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EUROPEAN ECONOMIC HISTORY Economics 343 Fall 2006

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Content Inside: 1 EUROPEAN ECONOMIC HISTORY Economics 343 Fall 2006 Professor Eugene N. White Department of Economics New Jersey Hall 301c Rutgers University 732-932-7486 white@economics.rutgers.edu Office hours: Mondays 11-12 and Fridays 1-2 or by appointment Prerequisites Economics 203 (Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis) Economics 204 (Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis) and Economics 322 (Econometrics) Course Objective This course examines long term economic growth and its determinants in Western Europe. After surveying the trends in growth the course focuses on the agricultural and industrial revolutions the growth and financing of government the evolution of financial systems and the development and prospects of the European Union. Attendance Policy While attendance is not required you are strongly advised to attend every class as attendance is highly correlated with performance on tests. Please do not arrive late to class. If you need to leave early you must inform me and sit near the door. Course Requirements 1. Mid-Term Exam (25 percent) Oct 20 2. Research Paper Due (40 percent) December 1. (No later than September 22 you must come to my office to discuss a paper topic. On October 27 you must deliver a one page summary of your topic and a short bibliography---this is worth 5 of the 40 percent.) 3. Final Exam (35 percent) Dec 19 8-11 am 2 Required Books Available from Rutgers University Bookstore Rondo Cameron and Larry Neal A Concise Economic History of the World 4 th ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press 2003). Larry Neal and Daniel Barbezat The Economics of the European Union and the Economies of Europe (Oxford University Press 1998). Eichengreen Barry Globalizing Capital: A History of the International Monetary System (Princeton 1996). Readings All of these articles can be found at the University Libraries website for electronic journals http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_ga teway/ejournals/ejournals.shtml An alternative site that does not ...

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