wir893 Development Economics (Vollständige Modulbeschreibung)
| Modulbezeichnung | Development Economics | ||||||||||||
| Modulkürzel | wir893 | ||||||||||||
| Kreditpunkte | 6,0 KP | ||||||||||||
| Verantwortliche Einrichtung | Department für WiRe (BWL und Wirtschaftspädagogik) | ||||||||||||
| Zuständige Personen |
Modulverantwortung:
Jürgen Bitzer, Peter Eppinger
Prüfungsberechtigt:
Die im Modul Lehrenden
Modulberatung:
Jürgen Bitzer
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| Teilnahmevoraussetzungen | |||||||||||||
| Empfohlene Vorkenntnisse | Econometrics, Economic Growth | ||||||||||||
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch | ||||||||||||
| Lernergebnisse/Kompetenzen |
The students are able:
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| Modulinhalte |
The module introduces the students to the current challenges of developing countries and the strategies to overcome them. The module will focus on the empirical research on developing countries, addressing the reasons for the sluggish development as well as the applied approaches to foster economic development. In the lecture the empirical methods used in development economics will be discussed. In the seminar current research papers on topics like poverty, conflicts, foreign aid, health, human capital and institutions in developing countries will be discussed. |
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| Literaturempfehlungen | Michael P. Todaro and Stephen C. Smith (2014): Economic Development, 12th Edition, Pearson: New York. Söderbom, Måns , Francis Teal, Markus Eberhardt, Simon Quinn and Andrew Zeitlin (2015): Empirical Development Economics, Routledge: New York. |
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| Dauer in Semestern | 1 Semester | ||||||||||||
| Angebotsrhythmus | Yearly | ||||||||||||
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| Zusätzliche Hinweise | Aufnahmekapazität: Lehr-/Lernform: |
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| Modulart | Pflicht o. Wahlpflicht / compulsory or optional | ||||||||||||
| Modullevel | MM (Mastermodul / Master module) |