OVERVIEW

The course aims at providiang an essential proficiency on macroeconomics.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims at showing how the income and the interest rate are determined in a given country.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students are expected to be able to buil simple models for the determination of income and the interest rate. In addition, the course provides some notions of economic policy, international economics and growth economics.

TEACHING METHODS

Frontal lectures

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Part I: Introdution to national account

Part II: Demand and income in a closed economy

Part III: The balance sheet of the government and the economy

Part IV: Investment and the equilibrium in the market for goods

Part V: The market for money and its equilibrium

Part VI: General macroeconomic equilibrium in a closed economy

Part VII: Notions of international economics

Part VIII: Notions of growth economics

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Rampa, G. (2012), Elementi di macroeconomia. Capire una crisi, ECIG, ISBN 978-88-7544-264-4

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

MARCO GUERRAZZI (President)

LUCA GORI

MARCO ROBERTO TRONZANO

LESSONS

LESSONS START

I semester from September, 18th to December, 7th 2017 (12 weeks)
II semester from February, 26th to May, 18th 2018 (12 weeks)

Class schedule

ECONOMICS

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

There are two written assessment during the period of the lectures. Otherwise, there is an oral examination.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The two intermediate written assessments are multiple choice tests. The oral examination requires to aswer to a given number of questions drawn from the programme of the course.

Exam schedule