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MACROECONOMICS

CODE 55648
ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/2021
CREDITS
  • 6 cfu during the 1st year of 8697 ECONOMIA AZIENDALE(L-18) - GENOVA
  • 6 cfu during the 1st year of 8699 ECONOMIA E COMMERCIO(L-33) - GENOVA
  • 6 cfu during the 1st year of 8698 ECONOMIA DELLE AZIENDE MARITTIME, LOGISTICA E TRASP.(L-18) - GENOVA
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    SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR SECS-P/01
    LANGUAGE Italian
    TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
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    SEMESTER 2° Semester
    SECTIONING This unit is divided into 4 sections:
    PREREQUISITES
    Prerequisites
    You can take the exam for this unit if you passed the following exam(s):
    • Business Administration 8697 (coorte 2020/2021)
    • MICROECONOMICS 41126
    • Maritime, Logistics and Transport Economics and Business 8698 (coorte 2020/2021)
    • MICROECONOMICS 41126
    • Economics 8699 (coorte 2020/2021)
    • MICROECONOMICS 41126
    Prerequisites (for future units)
    This unit is a prerequisite for:
    • 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
    • LABOUR ECONOMICS 64797
    TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

    OVERVIEW

    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.

    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. Any changes due to the COVID emergency will be announced on Aulaweb.

    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., Giavazzi, F. (2016), Macroeconomia Una prospettiva europea, Edizioni Il Mulino (ISBN 978-88-15-26571-5), 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.

    TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

    Exam Board

    CLAUDIO ANTONIO GIUSEPPE PIGA (President)

    MAURIZIO CONTI

    CONCETTA MENDOLICCHIO

    MARCO ROBERTO TRONZANO

    LESSONS

    LESSONS START

    Sem. II

    February - May , 2021

    Class schedule

    MACROECONOMICS D

    EXAMS

    EXAM DESCRIPTION

    Written exam. Any changes due to the COVID emergency will be announced on Aulaweb. 

    ASSESSMENT METHODS

    Written exam containing open questions and numerical/analytical exercises. There will be no "partial exam".

    Exam schedule

    Date Time Location Type Notes
    14/05/2021 11:00 GENOVA Orale appello straordinario riservato esclusivamente ai laureandi a.a. 2019/20
    07/06/2021 14:00 GENOVA Scritto
    21/06/2021 14:00 GENOVA Scritto
    05/07/2021 14:00 GENOVA Scritto
    06/09/2021 14:00 GENOVA Scritto

    FURTHER INFORMATION

    Attendance

    Not required.