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This course explores and explains the processes of rapid industrialisation and socio-economic modernisation in China and the Asia Pacific drawing on a historically –comparative institutional approach. Fundamental factors and forces behind the economic transformation are analysed against the background of leading theories of economic development and social change. The course is divided into two parThis course explores and explains the processes of rapid industrialisation and socio-economic modernisation in China and the Asia Pacific drawing on a historically –comparative institutional approach. Fundamental factors and forces behind the economic transformation are analysed against the background of leading theories of economic development and social change. The course is divided into two par

Kursen ger en fördjupad översikt av makroekonomisk teori och empiri. Den fördjupar grundkursens innehåll genom mer ingående analys och problematisering av olika teorier och modellers styrkor och svagheter både från ett teoretiskt och ett empiriskt perspektiv. Kursens innehåll fokuserar i huvudsak på uppkomsten av konjunktursvängningar och ekonomiska kriser samt därtill kopplade finans- och penningThe course provides a deepened overview of macroeconomic theory. It deepens the content of the introductory course by adopting a more thorough analysis and problematizing the streangths and weaknesses of different theories and models, both from a theoretical and an empirical perspective. The content of the course mainly focuses on business cycle fluctuations and economic crises, and to this relate

Kursen behandlar i huvudsak ekonomiskt beslutsfattande beträffande konsumtion och produktion. Kursen inleds med en genomgång av de underliggande principer som styr individens optimala konsumtionsbeslut under säkerhet och osäkerhet. Denna genomgång mynnar ut i individens nyttomaximerings- och utgiftsminimeringsproblem, som i sin tur bestämmer individens efterfrågan. Kursen fortsätter med en genomgThe course deals primarily with economic decision making concerning consumption and production. The course starts with a treatment of the underlying principles that guide an individual's optimal consumption decisions under both certainty and uncertainty. This treatment leads to the utility maximisation and expenditure minimisation problems faced by an individual which, in turn, determine individua

Kursen behandlar modern mikroekonomisk teori och vissa tillämpningar. I mer precisa termer behandlas: teorin för ekonomiskt beslutsfattande under risk och osäkerhet, inklusive de centrala begreppen riskaversion och stokastisk dominans, icke-kooperativ spelteori med de grundläggande lösningsbegreppen dominans, Nashjämvikt och delspelsperfektion, monopolteori med en klassificering och fördjuThe course presents modern microeconomic theory and a set of applications. The applications considered include: The theory of economic decision making under risk and uncertainty, including the important notions of risk aversion and stochastic dominance Non-cooperative game theory and the basic concepts of dominance, Nash equilibrium, and subgame perfection The theory of monopoly with a cl

Kursen analyserar främst konjunktursvängningar, arbetslöshet, inflation samt finans- och penningpolitik. Inledningsvis behandlas sparande, investeringar och kapitalackumulation. Dessa faktorer ligger till grund för modeller om s.k. reala konjunkturcykler, där både tillväxt och konjunkturcykler kan studeras samtidigt. Därefter behandlas keynesianska konjunkturteorier där cyklerna uppkommer och fortThe course deals primarily with the short run, i.e. business cycle phenomena and stabilization policy. In addition, the determinants of long-run inflation and unemployment are studied. The course begins with consumption and investment theory. These theories form the basis of the real business cycle theory where the cycle and economic growth are treated simultaneously. Then follows New Keynesian mo

The course is made up of three sub-courses relating to different themes. In the first sub-course you are introduced to the subject of Economic History. The main issues are the agricultural transformation, international market integration, and international movement of labour, goods, and capital. In the second sub-course you will explore the long-term trends in income distribution within and betweeThe course is made up of three sub-courses relating to different themes. In the first sub-course you are introduced to the subject of Economic History. The main issues are the agricultural transformation, international market integration, and international movement of labour, goods, and capital. In the second sub-course you will explore the long-term trends in income distribution within and betwee

Experimental data on pulmonary regurgitation has linked right ventricular longitudinal function to left ventricular filling pressure in animals with induced and treated pulmonary regurgitation but this relationship has not been investigated in patients with repaired Tetralogy of Fallot (rToF). The aim of this study was to determine if right ventricular longitudinal function assessed using cardiova

