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ECON-S422

Growth and public policies

academic year
2023-2024

Course teacher(s)

P.-Guillaume MEON (Coordinator) and Nicolas Lagios

ECTS credits

5

Language(s) of instruction

english

Course content

Please check French version 

Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)

Please check French version

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lecture.

Contribution to the teaching profile

This course contributes to the development of the following skills :

  • Solve complex problems arising in economic, financial and public policy contexts to transfer knowledge in realistic solutions to operationalize solutions.

  • Provide economic and financial recommendations and analyses at each stage of the process to keep stakeholders fully informed.

  • Use data mining and management techniques as well as financial modeling to develop decision, evaluation or management tools

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

Romer, Macroéconomie approfondie, Ediscience, Paris, 1997. Sørensen P.B. et H.J. Whitta-Jacobsen, Introducing advanced macroeconomics: growth and business cycles, Maidenhead, McGraw-Hill, 2005. Barro R. et X. Sala-i-Martin, La croissance économique, Paris, Economica, 1996. Weil D., Economic Growth, Addison-Wesley Boston, 2005.

Other information

Contacts

pgmeon@ulb.ac.be

Campus

Solbosch

Evaluation

Method(s) of evaluation

  • written examination

written examination

Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)

100% written exam

Language(s) of evaluation

  • french
  • (if applicable english )

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