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040251 UK Development economics (BA) (2018S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from We 14.02.2018 09:00 to We 21.02.2018 12:00
- Deregistration possible until We 14.03.2018 23:59
Details
max. 50 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Monday 05.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
- Monday 19.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
- Monday 09.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
- Monday 16.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
- Monday 23.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
- Monday 30.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
- Monday 07.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
- Monday 14.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
- Monday 28.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
- Monday 04.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
- Monday 11.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
- Monday 18.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
- Monday 25.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
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Aims, contents and method of the course
This course covers some of the key topics in Development Economics. Special emphasis will be placed on both theory and empirics.
Assessment and permitted materials
Students will be evaluated on the basis of a mid-term exam (40%), a fina exam (40%) and an essay paper (20%).
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
The objective of the course is to have students apply and develop the anylytical skills acquired in the BA in Economics in the field of development.
Examination topics
Different theories will be discussed, as well as the related empirical evidence: growth, asymmetric information problems, inequality, complementarities and increasing returns, collective action, the centrally planned economy, history and institutions
Reading list
Incomplete reading list:
- Charles Jones (2008): Introduction to Economic Growth, 2nd Edition, W.W. Norton.
- Easterly (2001): The Elusive Quest for Growth, MIT Press.
- D. Ray: Development Economics
- Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson (2005): “Institutions as the Fundamental Cause of Long-Run Growth,” in Philippe Aghion and Stephen Durlauf, Handbook of Economic Growth, Elsevier, North Holland.
- Douglass C. North, John J. Wallis and Barry R. Weingast (2006): “A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Recorded Human History” NBER Working Paper 12795.
- Charles Jones (2008): Introduction to Economic Growth, 2nd Edition, W.W. Norton.
- Easterly (2001): The Elusive Quest for Growth, MIT Press.
- D. Ray: Development Economics
- Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson (2005): “Institutions as the Fundamental Cause of Long-Run Growth,” in Philippe Aghion and Stephen Durlauf, Handbook of Economic Growth, Elsevier, North Holland.
- Douglass C. North, John J. Wallis and Barry R. Weingast (2006): “A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Recorded Human History” NBER Working Paper 12795.
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