Answers example exam during the lectures and Ekowiki (and a table of contents)
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Course
Development economics (BKULD0M43B)
Institution
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven)
During the lectures, the professor gave a number of sample exam questions and the answer is written out in full in this document. Additionally, the exam questions of Ekowiki and this answers are included. The document contains 13 pages.
Development
economics
Table of contents and answers
example exam during the
lectures and Ekowiki
KU Leuven
Table of contents
, Lecture 1 – Introduction and randomised control trails
Introduction
Micro-foundations of development
Randomised control trails
Introduction
How to randomise in practise?
Power
Attrition and externalities
Internal versus external validity
Lecture 2 – Agriculture
Agriculture in low-income countries
An agricultural household model
A dynamic household model under uncertainty
Complete markets
Market failures
Lecture 3 – Entrepreneurship
Constraints to entrepreneurship
Information and knowledge
Access to financial instruments and cash grants
Access to networks and ideas
Social and cultural constraints
Access to infrastructure, environment
A combination…
Women entrepreneurs
Lecture 4, 5 and 6 – Advanced development economics
Does geography matter for economic development?
Do institutions matter for economic development?
Does culture matter for economic development?
Lecture 7 – International politics
Impact of CIA actions on US trade figures
Impact of Dalai Lama official visits on China imports
Impact of US military aid on domestic democracy
Impact of US influence on IMF policies
Lecture 8 – Civil wars
Are civil wars relevant for development economics?
What drives civil wars?
Economic consequences of civil wars
Conflict trap
Focusing on incentives
Civil wars and health outcomes
Lecture 9 – The political economy of dictatorship
The political and economic functioning of kleptocracies
How can dictators stay in power for so long? Why do kleptocrats
implement so much inefficient redistribution?
What are the conditions which unable kleptocrats’ strategies?
Lecture 10 – Credit markets
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