Course description
The course aims at providing a macroeconomic model for the joint determination of income, employment, interest rate, rate of unemployment and inflation rate prevailing in a certain economy.
The course intends to provide some theoretical schemes needed to follow and interpret the dynamics of the main national and international macroeconomic variables.
Students are expected to be proficient with macroeconomic modelling.
Frontal lectures. Should the Covid emergency persist, the lectures will be in blended modality, i.e. a mix of frontal and on line lectures.. Any changes due to the COVID emergency will be announced on 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.
Part I: Introduction to macroeconomics Part II: Definition of income, interest rate, unemployment rate and inflation rate Part III: The market for goods Part IV: Financial markets Part V: The IS-LM model Part VI: The extended IS-LM model Part VII: The labour market Part VIII: The Phillips curve Part IX: The IS-LM-PC model
Blanchard, O., Amighini A., Giavazzi, F. (2020), Macroeconomia Una prospettiva europea, Edizioni Il Mulino, Chapters I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX. The program of the course is the same for attending and non-attending students. Further teaching material provided during the lectures.
Ricevimento: Wednesday 10:00 - 12:00 a.m., by appointment only.
CONCETTA MENDOLICCHIO (President)
MAURIZIO CONTI
MARCO ROBERTO TRONZANO
Sem. II: February - May 2022
MACROECONOMICS C
Written exam. The program of the course is the same for attending and non-attending students. Any changes due to the COVID emergency will be announced on 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.
Written exam containing open questions and numerical/analytical exercise. There will be no "partial exam".
Attendance
Not required.
