Thomas Plümper

Professor of Government, University of Essex

Director, Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis

 

Curriculum Vitae

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Statistical Software Components

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ECPR SG Political Economy

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GV 307

 

Introduction to Political Economy and Rational Choice
(new version of chapters 1-6 below)


1: Introduction

2: Party Competition and Voter Behavior

       Endogenous Partisan Preferences

3: Strategic Voting

4: Interest-Groups

5: Public Goods

6: Special Interest Groups and Redistribution

7: Opportunism and the Political Business Cycle

8: Responsive Governments and Policy Reforms

9: Democracy and Autocracy

10: Veto-Player Theory

11: Federalism and 'Optimal' Political Autonomy

12: Corporatism, Inflation, and Central Bank Independence

13: Government Spending in Open Economies

14: Tax Competition

15: Monetary Policy in Open Economies

16: Political Integration