Seminar: Economic Growth
Course content
This seminar covers the same ground as the course of the same name, i.e., theories of economic growth in developed countries. Students will have to define their own research projects. A successful seminar paper either 1) extends an existing theoretical model of economic such that it is able to replicate a stylized fact that it could not explain previously, 2) empirically tests an existing theory of economic growth using new data or new methodologies, or 3) uses one or more models of economic growth to shed light on an ongoing policy debate.
Examples of topics for seminar papers include:
- Should we invest more in research and development?
- Will robots take our jobs?
- Is GDP a good proxy for welfare?
- Wage inequality and skill-biased technical change
- Why are some countries better at adopting new technology?
- Will economic growth slow down in the future?
- Does international trade increase economic growth?
- Does inequality reduce economic growth?
- Does economic growth reduce inequality?
- How should we measure GDP in the digital age?
… and much else
The seminar is primarily for students at the MSc of Economics.
After completing the seminar the student is expected to be able
to fulfill the learning outcome specified in the
Master curriculum and to:
Knowledge:
- After completing the course, the student is expected to be able to:
- Account for the most recent findings in the literature studying the causes and consequences of economic growth
- Account for the basic assumptions of the theoretical models including the role of institutions and trade
Skills:
- After completing the course, the student is expected to be able to:
- Analyze the drivers of growth in a specific setting
- Evaluate existing research and discuss its reliability.
- Evaluate policy responses to lackluster growth.
Competencies:
- After completing the course, the student is expected to be able to:
- Plan a research project
- Design policy responses for inclusive growth etc.
At the seminar the student is trained independently to
- identify and clarify a problem,
- seek and select relevant literatur,
- write a academic paper,
- present and discuss own paper with the other students at the
seminar.
The aim of the presentations is, that the student uses the
presentation as an opportunity to practice oral skills and to
receive feedback. The presentations is not a part of the exam and
will not be assessed.
Mandatory activities in the seminar:
- Kick-off meeting
- Finding literatur and defining the project
- Writing process of the seminar paper
- Presentation of own project and paper
- Giving constructive feedback to another student´s paper
- Actively participating in discussions at the presentations and
other meetings.
There is no weekly teaching/lecturing and the student cannot expect
guidance from the teacher. If the teacher gives a few introduction
lectures or gives the opportunity for guidance, this as well as
other expectations are clarified at the kickoff meeting.
Process:
It is strongly recommended that you think about and search for a
topic before the semester begins, as there is only a few weeks from
the kick-off meeting to the submission of the project description/
agreement paper.
The seminar project paper must be uploaded in Absalon before the
presentations, as the opponents and the other seminar participants
have to read and comment on the paper. It is important that you
upload a paper that is so finalized as possible due to the fact
that the value of feedback and comments at the presentation is
strongly associated with the skill level of the seminar paper.
After the presentations, you can with a few corrections improve the
seminar paper by including the feedback and comments emerged during
the presentations. It is NOT intended that you rewrite or begin the
writing of the full project AFTER the presentation has taken
place.
There is no pre-defined syllabus, and the set of papers each student will read for this seminar depends on what he or she chooses to write about. Students are required to search the literature themselves (with assistance from the teacher).
It is recommended to have participated in the course Economic
Growth before attending this seminar.
This seminar builds on the course economic growth
BSc in Economics or similar
- Kick-off meeting: Week 36
- Deadline for submission of commitment paper / project
description: No later than 1 October.
1 october
- Deadline for uploading a seminar assignment paper in the Digital
Exam portal: No later than one week before the presentations.
- Presentations: 20 November - 11 December
- Exam date: 20 December at 10.00 AM - latest uploading of Seminar
paper to the Digital Exam portal for assessment.
- Deadline for assessment: 24 January
All information regarding the seminar is communicated through
Absalon including venue. It is very important that you by yourself
log on to Absalon and read the information already when you are
registered at the seminar.
For enrolled students: More information about registration, schedule, rules etc. can be found at Master (UK) and Master (DK).
More information about seminars is available at Seminars (UK) and Seminars (DK).
Read about the study programme and curricula at MSc in Economics
- ECTS
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
-
Written examination
- Type of assessment details
- A seminar paper in English that meets the formal requirements
for written papers stated in the curriculum of the Master programme
and at KUNet for seminars.
___ - Aid
- All aids allowed
for the seminar paper.
The teacher defines the aids that must be used for the presentations.
Use of AI tools is permitted. You must explain how you have used the tools. When text is solely or mainly generated by an AI tool, the tool used must be quoted as a source.
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- External censorship
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Criteria for exam assessment
Students are assessed on the extent to which they master the learning outcome for the seminar and can make use of the knowledge, skills and competencies listed in the learning outcomes in the Curriculum of the Master programme.
To receive the top grade, the student must with no or only a few minor weaknesses be able to demonstrate an excellent performance displaying a high level of command of all aspects of the relevant material.
- Category
- Hours
- Project work
- 186
- Seminar
- 20
- English
- 206
Kursusinformation
- Language
- English
- Course number
- AØKK08335U
- ECTS
- 7,5 ECTS
- Programme level
- Full Degree Master
- Duration
-
1 semester
- Placement
- Autumn
- Schedulegroup
-
and venue:
Go to "Remarks".
Exam and re-sits: Go to "Exam". - Capacity
- 2 courses / 20 students each
- Studyboard
- Department of Economics, Study Council
Contracting department
- Department of Economics
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Social Sciences
Course Coordinator
- Morten Graugaard Olsen (3-716b734469677372326f7932686f)
Teacher
See "Course Coordinators"
Timetable
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