Programa

Economics of Growth and Development

Licenciatura Bolonha em Economia

Programa

1. What is economic growth? - Economic growth: data and facts. - Theories of growth: a brief historical summary. 2. The neoclassical model of growth. - The neoclassical model (Solow-Swan) of economic growth. - The Solow model of human capital. - Empirical evidence of the Solow model. 3. Endogenous models of growth. - Endogenous models of growth. The AK model. - Technology, technological development and the economy of ideas. - The Romer model and the Schumpeter model. 4. Complimentary topics about growth. - Social infrastructures and the role of institutions. - Population and an economically sustainable economic growth. -Sustainability of social protection, industrialization and strategic choices - Natural resources, climate change and economic growth.