Modul

The assessment is carried out as partial exams (according to Section 4(2), 1 or 2 of the examination regulation) of the single courses of this module, whose sum of credits must meet the minimum requirement of credits of this module. The assessment procedures are described for each course of the module seperately.

The overall grade of the the module is the average of the grades for each course weighted by the credits and truncated after the first decimal.

Students

• are able to model and assess problems in public economics and to analyze them with respect to positive and normative aspects, 
• understand individual incentives and social outcomes of different institutional designs, 
• are familiar with the functioning and design of democratic elections and can analyze them with respect to their individual incentives. 

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The focus of the module is on mechanisms for public decision making including voting and the aggregation of preferences and judgements.

The total workload for this module is approximately 270 hours. For further information see German version.