ECON W4370x Political Economy 3 pts. Prerequisites: ECON W3211, W3213; STAT W1211 or POLS W4910. The interaction between economics and politics. Anintroduction to the voting theory and other alternative theories of the interaction between economic policy and elections in democracies. Examines both fiscal and monetary policies with relation to different interest groups. Also considers political economy of stabilizationpolicies in developing countries.