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Economic growth and development

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction English
Code 114-9518/01
Abbreviation ERR
Course title Economic growth and development
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Economics
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Jan Janků, Ph.D.

Osnova předmětu

1. Traditional Economic Growth Theory: Rostow, Harrod-Domar, Solow-Swan Model and New Growth Theory
2. Traditional models and theories of economic development: modernization theory, theory of dependence, theory of dual development
3. Current Economic Development Models: Multiple Balance Approach, "The Big Push" Model, "The O-Ring" Model
4. Problems and policies (domestic perspective): poverty, income inequality and economic development
5. Problems and policies (domestic perspective): population growth and economic development
6. Problems and policies (domestic perspective): human capital - education and health in economic development
7. Problems and policies (domestic perspective): transformation of agriculture and economic development
8. Problems and policies (international perspective): theory of international trade and strategy of economic development
9. Problems and policies (international perspective): foreign finance, investment, assistance and their efficiency for economic development
10. Problems and policies (international perspective): (global) environment and economic development

Povinná literatura

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 .

Doporučená literatura

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.