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Syllabus for PSCI 4224:A Weekly Course Outline.Week
Week 1 Overview
Required Readings: *Dixit and Nalebuff, Chapter 1.
*Hardin, "The Tragedy of the Commons" (PDF File) - Commentary of Hardin's "Tragedy of the Commons" Week 2 Rationality
Required Readings: *Shepsle & Bonchek, Chapters 1-2 *Downs, The Economic Theory of Democracy, Chapter 1 (pp.3-14) Schelling, Micromotives and Macrobehavior, Chapter 1 Week 3 Logic of Collective Action/A Return to the Commons Required Readings: *Shepsle and Bonchek, Chapters 8 & 9 *Olson, The Logic of Collective Action Introduction (excerpts) Chapter 1 "A Theory of Groups and Organizations" (excerpts) Chapter 2 "Group Size and Group Behavior" (excerpts) Schelling, Micromotives and Macrobehavior, Chapters 2-3 Week 4 Generalizing the Commons Problem - Public Goods Required Readings: *Shepsle and Boncheck, Chapter 10 *Ostrom & Ostrom "Public Goods and Public Choices" Ostrom, "A Behavioral Approach to the Rational Choice Theory of Collective Action..." Week 5 Electoral Competition I - Individual Decision Making Required Readings: *Downs, The Economic Theory of Democracy, Chapter 3, 14 Downs, Chapter 3 (excerpts) (PDF file) Downs, Chapter 14 (excerpts) (PDF file Hinich and Munger, Analytical Politics, Chapter 7 Week 6 Electoral Competition II - Government Decision Making Required Readings: *Shepsle and Bonchek, Chapter 5 Downs, The Economic Theory of Democracy, Chapters 2, 4, 5-9 Hinich and Munger, Analytical Politics, Chapter 2 & 3 Week 7 Voting Rules I Required Readings: *Riker, Chapters 1-3 *Shepsle and Boncheck, Chapter 3 & 4 Schelling, Micromotives and Macrobehavior, Chapter 4 Week 8 Voting Rules II Required Readings: *Riker, Chapters 4-5 *Shepsle and Boncheck, Chapter 8 Week 9 Strategic Voting/Vote Trading Required Readings: *Riker, Chapters 6-7 *Shepsle and Boncheck, Chapter 6 Hinich and Munger, Analytical Politics, Chapter 8
Week 10 Real World Consequences and Implications Required Readings: *Riker, Chapters 8-10 Week 11 Two Person Games I: Zero-Sum Required Readings: *Dixit & Nalebuff, Thinking Strategically, Chapters 1-3 and 7. *Hamburger, Games as Models of Social Phenomena, Week 12 Two Person Games II: Mixed Motive Required Readings: *Dixit & Nalebuff, Thinking Strategically, Chapters 4-5. *Hamburger, Games as Models of Social Phenomena, Chicken William Poundstone, Prisoner's Dilemma, Prisoner's Dilemma William Poundstone, Prisoner's Dilemma, Stag Hunt Week 13 Two Person Games III Required Readings: *Dixit & Nalebuff, Thinking Strategically, Chapters 6 and 8. *Hamburger, Games as Models of Social Phenomena, "Game Theory, Legal Theory and the Origins of Judicial Review" American Journal of Political Science. 38: 285-302. (JSTOR) Game Theory Class Notes: Asymmetric NonZero-Sum Games Game Theory Class Notes: Asymmetric NonZero-Sum Games (Apple)
Week 14 N-Person Games/Coalitions Required Readings: *Dixit & Nalebuff, Thinking Strategically, Chapters 9-12 Hamburger, Games as Models of Social Phenomena, Chapter 8 Schelling, Micromotives and Macrobehavior, Chapter 4 Tiebout, A Pure Theory of Local Expenditures, Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 64 (Oct., 1956), 416-424. (JSTOR) Week 15 Dilemmas and Solutions/Institutions Required Readings:
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