ECO 3362 - Public Choice

3 Credit Hour(s)

Public choice applies economic tools and methodology to the study of public decision-making. The emergence of government, collective choice within government, effects of legislative structures on outcomes, the role of interest groups as compared to that of the median voter, rent-seeking, bureaucracy, regulation, the size and scope of government, and alternative forms of governance.
Prerequisite(s): ECO 2251, ECO 2252