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ECON-S422

Growth and public policies

academic year
2024-2025

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.

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.

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

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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