290110 SE Seminar in Economics (2020S)
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 Mo 10.02.2020 08:00 to Su 23.02.2020 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Th 30.04.2020 23:59
Details
max. 24 participants
Language: German
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Start 3.3.
Learning materials willl be found in the Moodle course- Tuesday 03.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
- Tuesday 10.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
- Tuesday 17.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
- Tuesday 24.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
- Tuesday 31.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
- Tuesday 28.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
- Tuesday 05.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
- Tuesday 12.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
- Tuesday 19.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
- Tuesday 09.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum Geographie NIG 5.OG C0528
- Tuesday 16.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
- Tuesday 23.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
- Tuesday 30.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Information
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 one or two participants. The (joint) presentation shall last about 40 minutes.
The work is to be delivered one week before the presentation
In a joint seminar paper, it should be noted who is mainly responsible for which parts.
Changes in the first version (revision) are to be emphasized in further versions
- 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 one or two participants. The (joint) presentation shall last about 40 minutes.
The work is to be delivered one week before the presentation
In a joint seminar paper, it should be noted who is mainly responsible for which parts.
Changes in the first version (revision) are to be emphasized in further versions
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
(The percentages below refer to the proportion of weight in the overall assessment :)
The content (35%), the comprehensibility of the lecture (10%), the ability to summarize briefly (10%), the scientific method (10%) and the ability to discuss are assessed.
Everyone also has to make a prepared discussion contribution (approx. 5 min) (10%). Ad hoc contributions to the discussion are also noted positively.
At the beginning of each hour there is a repetition of the topic from the last hour, randomly inviting 2 students to do so. (10%)
At the end of the semester there is a final test (approx. 45 min), in which resume from all work is queried. (15%)
The content (35%), the comprehensibility of the lecture (10%), the ability to summarize briefly (10%), the scientific method (10%) and the ability to discuss are assessed.
Everyone also has to make a prepared discussion contribution (approx. 5 min) (10%). Ad hoc contributions to the discussion are also noted positively.
At the beginning of each hour there is a repetition of the topic from the last hour, randomly inviting 2 students to do so. (10%)
At the end of the semester there is a final test (approx. 45 min), in which resume from all work is queried. (15%)
Examination topics
TOPICS
Schumpeter: innovation and creative destruction (disruption)
- Joseph A. Schumpeter: Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy. Chap. VII, VIII, XIIReindustrialization of the United States and Europe?
- Shih W. (2013): The Re-industrialization of the United States? Economic Policy Gazette 2/2013. S.297-312
- Aiginger K. (2013): The "Greening" of Industrial Policy, Headwinds and a Possible Symbiosis. WIFO Working Papers, No. 450th
- Peneder M. (2014): Why the new industrial policy will accelerate de-industrialization. FIW Policy Brief No. 23Advertising - necessary for information and competition, or a consequence of the oligopoly
-Naomi Klein (2000): No Logo - the battle of global players for market power, a game with many losers and few winners. Chap. 1, 7, 8, 18Waldviertel Autobahn and regional development in the light of the (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 951-966Piketty! "R> g" as a new key formula?
- Thomas Piketty (2016): Economics of Inequality: An Introduction. 144 p"Adam Smith in Beijing" - How can the development of the past decades in China be explained?
-Giovanni Arrighi (2007): Adam Smith in Beijing: The Genealogy of the 21st Century, last 3 chaptersThe New Silk Road - the largest investment strategy in history
- Erebus Wong, Lau Kin Chi, Sit Tsui and Wen Tiejun (January 2017): One Belt, One Road - China's Strategy for a New Global Financial Order. Monthly Review. Vol 68 Issue 08
- Grübler Julia, Stehrer Robert (2017): The Chinese investment offensive "One Belt, One Road" - Economic potential for Austria? Policy Brief No. 33, February 2017The scrapping of the "Donauuferbahn" in the light of climate and regional policy
- Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism, Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (2018): The climate and energy strategy of the Federal Government - # mission2030The Anthropocene Discourse
- Moore Jason W. (ed) (2016): Anthropocene or Capitalocene? Nature, History, and the Crisis of Capitalism
- Malm Andreas (2016): Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming. London. Verso. 2016Is there a middle income trap?
-Arie Y Lewin (2016): China's Innovation Challenge: Overcoming the Middle-Income Trap. Chapters 1, 13, 16Markets between competition and oligopolization - measurement of market power and competition policy
- Bontrup Heinz-J. (2006): Labor, Capital and the State. Pp. 194-251How did Google become a world power? Special features 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. 193-227
Schumpeter: innovation and creative destruction (disruption)
- Joseph A. Schumpeter: Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy. Chap. VII, VIII, XIIReindustrialization of the United States and Europe?
- Shih W. (2013): The Re-industrialization of the United States? Economic Policy Gazette 2/2013. S.297-312
- Aiginger K. (2013): The "Greening" of Industrial Policy, Headwinds and a Possible Symbiosis. WIFO Working Papers, No. 450th
- Peneder M. (2014): Why the new industrial policy will accelerate de-industrialization. FIW Policy Brief No. 23Advertising - necessary for information and competition, or a consequence of the oligopoly
-Naomi Klein (2000): No Logo - the battle of global players for market power, a game with many losers and few winners. Chap. 1, 7, 8, 18Waldviertel Autobahn and regional development in the light of the (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 951-966Piketty! "R> g" as a new key formula?
- Thomas Piketty (2016): Economics of Inequality: An Introduction. 144 p"Adam Smith in Beijing" - How can the development of the past decades in China be explained?
-Giovanni Arrighi (2007): Adam Smith in Beijing: The Genealogy of the 21st Century, last 3 chaptersThe New Silk Road - the largest investment strategy in history
- Erebus Wong, Lau Kin Chi, Sit Tsui and Wen Tiejun (January 2017): One Belt, One Road - China's Strategy for a New Global Financial Order. Monthly Review. Vol 68 Issue 08
- Grübler Julia, Stehrer Robert (2017): The Chinese investment offensive "One Belt, One Road" - Economic potential for Austria? Policy Brief No. 33, February 2017The scrapping of the "Donauuferbahn" in the light of climate and regional policy
- Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism, Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (2018): The climate and energy strategy of the Federal Government - # mission2030The Anthropocene Discourse
- Moore Jason W. (ed) (2016): Anthropocene or Capitalocene? Nature, History, and the Crisis of Capitalism
- Malm Andreas (2016): Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming. London. Verso. 2016Is there a middle income trap?
-Arie Y Lewin (2016): China's Innovation Challenge: Overcoming the Middle-Income Trap. Chapters 1, 13, 16Markets between competition and oligopolization - measurement of market power and competition policy
- Bontrup Heinz-J. (2006): Labor, Capital and the State. Pp. 194-251How did Google become a world power? Special features 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. 193-227
Reading list
See above
Association in the course directory
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Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:21
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 topics will be determined