Topics in Political Economics

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1 Topics in Political Economics Seminarvorstellung WS 2018/2019 für Bachelor- und Masterstudierende Fachgebiet Finanzwissenschaft und Wirtschaftspolitik Prof. Dr. Michael Neugart and Selen Yildirim Hochschulstraße Darmstadt Telefon Fax neugart@vwl.tu-darmstadt.de, yildirim@vwl.tu-darmstadt.de Fachgebiet Finanzwissenschaft und Wirtschaftspolitik Prof. Dr. Michael Neugart, Uros Duric und Selen Yildirim 1

2 Content Political economics attempts to explain economic policymaking with tools borrowed from microeconomics. For the seminar we selected various topics for which this approach has been taken. We want to learn how these methods are applied and help us to explain policy choices. Seminar papers and presentations will have to be done in English Fachgebiet Finanzwissenschaft und Wirtschaftspolitik Prof. Dr. Michael Neugart, Uros Duric und Selen Yildirim 2

3 Organisational issues The seminar is for Bachelor and Master students. The slots will be equally divided between the two groups. The first meeting will be on Thursday, , Time: 4 pm - 5 pm. Please note that time has chanced: New Time: 2 4 pm Room - Please check our homepage At this meeting topics are going to be allocated among students, and other organisational issues will be resolved Fachgebiet Finanzwissenschaft und Wirtschaftspolitik Prof. Dr. Michael Neugart, Uros Duric und Selen Yildirim 3

4 Organisational issues Submission deadline of seminar paper: at 1 pm. Please submit a printed version of your seminar paper to the secretariat at room number S Furthermore, send a PDF-version to germann@vwl.tu-darmstadt.de via . Your paper needs to be written in English. 12 to 15 pages for those who work on a topic alone. 15 to18 pages for those who work on a topic in a team of two students. Font size 11, line spacing 1.5, font Times New Roman. Please enclose a statement with your seminar paper. You can find a template here: de.jsp Fachgebiet Finanzwissenschaft und Wirtschaftspolitik Prof. Dr. Michael Neugart, Uros Duric und Selen Yildirim 4

5 Organisational issues Presentations and discussions of the seminar papers will be on the and A detailed schedule will be circulated one week before the event. Room - please check our website for room information before the presentations will take place. A 20 to 25 minutes presentation has to be given in English Fachgebiet Finanzwissenschaft und Wirtschaftspolitik Prof. Dr. Michael Neugart, Uros Duric und Selen Yildirim 5

6 Topics and references (to start reading) 1) Are voters rational? Evidence from natural disasters Healy, A. and N. Malhorta (2013): Retrospective voting reconsidered. Annual Review of Political Science, 16, ) Nature or nurture? On the origins of voting behaviour Hatemi, P. K. (2012). The intersection of behavioral genetics and political science: Introduction to the special issue. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 15(1), ) Interest groups Potters, J., Sloof, R., Interest groups: a survey of empirical models that try to assess their influence. European Journal of Political Economy 12, ) Media bias Gerber, A. S., Karlan, D., & Bergan, D. (2009). Does the media matter? A field experiment measuring the effect of newspapers on voting behavior and political opinions. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics,1, ) (Big) data in election campaigns Nickerson, D. W. und T. Rogers (2014): Political campaigns und big data, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 28, 2, Fachgebiet Finanzwissenschaft und Wirtschaftspolitik Prof. Dr. Michael Neugart, Uros Duric und Selen Yildirim 6

7 Topics and references (to start reading) 6) The Meltzer Richard Model: Theory and evidence Meltzer, A. H., & Richard, S. F. (1981). A rational theory of the size of government. Journal of Political Economy, 89, ) The political economy of migration policies Benhabib, J. (1996). On the political economy of immigration. European Economic Review, 40, ) Democracy and growth Barro, R. J. (1996). Democracy and growth. Journal of Economic Growth, 1, ) Political business cycles Reference: Meltzer, A. H. and Richard, S. F. (1981): A rational theory of the size of government, Journal of Political Economy, 89(5), ) Oversized coalitions Carrubba, C. J., and C. Volden (2000), Coalitional Politics and Logrolling in Legislative Institutions, American Journal of Political Science, 44(2), Fachgebiet Finanzwissenschaft und Wirtschaftspolitik Prof. Dr. Michael Neugart, Uros Duric und Selen Yildirim 7

8 Topics and references (to start reading) Note: The references are meant to help you getting acquainted with the topic. In the course of preparing your seminar paper you are asked to find more literature related to your topic Fachgebiet Finanzwissenschaft und Wirtschaftspolitik Prof. Dr. Michael Neugart, Uros Duric und Selen Yildirim 8