict Lecture 1 (PDF - 1.2MB) Recitation 7: The Free Rider Problem and Social Norm and Social Pressure (PDF)
20 Why Do Wars Happen? No notes No recitation
21 Civil War No notes Recitation 8: Introduction to Game Theory (PDF)
22 Is Corruption Inefficient? Corruption Lecture 1 (PDF) No recitation
23 The Corrupt Official’s Decision Problem: Balancing Risks, Rents, and Incentives Corruption Lecture 2 (PDF) Recitation 9: Measurement of Corruption and Corrupt People (PDF)
24 The Industrial Organization of Corruption Corruption Lecture 3 (PDF) No recitation
25 Politicians and Firms Corruption Lecture 4 (PDF) Recitation 10: Review Session for the Final Exam and Theory Problem (PDF)
26 Wrap Up No notes No recitation

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