CODE 55648 ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/2021 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 1 ECONOMIA AZIENDALE 8697 (L-18) - GENOVA 6 cfu anno 1 ECONOMIA E COMMERCIO 8699 (L-33) - GENOVA 6 cfu anno 1 ECONOMIA DELLE AZIENDE MARITTIME, LOGISTICA E TRASP. 8698 (L-18) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR SECS-P/01 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 2° Semester SECTIONING Questo insegnamento è diviso nelle seguenti frazioni: A B C D PREREQUISITES Propedeuticità in ingresso Per sostenere l'esame di questo insegnamento è necessario aver sostenuto i seguenti esami: Business Administration 8697 (coorte 2020/2021) MICROECONOMICS 41126 2020 Maritime, Logistics and Transport Economics and Business 8698 (coorte 2020/2021) MICROECONOMICS 41126 2020 Economics 8699 (coorte 2020/2021) MICROECONOMICS 41126 2020 Propedeuticità in uscita Questo insegnamento è propedeutico per gli insegnamenti: Business Administration 8697 (coorte 2020/2021) ECONOMIC POLICY 64452 Maritime, Logistics and Transport Economics and Business 8698 (coorte 2020/2021) TRANSPORT ECONOMICS 63739 Economics 8699 (coorte 2020/2021) ECONOMIC POLICY 60066 Economics 8699 (coorte 2020/2021) LABOUR ECONOMICS 64797 TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW Course description The course aims at providing a macroeconomic model for the joint determination of equilibrium income, employment, interest rate, and inflation in a given economy. 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. If frontal lectures could not be provided given the current Covid-emergency, on-line lectures will be provided as recently established by the Economics Department Council. See also Aulaweb for the latest updates during the academic year. SYLLABUS/CONTENT Part I: Definition of income, interest rate, unemployment rate and inflation rate. Part II: The goods market 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, Scoprire la macroeconomia, Vol. 1, Mulino Ed. 2016, ISBN 978-88-15-26572-2, or latest edition of the the same book. Further teaching material will possibly provided during the lectures. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD MARCO ROBERTO TRONZANO Ricevimento: http://www.economia.unige.it/index.php/il-dipartimento/personale/docenti-ad-economia. Office Hours (since the start of II semester lectures): Monday: 14.30 - 16.30. Exam Board MARCO ROBERTO TRONZANO (President) MAURIZIO CONTI CONCETTA MENDOLICCHIO LESSONS LESSONS START Sem. II February 2021 - May 2021 Class schedule MACROECONOMICS B EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Written assessment. ASSESSMENT METHODS Written exam with questions mostly focused on theoretical issues. Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 07/01/2021 10:30 GENOVA Scritto 21/01/2021 10:30 GENOVA Scritto 04/02/2021 10:30 GENOVA Scritto 04/06/2021 10:30 GENOVA Scritto 16/06/2021 10:30 GENOVA Scritto 05/07/2021 10:30 GENOVA Scritto 06/09/2021 10:30 GENOVA Scritto FURTHER INFORMATION Attendance Not required.