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The aim of this course is to provide you with an understanding of the mechanisms behind modern economic growth. We’ll focus mainly on developed or transitional economies. While there are many interesting links between growth and development (and we will discuss these), a full treatment of the latter is beyond the scope of this course.

There will also be a strong focus on computational methods. Though the study of this topic can be quite interesting in its own right, our primary motivation here will be using the theoretical tools we will have developed in conjunction with computational techniques to generate detailed quantitative predictions. These can in turn help us estimate the parameters particular and refine our understanding of how realistic certain classes of models are.