Business Cycles and Economic Growth

Code:

2ECON15

Acronym:

CCE

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Economics

Instance: 2012/2013 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Agrupamento Científico de Economia
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Economics

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
ME	25	Bologna Syllabus	1	-	7,5	56	202,5

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The goal of the course is to present and analyse the main business cycle and neoclassical economic growth models in the mainstream literature.

Learning outcomes and competences

Good Knowledge of the basic models of the mainstream business cycle and economic growth literature.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Part I - Business cycles

 

Part II - Economic growth

Mandatory literature

Carlin, Wendy e Soskice, David;Macroeconomics: Imperfections, Institutions and Policies, 2006 (Obra recomendada para a Parte I e II do programa)
Jones, Charles I.;Introduction to Economic Growth , W. W. Norton & Co., 2Rev Ed edition, 2001 (Obra recomendada para a Parte II do programa)

Complementary Bibliography

Burda, Michael, e Charles Wyplosz;Macroeconomics : a European text, 2009 (Obra recomendada para a Parte I do programa)
Barro, Robert e Xavier Sala-i-Martin ;Economic Growth, Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 2004 (Obra recomendada para a Parte II do programa)
Aghion, Philippe e Peter Howitt;Endogenous growth theory, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1998 (Obra recomendada para a parte II do programa)
Acemoglu, Daron;Introduction to Modern Economic Growth, 2009 (Obra recomendada para a parte II do programa)

Teaching methods and learning activities

Classes have both theoretical and practical components.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	0,00	0,00
	Teste	14,70	35,00
	Teste	14,70	35,00
	Trabalho escrito	6,30	15,00
	Trabalho escrito	6,30	15,00
	Total:	-	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Frequência das aulas	42
	Total:	42,00

Eligibility for exams

Type A

Two testes

Two short essays

 

Type B

Final exam

Calculation formula of final grade

Type A

Each test: 35% of final grade

Each essay: 15% of final grade

 

Type B

Exam: 100% of final grade