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POLECON 111Q: Game Theory and Mathematical Models in Politics

Preference to sophomores. Rational choice methodology in political science. Why have third-party candidates been unsuccessful in the U.S. when other countries often have numerous political parties? Does racial gerrymandering contribute to Republican control of the House of Representatives? Why do people vote, despite the slim chance that a single vote determines an election? Is there a difference between policy outcomes under unified government versus divided government.
Last offered: Winter 2007

POLECON 230: Strategy Beyond Markets

This course develops techniques and tools to use in firms' strategic interactions beyond the market environment. We'll examine firms' interactions with stakeholders, constituents, and institutions, including interest groups, legislatures, regulatory agencies, courts, international organizations, and the public.nnnTopics covered in the class include: environmental regulation, intellectual property, antitrust, bank bailouts, health care reform, carried interest in private equity, protectionist trade policies, strategic corporate social responsibility, and beyond market strategy for start-ups. The goal is to develop integrated strategies for optimal firm performance that combine strategies within and beyond markets.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3

POLECON 239: Sloan: Strategy Beyond Markets

This course addresses managerial issues in the social, political, legal, and ethical environments of business. Cases and readings emphasize strategies to improve the performance of companies in light of their multiple constituencies, in both international and US environments.nnnMost core courses focus on firms' interactions with customers, suppliers, and alliance partners in the form of mutually beneficial voluntary exchange transacted in markets. In contrast, this course considers the strategic interactions of firms with comparably important constituents, organizations, and institutions outside of markets. Issues considered include those involving activist and interest groups, the media, legislatures, regulatory and antitrust agencies, and international organizations such as the WTO.nnnIn many of the class sessions, we will draw on theoretical and empirical research in political economy, a field that is particularly relevant for understanding relationships between firms and governments, because (unlike most of economics) political economy focuses on interactions that are neither voluntary nor transacted via money.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4
Instructors: Shotts, K. (PI)

POLECON 349: The Business World: Moral and Spiritual Inquiry through Literature

This course uses novels and plays as a basis for examining the moral and spiritual aspects of business leadership and of the environment in which business is done. On the one hand literature is used as the basis for examining the character of business people, while on the other hand literature provides illumination of the cultural contexts of values and beliefs within which commercial activities take place in a global economy. The course is organized around the interplay of religious traditions and national identities. Classes are taught in a Socratic, discussion-based style, creating as much of a seminar atmosphere as possible. A two-text method is used, encouraging students to examine their own personal stories with as much care as the stories presented in the literature. This four unit course will be graded on the basis of class participation and a final paper. There will be no exam.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4
Instructors: McLennan, S. (PI)

POLECON 390: Individual Research (ACCT 390, FINANCE 390, GSBGEN 390, HRMGT 390, MGTECON 390, MKTG 390, OB 390, OIT 390, STRAMGT 390)

Need approval from sponsoring faculty member and GSB Registrar.
Last offered: Autumn 2007 | Repeatable 3 times (up to 8 units total)

POLECON 530: Shaping the Business Environment

This is an advanced version of the GSB's class on Strategy Beyond Markets. It is intended for students who have substantial experience in governments, activist groups, the media, or heavily-regulated industries. The class is also appropriate for students who have academic backgrounds in law, political science, or public policy.nn nnTopics covered are similar to those in the base level class on strategy beyond markets ( POLECON 230): environmental regulation, intellectual property, antitrust, bank bailouts, health care reform, carried interest in private equity, protectionist trade policies, political risk in developing countries, self-regulation, and strategic corporate social responsibility.nn nnCompared to the base level, this class places less emphasis on introducing basic facts and frameworks for understanding the nonmarket environment. It places more emphasis on introducing students to foundational research in political economy. This research is applied to specific strategic situations that companies face as they try to shape the environment in which they interact with activists, governments, and regulatory agencies.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3
Instructors: Shotts, K. (PI)

POLECON 676: Behavioral Political Economy

This course examines organizational decision making in ways that depart from the "thin theory" of rationality in one of two respects. (1) The thin theory presumes that decision makers are fully rational, i.e., they are cognitively unconstrained. We will examine a variety of cognitive constraints and their effects on institutional behavior and policy outcomes. (2) The thin theory presumes individualistic preferences: people care only about their own payoffs. There is now substantial evidence that this assumption is sometimes inaccurate. We will study some of this literature.nnnMuch of the important work in this area has come not from political economy but from cognitive psychology and behavioral economics. Hence, we will spend between a third and a half of the quarter on micro-foundations. nnnThroughout the course, contrasts will be drawn between models based on the thin theory of rationality and less orthodox ones. Consequently, some familiarity with theories of rational choice is desirable. Any course on game theory or normative decision theory suffices. nnnAlthough the motivation for relaxing the thin theory has been largely empirical, the orientation of this course is heavily theoretical. Many of the theories that we will study are expressed as mathematical or computational models. Students are expected either to have a taste for formal reasoning or at least to tolerate it.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4
Instructors: Bendor, J. (PI)

POLECON 680: Foundations of Political Economy

This course provides an introduction to political economy with an emphasis on formal models of collective choice, public institutions, and political competition. Topics considered include voting theory, social choice, institutional equilibria, agenda setting, interest group politics, bureaucratic behavior, and electoral competition. Also listed as Political Science 351A.
Terms: Aut | Units: 4

POLECON 681: Economic Analysis of Political Institutions

This course extends the foundations developed in P680 by applying techniques of microeconomic analysis and game theory to the study of political behavior and institutions. The techniques include information economics, games of incomplete information, sequential bargaining theory, repeated games, and rational expectations. The applications considered include agenda formation in legislatures, government formation in parliamentary systems, the implications of legislative structure, elections and information aggregation, lobbying, electoral competition and interest groups, the control of bureaucracies, interest group competition, and collective choice rules. Also listed as Political Science 351B.
Terms: Win | Units: 4
Instructors: Shotts, K. (PI)

POLECON 682: Testing Models of Governmental Decision Making (POLISCI 351C)

This course surveys applications of formal models to several stages of decision making, primarily in the U.S. national government and with an emphasis on the legislative branch. The course begins with explicit consideration of issues in philosophy of science and introduces an analytic framework to be applied to specific research throughout remaining sessions. Substantive topics and applications covered include strategies of committees, roll call voting, policy formation, effects of special rules, congressional-presidential relations, and congressional-agency relations. Students should have taken POLECON 680 and POLECON 681. Also listed as Political Science 351C.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4
Instructors: Krehbiel, K. (PI)
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