Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

Economic growth and development

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	156-0379/01
Abbreviation	ERR
Course title	Economic growth and development
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Applied Economics
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Mariola Pytliková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

The course is focused on the expanation of the theories of economic growth and development and their application on the real data of the countries. First, the neo-classical Solow model with its practical application is described, followed by models of a new theory of growth concentrating on human capital and endogenous
technological progress. In addition to the traditional proximite factors of economic growth, the course deals with the fundamental factors of economic growth, including path dependence, institutions, culture and geographic factors.

E-learning

Studijní opory TpB:
https://lms.vsb.cz/course/view.php?id=87992

Literature

ACEMOGLU, D. Introduction to Modern Economic Growth. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009. ISBN: 978-0-691-13292-1.
CAMERON, R. and Larry NEAL. A Concise Economic History of the World. 5th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. .
VAN DEN BERG, H. Economic Growth and Development. London: World Scientific Publishing Co., 2017. 978-981-4733-33-5.

Advised literature

BAUMOL, W. J., LITAN, R. E. and Carl J. SCHRAMM. Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism and the Economics of Growth and Prosperity. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007. .
RODRIK, D. One Economics, Many Recipes. Globalization, Institutions, and Economic Growth. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007. ISBN: 13 978-0-691-12951-8.
WEIL, D. N. Economic Growth. 3rd ed. Harlow: Pearson, 2013. .

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