290110 SE Seminar in Economics (Business Administration) (2018S)
Current Debates in Applied Economics
Continuous assessment of course work
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Sa 10.02.2018 07:00 to Th 22.02.2018 07:00
- Deregistration possible until Th 15.03.2018 07:00
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max. 24 participants
Language: German
Lecturers
Classes
Currently no class schedule is known.
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Central is the writing of a seminar paper, which should be structured as follows:
- Elaboration of the topical question
- Historical background of the question
- Methods of Operationalization
- Evidence and opposites, discourses
- Summary
The work is to be composed and presented by two participants. The joint presentation shall last about 40 minutes.
The work is to be delivered one week before the presentation
- Elaboration of the topical question
- Historical background of the question
- Methods of Operationalization
- Evidence and opposites, discourses
- Summary
The work is to be composed and presented by two participants. The joint presentation shall last about 40 minutes.
The work is to be delivered one week before the presentation
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
(The percentages in the following refer to the share of the weight in the overall assessment:)
Content (30%), the comprehensibility of the lecture (10%), short summary (15%), the scientific method (10%) and the ability to discuss (5%) are evaluated.
Also, each has to make once a prepared discussion contribution (about 5 min) and 2 further ad hoc discussions (15%)
At the end of the semester, a final exam in written form (about 45 minutes) will finalize the evaluation (15%), all the resumes of the papers will be tested
Content (30%), the comprehensibility of the lecture (10%), short summary (15%), the scientific method (10%) and the ability to discuss (5%) are evaluated.
Also, each has to make once a prepared discussion contribution (about 5 min) and 2 further ad hoc discussions (15%)
At the end of the semester, a final exam in written form (about 45 minutes) will finalize the evaluation (15%), all the resumes of the papers will be tested
Examination topics
Reading list
The following is a list of literature, on which the seminar papers can be based anyway1. GDP or what - are there alternatives measurement of to wealth and progress?
- Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi (2009): Report by the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress2. Economies of Scale, Economies of Scope, Entropy sometimes Forgotten Basics of Economics
- Chandler Alfred D. , Hikino Takashi (1994): Scale and Scope: The Dynamics of Industrial Capitalism (Englisch) Taschenbuch Kap.13. Causes for the "Dutch disease" - Is the "curse of the resources" mandatory?
- Stevens, P. (2003). Resource impact: curse or blessing? A literature survey. Journal of Energy Literature. 9 (1): 3-424. How Google became a world power? Peculiarities of network economies
- Shapiro Carl, Varian Hal R. (1999); Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy, Boston: Harvard Business School Press. Chapter 9
- Keese Christoph (2014): Silicon Valley. In particular, pp. 193-2275. A Waldviertel-Motorway and Regional Development in the View of (New) Economic Geography
- Ihara Ryusuke, Machikita Tomohiro: Voting for highway construction in economic geography. The Annals of Regional Science. December 2007, Volume 41, Issue 4, pp 951–9666. Can tax cuts finance themselves? Is the Laffer curve correct?
- Udo H. Raab (1995): Public transaction costs and efficiency of the government revenue system. S.199-2407. The Kuznets Curve and Environmental Kuznets Curve. Relation of environmental pollution and prosperity / development - empirics and criticism
- Borghesi Simone (1999): The Environmental Kuznets Curve: a Survey of the Literature. European University Institute
- David Stern: The Rise and Fall of the Environmental Kuznets Curve. World Development. Volume 32, Issue 8, August 2008. „Double Irish With a Dutch Sandwich“ – Models of Tax Avoiding and Intended Counter-measures of the EU
- Farny Otto et al (2015): Steuerflucht und Steueroasen9. Health and: the Discourse on Wilkinson-Picket
- Wilkinson Richard G., Picket Kate E. (2015): Income Inequality and Health: a Causal Review. Social Science & Medicine. 2015 Mar;128:316-2610. Global convergence, but divergence at country level? - How does the global income distribution develop?
