DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS

SECS-P/06 - 6 CFU - 1° Semester

Teaching Staff

LUCIO SIVIERO


Detailed Course Content

*1. A framwork for analysis

Text 1: cap 1 e 2

*2. Physical capital.

Text 1: cap 3

*3. Population and Economic Growth.

Text 1: cap 4

*4. Future Population Trends.

Text 1: cap 5

*5. Human Capital.

Text 1: cap 6

*6. Measuring productivity.

Text 1: cap 7

*7. The role of technology in growth.

Text 1: cap 8

*8. The cutting edge of technology.

Text 1: cap 9

*9. Efficiency.

Text 1: cap 10

*10. Growth in the open economy.

Text 1: cap 11

*11. Government.

Text 1: cap 12

*12. Income inequality.

Text 1: cap 13

*13. Resources and the environment at the global level.

Text 1: cap 16

14. Territory and economic theory.

Text 2: cap 3

*15. The New Economic Geography and the local development.

Text 3

* the main topics mandatory to succeed in the exam



Textbook Information

1. Weil, D. N. – Crescita Economica – HOEPLI, 2007:

Capitoli: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, 8,9,10,11,12,13,16,17.

2. Flora A. – Lo sviluppo economico - Franco Angeli, 2008: Capitolo 3.

3. Menegatti M., Seravalli G., La “New Economic Geography” e lo sviluppo locale, Università degli Studi di Parma, Dipartimento di economia, Serie di Economia e Politica Economica WP 5/2004; reperibile al link: http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:par:dipeco:2004-ep05




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