https://at-ceu.studyguide.timeedit.net/modules/UGST4265?type=COREThis undergraduate course explores industrial policy (IP), defined as policies that "explicitly target the transformation of the structure of economic activity in pursuit of some public goal" (Juh´asz et al., 2024). The course draws on historical evidence to understand the mechanisms through which IP succeeds or fails, and what this implies for contemporary challenges such as green transition and technological change. In the first four lectures, students will learn the conceptual, theoretical, and empirical foundations required to critically evaluate IP. In the remaining eight lectures, students will study a series of historical case studies - ranging from 19th-century trade protection to Cold-War-era R&D policy - each illuminating a distinct mechanism through which governments intervene in the economy.