Syllabus/achievement requirements

Reading list

Main text

Persson, T. and G. Tabellini: Political Economics. Explaining Economic Policy, 2000. Cambridge, MA: MIT.

Articles

Alesina, A., and E. la Ferrara: Ethnic diversity and economic performance.

Besley, T. and S. Coate: An economic model of representative democracy, Quarterly Journal of Economics 112: 85-114.

Duflo, E. and R. Chattopadhyaym: Women as policy makers: Evidence from a randomized policy experiment in India, Econometrica 72: 1409-43 (2004).

Grossman, G. M. and E. Helpman : Protection for sale, American economic review 84: 833-850.

Hassler, J., K. Storesletten and F. Zilibotti: Democratic public goods provision, (Forthcoming) Journal of Economic Theory.

Hibbs, D. A. : Voting and the macroeconomy, Mimeo, CEFOS.

Lind, J. T. : Why is there so little redristribution?, 2005a. Mimeo, UiO.

Lind, J. T.: Do the rich vote Concervative because they are rich?, 2005b. Mimeo, UiO.

Merlo, A.: Wither political economy? Theories, facts and issues, 2005. Mimeo, UPenn.

Persson, T. and G. Tabellini: Constitutional rules and fiscal policy outcomes, American Economic Review 94: 25-46.

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