Topics in Development Economics (ECO-AD-DEVECON)
ECO-AD-DEVECON
| Department |
ECO |
| Course category |
ECO Advanced courses |
| Course type |
Course |
| Academic year |
2024-2025 |
| Term |
BLOCK 3 |
| Credits |
.5 (EUI Economics Department) |
| Professors |
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| Contact |
Simonsen, Sarah
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| Sessions |
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Description
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10 hours of a seminar-style course, on topics to be agreed with students taking the course for credit. Any topic in micro-development is acceptable. Students will be asked to prepare a presentation on a topic of their choice, covering a reasonably well-defined literature, with more details about 2 or 3 relevant papers. Such papers will be defined in advance and should be read by everyone. Evaluation will be based on the presentation, class participation, and a referee report to be written on an unpublished paper related to the topic chosen by each student.
Exercise classesNo exercise classes.
Teaching materialJournal articles and other assigned readings.
Evaluation The evaluation will be based on (A) in-class presentations (65%); (B) in-class participation to group discussion (15%) and a referee report (20%).
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