OVERVIEW

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course intends to provide some theoretical schemes needed to follow and interpret the dynamics of the main national and international macroeconomic variables.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students are expected to be proficient with macroeconomic modelling.

TEACHING METHODS

Frontal lectures. Should the Covid emergency persist, the lectures will be in blended modality, i.e. a mix of frontal and on line lectures. See aulaweb

In case of special requirements, students with disabilities and/or learning  disabilities are requested to contact - at the beginning of the semester - the "Student Disability Services" and the teacher.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Part I: Definition of income, interest rate, unemployment rate and inflation rate.

Part II: The market for goods

Part III: Financial markets

Part IV: The IS-LM model

Part V: The extended IS-LM model

Part VI: The labour market

Part VII: The Phillips curve

Part VIII: The IS-LM-PC model

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Blanchard O., Amighini A. and F. Giavazzi, Macroeconomia. Una Prospettiva Europea, Il Mulino, 2020.. There are available versions in different languages,, such as Macroeconomics A european Perspective (most recent edition)

Further teaching material provided during the lectures.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

MAURIZIO CONTI (President)

CONCETTA MENDOLICCHIO

MARCO ROBERTO TRONZANO

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Sem. II

February 17 - May 22, 2020

Class schedule

MACROECONOMICS A

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Written assessment should the Covid emergency persist, see aulaweb

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Written exam with open questions and numerical/analytical exercises

Exam schedule

FURTHER INFORMATION