Università Roma Tre

Teaching Syllabus 2023-24

Module I
1.Models of Economic growth
a.Harrod-Domar model
b.Neoclassical model
c.Kaldor model
d.Endogenous Growth Model

Module II
2.Inequality, Welfare Systems and Social Innovation in Europe
•Europeanisation and European Integration
•Origins and development of the European Economic Integration: the impact on growth & welfare
•Institutions (welfare) and economic growth (Rrodrik, Acemouglu)
•Globalisation and Welfare
• Migration
•Inequality and capitalism (Piketty)
•Poverty and income distribution
•Inequality, indebtedness, financialisation and the causes of the financial crisis
•Globalisation, Financialisation and Welfare
•The European Social model after the financial crisis (2007-12)
•Varieties of Capitalism and socio economic model in Europe
•Welfare Systems in Europe
•A Greater European Social model for a Greater Europe
•Social Innovation Policies
•The European Social model during and after the Pandemic crisis

Main Texts:

Theoretical part (I module, growth models):
•"Introduction to Economic Growth", by C. Jones, Norton & Co (third edition or any other editions): Chapter 2 (Solow) and Chapter 5 (5.1 and 5.2 only, endogenous growth – Romer)
•Nicholas Kaldor. “Alternative Theories of Distribution” The Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 23, No. 2. (1955 - 1956), pp. 83-100.
•Teaching materials, Tridico: “Main Traditional growth model”
•Articles, Slides, teaching materials distributed during the classes
•Photocopies can be found in the in the Library of the School on the name of Prof. Tridico

Additional reading list (optional):

On growth models:
Original articles of a) Harrod (1939) and Domar (1946) models, b) the Solow Model (1956), c) Kaldor models (1956), d) Endogenous growth models (Romer 1986 and Barro 1991), and e) Acemouglu et al., 2001, Rodrik et al., 2004; Piketty (Introduction to Capital in the 21st Century, 2014); Available online on the Jean Monnet web site and in the library.

On Welfare Systems (II module, useful for the essay)
•“Welfare e Lavoro prima e dopo Covid”. By Pasquale Tridico. Giappichelli. 2023.
•"The Political Economy of European Welfare Capitalism" by C. Hay and D. Wincott, Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
•“The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism Gosta Esping-Andersen, Princeton University Press, 1990.
On European Integration (II module) useful for the essay):
•In Italian: "Le Politiche economiche dell'UE". Mondadori, 2016 by Umberto Triulzi (in particular chapter 3).
•Or in English: "European Economic Integration", by Frank Mcdonald and Stephen Dearden, Financial Times Press, 2005 (Part I and Introduction, pp 1-144).
These books can be found in the Library

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