Course Name | Economic Growth |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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ECON 405 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
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Course Language | English | |||||||||||
Course Type | Elective | |||||||||||
Course Level | First Cycle | |||||||||||
Mode of Delivery | - | |||||||||||
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Course Objectives | This course introduces basic models of economic growth theory. Throughout the course, students are also equipped with economic theory, differential equations, and optimal control theory. The course also teaches how to make (theoretical) research and scientific publication. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | The course begins with the Solow model. The characterizing assumption of the framework is exogenous consumption-saving tradeoff. The framework develops several concepts such as transitional dynamics, steady state, golden rule, neoclassical assumptions, and so on. Next, the Ramsey model is discussed, which lifts the exogenous consumption-saving tradeoff. The approach introduces some other important concepts of dynamic macroeconomics such as the subjective rate of discount, intertemporal elasticity of substitution, saddle path stability, transitional dynamics, steady state, etc. The course also discusses how to read articles on economic growth and construct theoretical models. |
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Major Area Courses | X | |
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Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Warming up: An Introduction to Neoclassical Economics | Chapter 1 in BSM and Chapter 1 in HY |
2 | Warming up: An Introduction to Neoclassical Economics | Chapter 1 in BSM and Chapter 1 in HY |
3 | Warming up: An Introduction to Neoclassical Economics | Chapter 1 in BSM and Chapter 1 in HY |
4 | The Solow-Swan Model | Chapter 1 in BSM and Chapter 1 in HY |
5 | The Solow-Swan Model | Chapter 1 in BSM and Chapter 1 in HY |
6 | The Solow-Swan Model | Chapter 1 in BSM and Chapter 1 in HY |
7 | Midterm exam | - |
8 | The Solow-Swan Model | Chapter 1 in BSM and Chapter 1 in HY |
9 | The Solow-Swan Model | Chapter 1 in BSM and Chapter 1 in HY |
10 | The Solow-Swan Model | Chapter 1 in BSM and Chapter 1 in HY |
11 | The Solow-Swan Model | Chapter 1 in BSM and Chapter 1 in HY |
12 | The Solow-Swan Model | Chapter 1 in BSM and Chapter 1 in HY |
13 | The Solow-Swan Model | Chapter 1 in BSM and Chapter 1 in HY |
14 | The Solow-Swan Model | Chapter 1 in BSM and Chapter 1 in HY |
15 | Semester Review | |
16 | Final Exam |
Course Notes/Textbooks | Barro, R.J., and X. Sala-I-Martin (BSM), Economic Growth, The MIT Press; 2nd edition (October 1, 2003), ISBN: 9780262024594 |
Suggested Readings/Materials | Hakan Yetkiner (HY), Economic Growth Theory, Unpublished manuscript |
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | 15 | 10 |
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Midterm | 1 | 40 |
Final Exam | 1 | 50 |
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 16 | 50 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 50 |
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 3 | 48 |
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Midterms | 1 | 20 | |
Final Exams | 1 | 20 | |
Total | 136 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | To be able to acquire a sound knowledge of fundamental concepts, theories, principles and methods of investigation specific to the economic field. | X | ||||
2 | To be able to apply adequate mathematical, econometric, statistical and data analysis models to process economic data and to implement scientific research for development of economic policies. | |||||
3 | To be able to participate in academic, professional, regional, and global networks and to utilize these networks efficiently. | |||||
4 | To be able to have adequate social responsibility with regards to the needs of the society and to organize the activities to influence social dynamics in line with social goals. | |||||
5 | To be able to integrate the knowledge and training acquired during the university education with personal education and produce a synthesis of knowledge one requires. | |||||
6 | To be able to evaluate his/her advance level educational needs and do necessary planning to fulfill those needs through the acquired capability to think analytically and critically. | X | ||||
7 | To be able to acquire necessary skills to integrate social dynamics into economic process both as an input and an output. | X | ||||
8 | To be able to link accumulated knowledge acquired during the university education with historical and cultural qualities of the society and be able to convey it to different strata of society. | X | ||||
9 | To be able to take the responsibility as an individual and as a team member. | |||||
10 | To be able to attain social, scientific and ethical values at the data collection, interpretation and dissemination stages of economic analysis. | X | ||||
11 | To be able to collect data in economics and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1) | |||||
12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently. | |||||
13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout human history to their field of economics. |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest