Real GDP per capita in current prices for G8 countries from 1950-2000. (Image by MIT OCW. Data from Alan Heston, Robert Summers and Bettina Aten, Penn World Table Version 6.1, Center for International Comparisons at the University of Pennsylvania (CICUP), October 2002.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. George-Marios Angeletos
MIT Course Number
14.451
As Taught In
Spring 2007
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
Introduction to the theories of economic growth. Topics will include basic facts of economic growth and long-run economic development; brief overview of optimal control theory and dynamic programming; basic neoclassical growth model under a variety of market structures; human capital and economic growth; endogenous growth models; models with endogenous technology; models of directed technical change; competition, market structure and growth; financial and economic development; international trade and economic growth; institutions and economic development. This is a half-term subject. The class size is limited.
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