Course description
The course focuses on the main current issues in passenger shipping, namely in the three sectors in which it is presently significant: ferries, boat industry and cruises. For each sector the fundamentals of demand function, production cost, market structure and competition are analysed, as well as macroeconomic issues such as contribution to GDP and to export, employment, induced effects, and policy issues such as tax policies and incentives.
Methodology
Lectures, guest speakers, workshops
They will be specified during the course and on Aulaweb
Ricevimento: Every Wednesday 12:00-12:30 at CIELI (building of the dept of Economics, II floor, in front of the elevator. In all other days/hour students can be received on appointment (please address to: enrico.musso@unige.it)
ENRICO MUSSO (President)
CLAUDIO FERRARI
HILDA GHIARA
February 2018
ECONOMICS OF BOAT, FERRY AND CRUISE INDUSTRIES
Written exams plus (optional) oral exams and/or essays
(Compulsory) written exams plus (optional) oral exams and/or essays
Attendance
Recommended
Textbook and other reccomended resources: They will be specified during the course and on Aulaweb
