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Economic growth and development

Economic growth and development
114-0379/01
čeština

Summary

The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the causes of the current distribution of economic forces of nations and states, their economic development and growth. Students learn not only about the direct factors of economic growth, such as capital, human capital, and technological progress, but also about fundamental factors such as geographical, cultural, institutional factors, and luck.

Literature

ACEMOGLU, D. Introduction to modern Economic Growth. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009. 990 p. ISBN: 978-0-691-13292-1.
SCHWAB, Klaus and Peter VANHAM. Stakeholder Capitalism: A Global Economy that Works for Progress, People and Planet. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley, 2021. 304 p. ISBN 978-1119756132 .
WEIL, David N. Economic Growth. London: Routledge, 2019. 586 p. ISBN 978-0321795731 .

Advised literature

BERNARDELLI, Michal et al. Economic Growth and Convergence. Global Analysis through Econometric and Hidden Markov Models. London: Routledge, 2021. 196 p. ISBN 9780367774905 .
CAMERON, Rondo and Larry NEAL. A Concise Economic History of the World. 5th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. ISBN: 9780199989768 .
UNDP (United Nations Development Programme). 2022. Human Development Report 2021-22: Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives: Shaping our Future in a Transforming World. New York.


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Language of instruction čeština
Code 114-0379
Abbreviation ERR
Course title Economic growth and development
Coordinating department Department of Economics
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Jan Janků, Ph.D.