Universität Wien

290110 SE Seminar in Economics (Macroeconomics): (2016S)

Current Crisis of the Western Economy and the Eurozone

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 29 - Geographie
Continuous assessment of course work

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 20 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 09.03. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Wednesday 20.04. 10:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum Geographie NIG 5.OG C0528
  • Friday 22.04. 11:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum Geographie NIG 5.OG C0528
  • Monday 02.05. 12:00 - 15:00 Seminarraum Geographie NIG 5.OG C0528
  • Wednesday 04.05. 10:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum Geographie NIG 5.OG C0528
  • Wednesday 11.05. 10:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum Geographie NIG 5.OG C0528
  • Friday 13.05. 11:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum Geographie NIG 5.OG C0528
  • Wednesday 18.05. 10:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum Geographie NIG 5.OG C0528
  • Friday 20.05. 11:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum Geographie NIG 5.OG C0528
  • Wednesday 25.05. 10:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum Geographie NIG 5.OG C0528

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The intention of the seminar is the strengthening of skills to transform literature of economics into relatively short papers. Important is that the papers have a clear structure and contain understandable statements within a given volume. Further should the capability of discussion be improved. The topic is the current crisis of the Western Economy and the Eurozone. There should the causes of the current crises be analyzed, in relation to the Euro-zone the analysis is focused on the consequences of imbalances in the balance of trade. Additionally there will strategies and concepts for the solution of the crisis be discussed. These concepts are based on the work of J.M. Keynes, particularly in relation to the increase in public investments.

Assessment and permitted materials

Papers (thesis, long-version paper, short-version paper) and lectures (35 resp. 10 minutes)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Absence not more than 2 seminar units; delivery of the thesis at latest 3 weeks and of the long-version paper 1 week before and the short-version paper 1 week after the lecture; objects of the assessment are the quality of the papers (70%) and the performance of the lecture (30%).

Examination topics

Reading list

Paul Krugman, "Vergesst die Krise! Warum wir jetzt Geld ausgeben müssen" (2012) and H. Flassbeck, C. Lapavitsas, "Nur Deutschland kann den Euro retten. Der letzte Akt beginnt" (2015).

Association in the course directory

(L2-e4, L2-e-zSE) (UF GW BA 07)

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