University of Barcelona

Information for the student – Institutions and Political Economy

Course plans

List of subjects 2024-2025

Subject Type Language Credits
Specialization: Institutions and Political Economy
Advanced Institutional Analysis OP 2nd semester 5
Advanced Research Methods OP 2nd semester 5
Advanced Topics in Comparative Politics CM 2nd semester 5
Comparative Politics: Institutions CM 2nd semester 5
Comparative Politics: Political Behaviour CM 1st semester 5
Federalism and Decentralization OP 1st semester 5
Final Project CM 2nd semester 30
Game Theory CM 2nd semester 5
Global Political Ecology OP 2nd semester 5
Institutions, State Capacity and Economic Growth CM 2nd semester 5
Introduction to Economic History CM 1st semester 5
Macroeconomics I OP 1st semester 5
Microeconomics CM 1st semester 5
Political Economy of Public Policies CM 2nd semester 5
Poverty and Inequality: Concepts, Measures and Policies OP 1st semester 5
Public Economics I: Political Economy CM 2nd semester 5
Quantitative Methods I: Fundamental Principles CM 1st semester 5
Quantitative Methods II: Causal Inference CM 2nd semester 5
Research Design CM 2nd semester 5
The Causes of Global Inequality: Economic History of Developing Regions OP 1st semester 5
Topics in Economic History OP 2nd semester 5
Topics in Political Economy OP 1st semester 5
Welfare Economics I: Education and Social Policies OP 1st semester 5

Bridging courses

Subject Type Language Credits
Specialization: BC for admission to the Master's Degree in Institutions and Political Economy
Introduction to Economics OP 1st semester 3
Introduction to Mathematics and Statistics OP 1st semester 5
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