290110 SE Seminar in Economics (2023S)
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 06.02.2023 09:00 to Mo 20.02.2023 09:00
- Deregistration possible until Fr 31.03.2023 23:59
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max. 24 participants
Language: German
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ACHTUNG! Die 1. Einheit am 07.03.2023 findet ONLINE via Zoom-Meeting statt - siehe Moodle-Kurs
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Am Dienstag, 14.03.2023 entfällt die Seminar-Einheit
Am Dienstag, 28.03.2023 entfällt die Seminar-Einheit
Tuesday
07.03.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Tuesday
21.03.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Tuesday
28.03.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Tuesday
18.04.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Tuesday
25.04.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Tuesday
02.05.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Tuesday
09.05.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Tuesday
16.05.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Tuesday
23.05.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Tuesday
06.06.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Tuesday
13.06.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Tuesday
20.06.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Tuesday
27.06.
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 presentation shall last about 20 minutes.
The work is to be delivered one week before the presentationChanges 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 presentation shall last about 20 minutes.
The work is to be delivered one week before the presentationChanges 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 preliminary:
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„Adam Smith in Beijing“ – How to explain the chinese development?
-Giovanni Arrighi (2007): Adam Smith in Beijing: Die Genealogie des 21. Jahrhunderts, letzte 3 KapitelGlobal convergence, but divergence on the country level? - What about global distribution?
- Branko Milanovic (2016) die ungleiche welt – Migration, das eine Prozent und die Zukunft der Mittelschicht. Kapitel 3-5Economies of scale and scope, network effects, entropy – sometimes forgotten basics
- Chandler Alfred D. , Hikino Takashi (1994): Scale and Scope: The Dynamics of Industrial Capitalism (Englisch) Taschenbuch Kap.Health and inequality: the discourse on Wilkinson-Picket
- Wilkinson Richard G., Picket Kate E. (2015): Income Inequality and Health: a Causal Review. Social Science & Medicine. 2015 Mar;128:316-26„Double Irish With a Dutch Sandwich“ - Tax evasion and EU-intentions
- Farny Otto et al (2015): Steuerflucht und Steueroasencontinue under "Literatur"
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„Adam Smith in Beijing“ – How to explain the chinese development?
-Giovanni Arrighi (2007): Adam Smith in Beijing: Die Genealogie des 21. Jahrhunderts, letzte 3 KapitelGlobal convergence, but divergence on the country level? - What about global distribution?
- Branko Milanovic (2016) die ungleiche welt – Migration, das eine Prozent und die Zukunft der Mittelschicht. Kapitel 3-5Economies of scale and scope, network effects, entropy – sometimes forgotten basics
- Chandler Alfred D. , Hikino Takashi (1994): Scale and Scope: The Dynamics of Industrial Capitalism (Englisch) Taschenbuch Kap.Health and inequality: the discourse on Wilkinson-Picket
- Wilkinson Richard G., Picket Kate E. (2015): Income Inequality and Health: a Causal Review. Social Science & Medicine. 2015 Mar;128:316-26„Double Irish With a Dutch Sandwich“ - Tax evasion and EU-intentions
- Farny Otto et al (2015): Steuerflucht und Steueroasencontinue under "Literatur"
Reading list
(Fortsetzung)
Die Kuznets-Kurve und Environmental Kuznets Curve. Zusammenhang von Umweltbelastung und Wohlstand/Entwicklung - Empirie und Kritik
- 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 200Finanzieren sich Steuersenkungen selbst? Stimmt die Lafferkurve?
- Udo H. Raab (1995): Öffentliche Transaktionskosten und Effizienz des staatlichen Einnahmesystems. S.199-240Wie kommt es zur „Holländischen Krankheit“ - Ist der „Fluch der Ressourcen“ zwingend?
- Stevens, P. (2003). Resource impact: curse or blessing? A literature survey. Journal of Energy Literature. 9 (1): 3–42BIP oder was – gibt es Alternativen der Wohlstandsmessung
- Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi (2009): Report by the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social ProgressGreen New DealZur Problematik der Wahlärzte
Die Kuznets-Kurve und Environmental Kuznets Curve. Zusammenhang von Umweltbelastung und Wohlstand/Entwicklung - Empirie und Kritik
- 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 200Finanzieren sich Steuersenkungen selbst? Stimmt die Lafferkurve?
- Udo H. Raab (1995): Öffentliche Transaktionskosten und Effizienz des staatlichen Einnahmesystems. S.199-240Wie kommt es zur „Holländischen Krankheit“ - Ist der „Fluch der Ressourcen“ zwingend?
- Stevens, P. (2003). Resource impact: curse or blessing? A literature survey. Journal of Energy Literature. 9 (1): 3–42BIP oder was – gibt es Alternativen der Wohlstandsmessung
- Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi (2009): Report by the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social ProgressGreen New DealZur Problematik der Wahlärzte
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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 topics will be determined