授課教師 王鼎銘
授課時間二：3 4節
研究室號碼：02-23519641 ext. 369
課程概述：
公共選擇理論（Public Choice Theory）也有人廣稱它為政治經濟學（Political Economy），同時它也屬實證政治理論（Positive Political Theory）的一支，本課程旨在介紹公共選擇的基本理念與論述。公共選擇一般的認識是採經濟工具（economic tools）用以分析政治場域的一門學問；它是以理性選擇為基準，分析政治組成份子在特殊目標及資源稀少的前提下，其政治判斷與選擇究竟為何。更仔細來說，公共選擇是依照選民、政治人物、政府官僚等政治行為者在自利的情況下，解釋他們所做的決策與行為。
每週進度：
Week 1: History of Public Choice and Related Fields
Week 2: Market Failure and Government Failure
Week 3: Pubic Goods Problem
Week 4: Constitution and Elected Politicians
Week 5: Electoral System
Week 6: Rational Voter: The Median Voter Theorem
Week 7: Rational Voter: Voter’s Paradox
Week 8: Inefficiency of Majority Rule
Week 9: 期中考
Week 10: Votes Trading
Week 11: The Legislature
Week 12: Political Party
Week 13: Pressure Group: The Logic of Collective Action
Week 14: Inefficiency of Bureaucracy
Week 15: Cost of Rent Seeking
Week 16: Improvement and Reform
Week 17: Importance of Privatization
Week 18: 期末考