| Week | Date | Topic | Readings | Seminar |
| 3 | 22-Jan | Cancelled | ||
| 4 | 29-Jan | Introduction | PT 1,2 | |
| 5 | 5-Feb | Median voter models | PT 2,3.1-3.3 Gans and Smart (1996) |
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| 6 | 12-Feb | Redistributive politics | PT 6, Lind (2005) Bénabou and Ok (2001) |
1: Problem set 1 Solution to ex. III |
| 7 | 19-Feb | Probabilistic voting | PT 3.4 | |
| 8 | 26-Feb | Lecture free week | ||
| 9 | 5-Mar | Lobbying and special interests | PT 3.5, 7, Grossman and Helpman (1994) | 2: Problem set 2 Str?mberg paper |
| 10 | 12-Mar | Citizen candidate models | PT 5.1-5.3 Besley and Coate (1997) |
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| 11 | 19-Mar | Politician behaviour | Duflo and Chattopadhyaym (2004), Pettersson-Lidbom (2008) | |
| 12 | 26-Mar | Voter behaviour | Lind (2009), Matsusaka and Palda (1999), Hibbs(2006) | 3: PT Ch. 5, Ex 2; Ch. 6, Ex 1 and 4 Solution to Ex. 1 |
| 13 | 2-Apr | Easter | ||
| 14 | 8-Apr | Heterogeneous societies (NB at 8:15 GS 2) | Alesina and La Ferrara (2004) | 4: Problem on voter behavior; Essay question from exam Spring 2006 |
| 15 | 16-Apr | Controlling politicians | PT4 | |
| 16 | 23-Apr At 8:15 |
Institutions | Acemoglu and Robinson 2001; Banerjee and Iyer 2005 | 5: PT Ch. 4, Ex. 1 (p. 91); Exam 2008, Part I, 1 and 3 |
| 17 | 30-Apr | Comparative politics | PT 8, Persson and Tabellini (2004) | |
| 18 | 7-May | Dynamics | PT 11,13, Hassler et al. 2007 | |
| 19 | 12-May | Undervisningsrom 3, Georg Sverdrup building | 6: Essay question from Mock exam 2006; General questions |
PT refers to chapters in Persson an Tabellini: Political economics
Links to supplementary readings in italics