In this interview, Michèle Lamont discusses her intellectual trajectory in relation to other sociologists and research fields. The starting point is her relationship to Bourdieu’s field theory in 1980s Paris. She describes how her empirically grounded work developed as a critique of Bourdieu’s oeuvre yet draws heavily on it. A common thread in her work is a focus on social and symbolic boundaries In this interview, Michèle Lamont discusses her intellectual trajectory in relation to other sociologists and research fields. The starting point is her relationship to Bourdieu’s field theory in 1980s Paris. She describes how her empirically grounded work developed as a critique of Bourdieu’s oeuvre yet draws heavily on it. A common thread in her work is a focus on social and symbolic boundaries

This course applies a long run comparative, institutional and structural perspective and considers alternative aspects of economic and social sustainability. The course begins by providing a background to the prewar economy in the North through a summary of the relevant macroeconomic history from the second industrial revolution through the intra war period. Beginning with the 1940s, it analyses cThis course applies a long run comparative, institutional and structural perspective and considers alternative aspects of economic and social sustainability. The course begins by providing a background to the prewar economy in the North through a summary of the relevant macroeconomic history from the second industrial revolution through the intra war period. Beginning with the 1940s, it analyses c

The course will introduce and elaborate on various theoretical perspectives of war and peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Central issues to be discussed and compared over time are (1) the causes of the conflict, such as identity, nationalism, religion, territory and great power politics; (2) the Middle Peace Process (MEPP), which highlights the various agreements, peacebuilding by third paThe course will introduce and elaborate on various theoretical perspectives of war and peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Central issues to be discussed and compared over time are (1) the causes of the conflict, such as identity, nationalism, religion, territory and great power politics; (2) the Middle Peace Process (MEPP), which highlights the various agreements, peacebuilding by third pa

Kursen innehåller följande delar: Newtonsk gravitation och dynamik. Referenssystem och enheter. Galaktiska koordinater. Astrometri och bestämningen av stjärnors avstånd, rörelse och fördelning. HR-diagrammet och stjärnors färger, luminositeter och åldrar. Stjärnkinematik. Cirkulär rörelse. Solens rymdrörelse och den lokala vilostandarden. Rotationskurvan, diThe course contains the following parts: Newtonian gravitation and dynamics. Reference systems and units. Galactic coordinates. Astrometry and the determination of the distance, the motion and distribution. The HR-diagram and the stellar colours, luminosities and ages of stars. Stellar kinematics. Circular motions. The motion of the sun and the local velocit

Kursen behandlar teori och empiri om långsiktig ekonomisk tillväxt, d.v.s. orsakerna till ökningen av real BNP per capita i ett längre tidsperspektiv. Syftet är att öka inblicken i och förståelsen för varför vissa länder uppvisar högre tillväxt än andra samt varför vissa länder är rika och andra fattiga. I kursen analyseras också vilka ekonomisk-politiska åtgärder som kan främja den ekonomiska tilThe course deals with theoretical and empirical insights into long-run economic growth, i.e. the causes of the growth opf real GDP per capita over a long time horizon. The aim is to improve the knowledge and understanding of why some countries exhibit higher growth rates than others and of why som counties are rich and other countries are poor. The course also analyses how and to what extent econo

Kursen syftar till att ge studenter en fördjupad förståelse av multilateral och regional ekonomisk integration och den antar ett europeiskt perspektiv. Kursens första del fokuserar på det multilaterala handelssystemet. Världshandelsorganisationens (WTO:s) struktur och mål presenteras, och särskild vikt läggs vid att ge en detaljerad överblick över de avtal som styr handeln inom varor (GATT) och tThe course looks at economic theories and the process of integration, with a focus on European integration. The first part of the course examines various trade policy measures, their economic effects and the role of the WTO in multilateral liberalisation and international integration. Emphasis is put on current WTO issues and the challenges faced by the future trade system. The second part of th

Olika typer av kriser kommer att diskuteras: kriser orsakade av sammanbrott i utbuds- och efterfrågekedjor; finansiella kriser orsakade av nedgången i (internationella) finansiella system; demografiska kriser antingen orsakade av svält eller sjukdom; och miljökriser orsakade av naturhändelser och överexploatering av naturresurser. I kursen kommer orsaker, omedelbar påverkan och långsiktiga resultaVarious types of crises will be discussed: crises caused by breakdowns in supply and demand chains; financial crises caused by the decline of (international) financial systems; demographic crises either caused by famine or disease. In the course the causes, immediate impact, and long-run results of crises will be examined, as well as the lessons we can learn from economic crises in history. To thi