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ECON 155: Political Economics

Units: 4

Tools of political economics: preferences and institutions, electoral competition, agency, partisan politics. Redistributive politics: general interest politics, special interest politics. Comparative politics: electoral rules, separation of powers, political regimes. Dynamic politics: fiscal policy, growth.

Course Details
Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0

Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option

GE Requirements
  • Upper Division: Crossroads
  • Approaches to Knowledge: Literary and Textual Analysis
  • Approaches to Knowledge: Societies and Cultures of the Past
  • Intellectual Experience: Global Awareness
  • Intellectual Experience: Ethics

Requisites and Restrictions
Prerequisite Courses: ECON 100
Instructor Permission Required: No


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