- Branko Milanovic (2016) The unequal world - migration, the one percent and the future of the middle class. Chapter 3-511. Piketty! "R> g" as a new key formula?
- Thomas Piketty (2016): Economics of inequality: an introduction. 144 p12. Schumpeter: Innovation and Creative Destruction (Disruption)
- Joseph A. Schumpeter: Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy. Ch. VII, VIII, XII13. Reindustrialization of the US and Europe?
- Shih W. (2013): The Re-industrialization of the United States? Wirtschaftspolitische Blätter 2/2013. S.297-312
- Aiginger K. (2013): The "Greening" of Industrial Policy, Headwinds and a Possible Symbiosis. WIFO Working Papers, No. 450.
- Peneder M. (2014): Warum die Neue Industriepolitik die Deindustrialisierung beschleunigen wird. FIW-Policy Brief Nr. 23
- Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi (2009): Report by the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress2. Economies of Scale, Economies of Scope, Entropy sometimes Forgotten Basics of Economics
- Chandler Alfred D. , Hikino Takashi (1994): Scale and Scope: The Dynamics of Industrial Capitalism (Englisch) Taschenbuch Kap.13. Causes for the "Dutch disease" - Is the "curse of the resources" mandatory?
- Stevens, P. (2003). Resource impact: curse or blessing? A literature survey. Journal of Energy Literature. 9 (1): 3-424. How Google became a world power? Peculiarities of network economies
- Shapiro Carl, Varian Hal R. (1999); Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy, Boston: Harvard Business School Press. Chapter 9
- Keese Christoph (2014): Silicon Valley. In particular, pp. 193-2275. A Waldviertel-Motorway and Regional Development in the View of (New) Economic Geography
- Ihara Ryusuke, Machikita Tomohiro: Voting for highway construction in economic geography. The Annals of Regional Science. December 2007, Volume 41, Issue 4, pp 951–9666. Can tax cuts finance themselves? Is the Laffer curve correct?
- Udo H. Raab (1995): Public transaction costs and efficiency of the government revenue system. S.199-2407. The Kuznets Curve and Environmental Kuznets Curve. Relation of environmental pollution and prosperity / development - empirics and criticism
- Borghesi Simone (1999): The Environmental Kuznets Curve: a Survey of the Literature. European University Institute
- David Stern: The Rise and Fall of the Environmental Kuznets Curve. World Development. Volume 32, Issue 8, August 2008. „Double Irish With a Dutch Sandwich“ – Models of Tax Avoiding and Intended Counter-measures of the EU
- Farny Otto et al (2015): Steuerflucht und Steueroasen9. Health and: the Discourse on Wilkinson-Picket
- Wilkinson Richard G., Picket Kate E. (2015): Income Inequality and Health: a Causal Review. Social Science & Medicine. 2015 Mar;128:316-2610. Global convergence, but divergence at country level? - How does the global income distribution develop?
- Branko Milanovic (2016) The unequal world - migration, the one percent and the future of the middle class. Chapter 3-511. Piketty! "R> g" as a new key formula?
- Thomas Piketty (2016): Economics of inequality: an introduction. 144 p12. Schumpeter: Innovation and Creative Destruction (Disruption)
- Joseph A. Schumpeter: Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy. Ch. VII, VIII, XII13. Reindustrialization of the US and Europe?
- Shih W. (2013): The Re-industrialization of the United States? Wirtschaftspolitische Blätter 2/2013. S.297-312
- Aiginger K. (2013): The "Greening" of Industrial Policy, Headwinds and a Possible Symbiosis. WIFO Working Papers, No. 450.
- Peneder M. (2014): Warum die Neue Industriepolitik die Deindustrialisierung beschleunigen wird. FIW-Policy Brief Nr. 23
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Contents are 10 concrete topics, see below.
A seminar paper on one of the topics shall be written. In addition, the respective lecture and the discussion, as well as the discussion on the other topics.
In the first lesson, an introduction is given; and for 24 participants 12 topics will be determined