Bachelor
2022/2023
Economics of Transition and Emerging Markets
Type:
Compulsory course (Economics)
Area of studies:
Economics
Delivered by:
Department of Economic Theory and Econometrics
Where:
Faculty of Economics
When:
4 year, 1 module
Mode of studies:
distance learning
Online hours:
23
Open to:
students of one campus
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
28
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The course covers topics: Growth Theory and the Poverty Trap Pathology, Imperial History, Geopolitics and Long Run Development, Optimal and Endogenous Growth, Political Economy of Natural Resources, Economics of Conflict, Aid Effectiveness: Sceptics vs Believers, Trade Openness, Growth and Poverty, Debt and Development. The course is conducted with https://online.hse.ru/local/showcase/?cid=3485 The course analyzes challenges faced by transition and emerging-market economies, i.e., those middle- and low-income countries, which have conducted market-oriented economic reforms and become integrated into the global economy since 1990s. The course discusses the use of machine learning methods for forecasting macroeconomic variables and economic growth parameters, which is achieved level DC 0.0.2.