| LEC # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basic One-Dimensional Electoral Competition General Framework | |
| 2 | Applications Public Goods and Size of Government | |
| 3 | Taxation and Income Redistribution | |
| 4 | Macroeconomic Policy | Problem set 1 due |
| 5-6 | Multiparty Competition and Comparative Electoral Systems | |
| 7 | Multidimensional Electoral Competition Possibility of a Solution | First topic review: deadline to submit the list of papers to be covered in the review |
| 8 | Set-valued Solution Concepts | |
| 9 | Probabilistic Voting Models | |
| 10 | Structure-induced Equilibrium Models | Problem set 2 due |
| 11 | Other Models | Problem set 3 due |
| 12 | Elections with Imperfect Information Learning by Voters | |
| 13 | Agency Models | |
| 14-15 | Models of Political Parties | First topic review: deadline for the topic review itself Problem set 4 due |
| 16 | Vote-Buying, Vote-Trading, and Resource Allocation Vote-Buying, Vote-Trading in Legislatures | |
| 17 | Probabilistic Voting Models | Second topic review: deadline to submit the list of papers |
| 18 | "Colonel Blotto" Models - Cultivating Minorities | Problem set 5 due |
| 19-20 | Interest Groups and Lobbying | |
| 21 | Legislatures Bargaining in Legislatures | |
| 22 | Coalitions and Government Stability | |
| 23 | Informational vs. Distributive Theories of Legislature | Second topic review: deadline for the topic review itself |
| 24 | Legislative-Executive Relations | Problem set 6 due |
| 25 | Representative vs. Direct Democracy |