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040032 UK History of Business Cycle Theory (BA) (2014W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work

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max. 25 participants
Language: English

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040 032 History of Business Cycle Theory; Time: Tuesday 13:15 - 14:45, weekly, begin: October 7th, 2014; Location: Room SE 3, Oskar Morgenstern Platz 1, first floor

  • Tuesday 07.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 14.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 21.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 28.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 04.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 11.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 18.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 25.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 02.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 09.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 16.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 13.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 20.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 27.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock

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Aims, contents and method of the course

Diligent students will learn to make sense of and evaluate the historical background, as well as the achievements and main criticisms of different theories explaining economic crises and business cycles. Theories discussed are: classical and marxist theories expaining economic crises; pre- Keynesian business cycle theories such as monetary theories, monetary over-investment theories; non-monetary (real) over-investment theories; underconsumption theories, Keynesian theories (Keynsianism), Monetarist theories (Monetarism); and later developements such as Rational Expectations models, Real Business Cycle models, Post- Keynesian and new Keynesian Models.

Assessment and permitted materials

Students are required to attend the course on a regular basis and contribute in a lively manner to discussions at all classes. Also they are required to produce one substantial talk (about 30minutes) on the basis of special literature to be provided in due course as well as to prepare for every meeting written answers to questions distributed previously.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The aim of this course is to introduce students to the history of Business cycle theory on an introductory level. This course provides the special opportunity of studying the different problem situations, problems and suggested solutions discussed and proposed in order to explain economic crises as well as business cycles.

Examination topics

Teaching consists in one unbrokem 90-minute lecture/seminar weekly

Reading list

Principal Reading
G. Haberler, Prosperity and Depression, London 1958, part I (and earlier editions)
Todd A. Knoop, Recessions and Depressions, Westport 2004 (and later editions)

Association in the course directory

Als Guided Reading für Zeitgeschichte im BA Geschichte (4 ECTS) bzw. in BA 2011 und LA: Guided Reading für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte (4 ECTS)

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