Description

Explore why and how political institutions affect economic development, and apply key theories and empirical techniques to real-world examples ranging from voting and corruption to the role of the media.

What you'll learn

• Key theories and concepts in political economy and their application to studying economic development.

• Evidence from recent studies on the role of politics and institutions in economic development, and how to interpret their findings.

• Empirical techniques and econometric tools to study political economy and development.

• Data analysis using the software R.

Prerequisites

Basic understanding of statistics and familiarity with microeconomics will be helpful for this course. There are no prerequisites, but you may find it helpful to take 14.100x (Microeconomics) and 14.310x (Data Analysis for Social Scientists) before this course.

Meet your instructors

• Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee:

  Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics

• Benjamin Olken:

  Professor of Economics

Who can take this course?

Because of U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) restrictions and other U.S. federal regulations, learners residing in one or more of the following countries or regions will not be able to register for this course: Iran, Cuba, Syria, North Korea and the Crimea, Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic regions of Ukraine.

Timeline

Course starts: May 14th, 2024

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