Development Economics: Macroeconomics
14.772 · Economics · Graduate · Spring 2013
Prof. Robert M. Townsend
<p>This course emphasizes dynamic models of growth and development. Topics covered include: migration, modernization, and technological change; static and dynamic models of political economy; the dynamics of income distribution and institutional change; firm structure in developing countries; development, transparency, and functioning of financial markets; privatization; and banks and credit market institutions in emerging markets.</p> <p>At MIT, this course was team taught by Prof. Robert Town…
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