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課程名稱 |
經濟組織
Economic Organizations |
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開課學期 |
107-2 |
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授課對象 |
社會科學院 經濟學系 |
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授課教師 |
古慧雯 |
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課號 |
ECON5137 |
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課程識別碼 |
323 U2800 |
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學分 |
2.0 |
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全/半年 |
半年 |
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必/選修 |
選修 |
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上課時間 |
星期五3,4(10:20~12:10) |
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上課地點 |
社科402 |
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備註 |
限學士班三年級以上 或 限碩士班以上
總人數上限：30人 |
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課程概述 |
We shall discuss how organizations and institutions affect people’s behavior, and how they shape our society and economic performance. |
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課程目標 |
Students are expected to learn to appreciate the important role played by organizations and institutions. Through discussion of a set of very diverse topics, they will become senstive to this subject. Besides being able to discuss important literature with a critical mind, students are expected to learn how to formulate and analyze a problem on their own.
Course outline (Course Schedule of 18 weeks)
Week 1: Introduction. Galenson, David W. (2002). ``Masterpieces and Markets: Why the Most Famous Modern Paintings Are Not by American Artists?" Historical Methods,
35(2), pp. 63-75.
Week 2: Middlemen. Koo, Hui-wen and Pei-yu Lo (2004). ``Sorting: The Function of Tea Middlemen in Taiwan during the Japanese Colonial Era," Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 160(4), 607--626.
Week 3: Matching. Roth, Alvin E. (1990). ``New Physicians: A Natural Experiment in Market Organization," Science, 250 (December 14, 1990), 1524--28.
Week 4: Incentive Contracts. (I) Milgrom and Roberts (1992), Ch.6.
Week 5: Incentive Contracts. (II) Milgrom and Roberts (1992), Ch.7.
Week 6: Incentive Contracts. (III) Cheung, Steven N.S. (1969). ``Transaction Costs, Risk Aversion, and the Choice of Contractual Arrangements," Journal of Law & Economics, 12:1, pp.23--42.
Week 7: Incentive Contracts. (IV) Koo, Hui-wen, Chen-ying Huang and Kamhon Kan (2012),
``Interlinked Contracts: An Empirical Study," Economica, 79:350--377.
Week 8: Collective Punishment. Greif, Avner (1989). ``Reputation and Coalitions in Medieval Trade: Evidence on the Maghribi Traders." Journal of Economic History, XLIX, No.4, 857--82.
Week 9: Mid Term
Week 10: Property Rights (I). Demsetz, Harold (1967). ``Toward a Theory of Property Rights," American Economic Review, 57, 347--59.
Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson (2012). Ch.1-2
Week 11: Property Rights. (II) Koo, Hui-wen (2011), ``Property Right, Land Prices and Investment: A Study of the Taiwanese Land Registration System," Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 167:3, 515--535.
Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson (2012). Ch.3-4
Week 12: Public Goods. (I) Coase, Ronald (1974), ``The Lighthouse in Economics," Journal of Law and Economics, 17:2, 357--76.
Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson (2012). Ch.5-6
Week 13: Public Goods (II) Koo, Hui-wen (2011), ``Deer Hunting and Preserving the Commons in Dutch Colonial Taiwan," Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 42:2, 185-203.
Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson (2012). Ch.7-8
Week 14: Public Goods (III) Allen, Douglas W. (2002). ``The Rhino's Horn: Incomplete Property Rights and the Optimal Value of an Asset", Jounral of Legal Studies,
vol. XXXI, S339--358.
Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson (2012). Ch.9-10
Week 15: Religious Organizations. (I) Koo, Hui-wen (2013), ``Worship Associations in Taiwan," Australian Economic History Review, 53:1, 1-21.
Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson (2012). Ch.11-12
Week 16: Religious Organizations. (II) Olds, Kelly B. and Liu, Ruey-hua (2000),
``Economic Cooperation in 19th-Century Taiwan: Religion and Informal Enforcement", Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 156:2, 404--430.
Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson (2012). Ch.13-14
Week 17: Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson (2012). Ch.15.
Conclusion.
Week 18: Final |
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課程要求 |
Grading
Homework 25%
Class presentation & reports 35%
Exam 40%
The students will be assigned homework problems regularly. They are expected to develop modelling technique and problem solving ability when doing homework. They are supposed to finish reading the book by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson (2012) before the midterm, and feel ready to present the authors’ ideas. A critical discussion of the book’s chapters will be made every week after the midterm. |
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參考書目 |
Required readings：
Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson (2012), Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty, Crown Business.
Milgrom and Roberts (1992), Economics, Organization and Management, Prentice Hall International.
Extension readings：
Diamond, Jared (1997), Guns, Germs and Steel. Norton
Schumpeter, Joseph A. (1942), Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy, Part II: Can Capitalism Survive?, Harper Torchbooks. |
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評量方式
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