Parties and Public Policy: (P08014)

Does It Matter Which Party Gets Elected?

The current module outline and reading list is at partisanship_20130918b.pdf.

Response paper assignments are as follows:

Topic	Response Papers From
1.1 The Partisanship Hypothesis	MS
1.2 Sources of Partisanship: The Party Base	GM, MC
1.3 Sources of Partisanship: Information	AC, GM, SR, AH
1.4 Sources of Partisanship: Economic Voting	CS, PH, DM, ST
2.1 Size of Government	CS, PH, MS, AH, MC
2.2 Welfare Expenditure	AC, PH, DM, ST, TMD
2.3 Education	AC, SR, DM, AH, TMD
2.4 Health	SR, ST, TMD, CS
3.1 Parties or Public Opinion?	CS, MC, MS, AH, ST
3.2 Information and Manipulation of Public Opinion	AC, GM, SR, MS, DM, MC
3.3 Inference From Close Elections	GM, PH, ST, TMD