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ECONOMICS GROWTH AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE Single discipline educational activity
Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
Prerequisites:
Basic knowledge of macroeconomics and microeconomics.
Objectives Contents The economic effects of technological progress are studied, with particular attention to the concept of productivity, understood as the ultimate cause of economic growth at the level of both the single enterprise and the economic system as a whole. The course also analyses the link between causes and economic effects of the globalization process: market integration, digitalization, fall in transport and communication costs, global value chains. Throughout the course, particular attention is paid to the availability of data and to issues related to the estimation/measurement of the above phenomena.
Extended Syllabus - Economic growth: definitions and stylized facts
Recommended Bibliography - lecture notes (slides), references to scientific articles and book chapters will be provided during the course;
Methods of Provision Teaching Methods Traditional classes, practices with ad hoc software, assignments
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
The verification of the learning outcomes will be carried out through a written and oral examination. In particular:
Knowledge and ability to understand
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
The score of the exam is assigned by a vote expressed in thirtieths. The final grade will be an average of the written-oral exam (weight 70%) and the dissertation (weight 30%).
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