In the last two or three decades, a thriving research program in political economics has shown that a proper understanding of economic phenomena in both developed and developing countries requires a consideration of the political and legal institutions in which markets operate. This course reviews key contributions in the field of political economics, both theoretical and empirical ones. First, it illustrates the key approaches to study democratic politics, elections, and policy choice. Second, it analyzes different political institutions, political transitions, and institutional dynamics. Finally, it looks at the instances of government failure, including corruption, state fragility, and violent conflicts.

Преподаватель: Р.С. Ениколопов

Период чтения курса: 1 сентября – 29 октября 2023

Количество аудиторных часов: 42 часа

Количество мест для студентов Новой лиги: 10

Формат чтения курса: оффлайн

Входные требования к студентам: хорошее базовое знание экономики и математики

Рабочий язык дисциплины: английский язык

The purpose of this course is to examine the role of the household (family) in structuring the economic environment. We will learn different theories explaining the interrelation between households' choices and the macroeconomy. On the one hand, households optimally choose the number of children they wish to have, which determines the age structure of the population. They choose the level of eduction of each child. This actually forms the skills of future labor force and its productivity. Moreover, the optimal decisions on leisure, consumption and investment in children are taken concurrently with the choices of current labor supply for both genders. On the other hand, the above described choices taken by households are not isolated from the macroeconomic environment. While wage of women relative to men may affect female and male labor supply, the returns to education relative to child's future income may affect the number of children and their level of education.

Нow these decisions are taken? Does a husband and wife who form a household have the same utility function? If not, then how couples decide upon their optimal choices. In most of the course we will adopt the unitary household framework but will also discuss other non-unitary frameworks such like Cooperative (collective) or Non-cooperative (strategic).


Преподаватель: H. Zoaby

Период чтения курса: 01 сентября – 29 октября 2023

Количество аудиторных часов: 42 часа

Количество мест для студентов Новой лиги: 10

Формат чтения курса: оффлайн

Входные требования к студентам: хорошее базовое знание экономики

Рабочий язык дисциплины: английский язык

How do economic agents interact with each other? The rules of games people play can be designed so that outcomes satisfy desired properties. Markets and marketplaces can be designed as well. In class, we would study in detail several main components of the mechanism and market designer toolbox: taking care of incentive constraints (auctions are leading examples), generating value from heterogeneous preferences via matching, and communicating appropriate information to shape incentives and outcomes. We would apply these components for analysis of real-life markets and phenomena in variety of shapes and forms, with a particular emphasis on modern online platforms.

Преподаватель: С. Б. Измалков

Период чтения курса: 30 октября – 24 декабря 2023

Количество аудиторных часов: 42 часа

Количество мест для студентов Новой лиги: 10

Формат чтения курса: оффлайн

Входные требования к студентам: хорошее базовое знание экономики

Рабочий язык дисциплины: английский язык