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Economic growth and development

Economic growth and development
114-0918/01
čeština

Summary

The course is focused on economic growth and development of countries both from the domestic perspective and from the perspective of their relationship to the global economy. Students will be acquainted with questions related to economic growth and development in the world economy and with methods of analysis of these problems including formulation of economic policies related to economic development. From a practical point of view, students will study the issue of economic growth and development on the example of developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

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 114-0918
Abbreviation ERR
Course title Economic growth and development
Coordinating department Department of Economics
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Jan Janků, Ph.D.