Monash University Handbook 2010 Undergraduate - Unit

Synopsis

The study of processes shaping the economic growth and development of regions, especially policy issues from Australian and international perspectives. Factors determining the structure of a regional economy; reasons for regional disparities in growth and development; factors explaining regional employment and wage differentials; aims and instruments of regional policy; limitations of governments' involvement in regional development; how a specific of regional development affects business strategies; international experience in regional development and policies.

Objectives

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

• cultivate the ability to apply micro- and macroeconomic principles to contemporary regional policy issues
• develop skills to cortically evaluate regional policy debates
• develop skills to judge the usefulness and limitations of existing regional development theory

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 40%
Examination (2 hours): 60%

Chief examiner(s)

Lionel Frost

Contact hours

3 hours per week

Prerequisites

ECW1102 and ECW2120 or ECW2731 or equivalent

Prohibitions

ECG9146