IDENTIFYING DATA 2017_18
Subject (*) SUSTAINABILITY AND THE WELFARE STATE Code 16675205
Study programme
International Markets (2016)
 Cycle 2nd
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
3 Optional 2Q
Language
Anglès
Department Economics
Coordinator
THEILEN ., BERND GEORG
 E-mail bernd.theilen@urv.cat
Lecturers
THEILEN ., BERND GEORG
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General description and relevant information

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
 A7 Evaluate potential threats and opportunities for public institutions at the local and regional levels of processes linked to economic globalization.
Type B Code Competences Transversal
 CT3 Solve complex problems critically, creatively and innovatively in multidisciplinary contexts.
Type C Code Competences Nuclear

Learning outcomes
Type A Code Learning outcomes
 A7 Understand and evaluate the welfare policies carried out in different OECD countries and their impact on the life quality of their citizens.
Type B Code Learning outcomes
 CT3 Solve complex problems critically, creatively and innovatively in multidisciplinary contexts.
Type C Code Learning outcomes

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
Public expenditure

 - Public expenditure policies
- Public expenditure and growth
- Public expenditure centralization and decentralization
Inequality

 - Measurement of inequality
- Consequences of inequality
Taxation
 - Types of taxation
- Effects of taxation
- Centralization and decentralization of taxes
Public debt - The evolution of public debt
- Public debt and growth
Conclusions
 - Sustainability of the welfare state
- Advantages and disadvantages of social policies for firm localization

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
 Hours outside the classroom
 (**) Total hours
Introductory activities
1 0 1
Lecture
A7
 15 17 32
Presentations / expositions
A7
CT3
 2 12 14
Debates
A7
CT3
 8 12 20
Personal tuition
2 2 4
 
Objective short-answer tests
A7
CT3
 2 2 4
 
(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities Introducció en la assignatura i el sistema d'avaluació.
Lecture Exposició dels continguts de la assignatura per part del professor.
Presentations / expositions Presentació d'un treball per part dels estudiants.
Debates Debat sobre temes concrets en base als continguts de la assignatura i els treballs dels estudiants.
Personal tuition Consulta dels estudiants sobre les problemes, el treball y altres continguts de la assignatura.

Personalized attention
Description
During office hours students can resolve their doubts regarding the course contents.

Assessment
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Presentations / expositions
A7
CT3
 Students have to deliver an assay on a topic related to the course and present it in class 40%
Debates
A7
CT3
 Sudents have to organize and participate in a debate related to the presentations. 20%
Objective short-answer tests
A7
CT3
 At the end of the course, students have to do an exam. 40%
Others  
 
Other comments and second exam session

En segona convocatòria l'alumne ha de realitzar un assaig i presentar-lo (la nota del assaig de la primera convocatòria es pot conservar). Això té un pes d'un 40% de la nota. A més ha de realitzar un examen amb un pes d'un 60% de la nota final.


Sources of information

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Recommendations
(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.