20 Feb DEVELOPMENT, DEMOCRACY AND CORRUPTION: AN IMPOSSIBLE MARRIAGE
The Seminar will show that even under the most pro market-oriented policies the public sector would still play a critical role regarding economic growth and development. Therefore, the degree of efficiency (productivity) of the public sector in the use of the scarce resources at the disposal of poor or emerging economies is of the outmost importance. Under non-democratic regimes corruption does not play a meaningful role in determining public sector efficiency and, at any rate, not at the extent that it plays out under a democratic political system. The seminar will use some concepts of institutional economics and look at historical evidence.
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OTTON SOLIS
Otton Solis is an economist by training, with BA and Licence degrees from the University of Costa Rica and a Diploma in Economic Development and a MA in Economics, both from the University of Manchester (UK). He has combined the exercise of his profession, as consultant and as lecturer in
Skills
1. Students will become acquainted with the economic theory arguments for and against state intervention in the economy.
2. Students will become acquainted with the concept of productivity (efficiency) and its relevance for economic growth and development.
3. Students will become acquainted with the connection between alternative political regimes and the productivity of the public sector.
4. Students will become acquainted with the role of trust in politicians under mass modern democracy in determining the degree of efficiency of the public sector.
5. Students will become acquainted with institutional economics and the connection between trust in politicians and the efficiency of the public sector.
6. Students will become acquainted with the historical relationship between economic growth and political regimes.
Schedule
Which dates?
February 29, 2024
March 07, 2024
March 14, 2024
April 21, 2024
April 4, 2024
April 11, 2024
What day?
THURSDAY
What time?
11,30-13,00