Economic growth S05, misc info

Economic Growth, 2007

Miscellanous Information

Time and Place: Mondays and Wednesdays , 10-12 in CSS 7-0-18

23.6. Exam (12.06.2007) and suggested solution .

Final READING LIST (PENSUM) IS FOUND ALONG WITH PAPERS FOR DOWNLOAD. GO THERE.

next lecture: No more lectures. End of semester

Past lectures

Q&A SESSION: 8/6. 15.30 in "Seminarværelset", Studiestræde 6. That is, the 2nd floor in the purple building on this map.Specifics: When you enter this building, go up the stairs and turn right on the 2nd floor; the room is at the end of the hall, on your right.

21.5 Growth through creative destruction (Aghion and Howitt, 1992; § 1-4 and 9). 1
6.5 A bit on policy. Then empirics: Nonneman and Vanhaut, 1996; Jones, 1995; Ha and Howitt, 2005; Dalgaard and Kreiner, 2001.
14.5. B&S Ch. 6 - 6.2. (R&D increasing variety)
9.5. Human Capital (cont'ned). Bills and Klenow (2000) and Hendricks (2002).
7.5. Human Capital. B&S Ch. 5.3 and 5.2.2. Next: Bills and Klenow (2000)
2.5. Human Capital. (have a look at Lucas, 1993 § 1 & 2). Next: B&S Ch. 5.3 and 5.2.2
30.4. The Jones critique of AK models (Cont'ned). (read: Jones, 1995, QJE; McGratten)
25.4. Finish up on endogenous policy. Next: The Jones critique of AK models (read: Jones, 1995, QJE)
23.4. Endogenous Policy (Alesina and Rodrik, 1994)
16.4 + 18.4. Cancelled. Replacement given at later date.
4.4. & 9.4 Easter holliday. 11.4: Work on term paper.
2.4. Endogenous Policy
28.3. Evidence on public sector and growth.
26.3. Productive government investments (cont'ned)
21.3. Learning by doing; social optimum and policy. Next: Productive government investments, B&S Ch. 4.4
19.3. Learning-by-Doing: Theory.
14.3. Learning-by-Doing and Endogenous Growth. Readings: Lecture note 6 + Ch. 4.3. Detailed outline for this part now available
12.3. Conditions for endogenous growth (cont'nd).
7.3. Conditions for endogenous growth. We're at I.A currently (cf. outline).
5.3. Finish up on "A critical ...". We're at II in the outline. Read: Hsieh (1999). NEXT: Conditions for endogenous growth; I A and B (See outline). I've added a note on Optimal Control Theory , by Maurice Obstfeld which you can download.
28.2. A critical reasessment of the neoclassical view (cont'ned). Readings Cho and Graham (1996), Lecture note 4, Hsieh (1999).
26.2. Finish up on "the Neoclassical view" (we are about ready for III, see outline. Readings: Young, 1995). Then: "A critical reassessment" (Outline). Readings: Cho and Graham (1996), Lecture note 4.
21.2. We proceed with empirical testing of the neoclassical view. We about ready for I.B (see outline) Readings; Mankiw, Romer and Weil (1992); Young (1995) and Lecture note 2.
19.2. Stiglitz (see note 1 on this). Next we'll take the Solow model to the data; Mankiw, Romer and Weil (1992), p. 407-415. I'll refer to note 3 in this context.
14/2. We will finish up on the Solow model (We are currently at II.A; see the outline). Read also Stiglitz (1969) (you find it under "secondary readings), and then Lecture note 1. On a more general note: Under "Secondary readings" you can download the paper by Houthakker (1955) which I mentioned at the lecture [derives an aggregate Cobb-Douglas production function], and a paper by Jones and Scrimgeour (2005) which provides a nice proof of the fundemental theorem that we need labor augmenting (Harrod Neutral) technical change to generate steady state growth.
12/2 Cancelled
7/2. The Basic Solow model (cont'ned). Read: B&S Ch. 1 - until Section 1.3:
5/2: Introduction. Then: The Basic Solow model (Read: B&S Ch. 1 - until Section 1.3). :

Links:

In 2006 Christian Groth taught this course: Economic Growth 06. Note especially the list of corrections for the textbook.

The authors of the textbook we're using: Robert Barro, Xavier Sala-i-Martin

The site "Economic Growth Resources", maintained by Jon Temple, is extremely useful. Links to researchers, key references, data and more.

Chad Jones has produced a page featuring chapters for the upcoming Handbook of Economic Growth.