The course Economics of Southeast Europe aims at deepening and broadening knowledge in economic terms for the countries of Southeastern Europe. In particular, the course aims to impart to students the importance of the Balkan region in the economic environment of Europe and the economic relations between Greece with the respective countries.

Aspects discussed include ownership structures, centralised planning principles, physical distribution of resources, income distribution patterns and consumer satisfaction problems

Also, the course aims at providing students with a theoretical and historical understanding of the command economy structures and policies that dominated Southeastern European economies after the Second World War, and at exploring, in more detail, their transition and evolution into market economies from 1989 to the present

Correlation of the course with the Department’s subject

This course  focus on how students will acquire a thorough knowledge of: – the economic forces that affect the process of European integration for the countries of Southeastern Europe, and the growth momentum compared with the existing situation in the midst of the economic crisis on the respective countries…

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Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Showing social, professional and ethical responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues

Criticism and self-criticism

Production of free, creative and inductive thinking

Week 2: The transition course and systemic transformation of the Balkan countries.

Week 3: The end of real existing socialism – the state of relations between the countries of the region with the EU.

Week 4: Regional Cooperation in Southeast Europe.

Week 5. The development course and the current economic situation in the respective countries.

Week 6. The economic relations between Greece and the Balkan countries.

Week 7: The Greek economic crisis and its impact on Southeast Europe.

Week 8.9: Foreign Direct Investment – Theoretical Approaches.

Week 10,11,12: Positive and Negative Effects of FDI – Location selection criteria for multinationals – The Greek FDIs in the countries of Southeast Europe.

Week 13: Course Review

WRITTEN EXAMS AT THE END OF THE SEMESTER

(2)   Βιβλίο [30091]: Η πολιτική οικονομία της μετάβασης, Χαζάκης Κωνσταντίνος,Πελαγίδης Θεόδωρος Κ. Λεπτομέρειες

(3)  Βιβλίο [24691]: Τα νέα Βαλκάνια, Γεώργιος Α. Κουρβετάρης, Βίκτωρ Ν. Ρουδομέτωφ, Κλεομένης Σ. Κουτσούκης, Ανδρέας Γ. Κουρβετάρης Λεπτομέρειες