International business and development

Professor
Academic discipline: Politica economica (SECS-P/02)
Field: Attività formative affini o integrative
Type of training activity: Related/supplementary

35 hours
of face-to-face activities

5 credits

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Integrated course unit module: GROWTH AND HISTORY OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

Learning objectives

Students will be endowed with the toolkit to analyze data and interpret the patterns of growth in the global economy

Prerequisites

None

Course unit content

The course is an introduction to the methodology of growth empirics starting from its workhorse, the Solow growth model

Full programme

The course is split into four parts
1) The facts of growth
2) The Solow model with physical capital, population and human capital
3) Innovation and technological progress in the Solow model
4) Globalization, Government and growth in the Solow model

Bibliography

David Weil, Economic Growth, Third Edition, 2012

Teaching methods

Standard lectures and classes

Assessment methods and criteria

Written final exam

Other information

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ECONOMIC GROWTH cod. 1003966