This is an introductory course in economics. It deals both with the standard necolassical decision problems of households and firms, conmveyed both at a theoretical level and by solving quantitative exercises. The course also aims to exlain the main terms used in macroeconomics and the mechanisms underlying the evolution of business cycles in an advanced economy.
The course aims to provide the basic elements to explain the economic decisions of individual operators (families and businesses), with particular regard to the results of their interrelation on the market and the reasons for its failure (monopolistic and strategic behaviors, informational asymmetries, externalities) .
At the edn of the course, the student will be able to comprehend the main mechanisms that regulate the functioning of an adavanced economy, The student will also be aware of how governments, firms and families should make economic rational decision in presence of competition, externalities, risk, and uncertainty.
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Standard lectures
1 Macroeconomic history
2 Trust
3 Communities
4 Markets
5 Science and Technology as institutions
6 Households and firms
7 Sustainable economic development
8 Social wellbeing and democratic government
Dasgupta, P. (2007) Economics: a very short introduction. Oxford University Press
Ricevimento: In Imperia: Monday 3.00 pm (second semester only) In Genoa: Tuesday 14:30
GABRIELE CARDULLO (President)
CHIARA PICCARDO
ELENA TANFANI
Sem: 2
February 2023
MICROECONOMICS
Written exam
The student will be able to understand the way economists think and apply such a resaoning to solve simple economic problems.
Attendance
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