WISO300577 Growth, development, trade and environment (in Eng.)

Art
Vorlesung
Semesterstunden
2
Vortragende/r (Mitwirkende/r)
Kirchner, Mathias , Schmidt, Johannes
Organisation
Nachhaltige Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Angeboten im Semester
Wintersemester 2025/26
Unterrichts-/ Lehrsprachen
Englisch
Lehrinhalt

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
Inhaltliche Voraussetzungen (erwartete Kenntnisse)

Basic knowledge of microeconomics and macroeconomics is an advantage
Lehrziel

•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.
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