ECON 411 - Public Choice

Units: 3

Public Choice is the economic approach to political decision-making. The behavior of voters, politicians, bureaucrats, judges, and members of special interest groups are examined. Includes voting paradoxes, political competition, analysis of public goods, economic theory of constitutions, using government for private purposes, the theory of the state, and an economic theory of the courts.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 132 or MATH 160 , ECON 201 and ECON 202 .