WISO300577 Growth, development, trade and environment
- Type
- Lecture
- Semester hours
- 2
- Lecturer (assistant)
- Kirchner, Mathias , Schmidt, Johannes
- Organisation
- Sustainable Economic Development
- Offered in
- Wintersemester 2025/26
- Languages of instruction
- Englisch
- Content
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NOTE: Before WS25/26 this course was taught as 731381 "Vertiefung Ökonomik natürlicher Ressourcen" in German
This course explores macroeconomic growth models and critically reflects how this relates to sustainable development.
Basic Outline (subject to small variations):
Introduction
(1) Definitions & historical overview
Basic theory / Neoclassical growth theory
(2) Historical perspective - Classical economics
(3) Capital
(4) Population
(5) Technological progress
(6) Trade & development
Sustainable Development
(7) Trade & environment
(8 & 9) Natural resources
(10 & 11) Climate crisis / Climate economics
(12) Inequality
(13) Summary
- Previous knowledge expected
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Basic knowledge of microeconomics and macroeconomics is an advantage
- Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences)
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•Explain and analyze the most important economic growth theories.
•Critically reflect on the assumptions of economic growth theories.
•Assess the relationship between economic growth theories and sustainable development.
•Explain the current state of empirical research on economic growth and sustainable development.
You can find more details like the schedule or information about exams on the course-page in BOKUonline.