SoSe24

Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen Wiederholungsübung

This course represents the second compulsory course in macroeconomics for bachelor students in economics.

Dear students,

in this course we will learn and discuss topics in the intersection of innovation and globalization – two areas that in Economics are typically studied separately. However, in today’s world innovation and globalization are tightly linked: Technological innovation spreads globally and has global impacts, and globalization is often the driver for innovation. At the same time, we have witnessed rapid developments in both globalization and technological change over the past few decades. The world has never been more integrated with respect to trade, foreign direct investment and technology.

More specifically, we will study three important questions in this course:

1. How does globalization affect innovation?

2. What is the role of technological change to alleviate climate change driven by globalization?

3. How did important historical innovations affect globalization?

We will compare and critically evaluate identification strategies used in a selection of important papers in these areas, and develop our critical thinking skills in discussions, problem sets, and group discussions. Furthermore, the course will teach the use of Stata, and students will use Stata to analyze, replicate and criticize a number of selected paper. This will include a small data project to teach students how to conduct their own data analysis in their further academic work.

This course is designed for students in the Master's or PhD program in Economics.