| CODE | 64903 |
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| ACADEMIC YEAR | 2023/2024 |
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| SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR | SECS-P/01 |
| LANGUAGE | Italian |
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| SEMESTER | 1° Semester |
| SECTIONING | This unit is divided into 3 sections: |
| PREREQUISITES |
Prerequisites (for future units)
This unit is a prerequisite for:
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| TEACHING MATERIALS | AULAWEB |
Economics aims at studying economic phenomena both at the individual level (microeconomics) and at the aggregate level (macroeconomics). The discipline uses inductive and deductive methods based on the construction of theoretical models.
The course of Economics offers the essential tools required to understand the incentives behind the choices of rational economic agents operating in a certain market.
The course of Economics intends to offer the basic notions of microeconomics and macroeconomics by highlighting their practical applicability to current economic issues.
In order to attend in the most profitable way the course of Economics a basic knowledge about relations between algebraic variables is necessary.
The course is taught with frontal lectures, for a total of 54 hours (corresponding to 9 CFU), during the lessons the main microeconomic and macroeconomic models will be presented and discussed.
Any changes will be announced on Aulaweb.
Microeconomics Basic concepts. Individual choices. Competition and efficiency. Market failures.
Macroeconomics Basic concepts. The market for goods. Financial markets. The IS-LM model and short-run equiibrium.
- Bertola G., Lo Prete A. (2020), Istituzioni di economia, seconda edizione, Il Mulino, Cap. da I a VIII.
- Blanchard O., Amighini A., Giavazzi F. (2021), Scoprire la macroeconomia. Volume I: Quello che non si può non sapere, Il Mulino, Cap. da I a VI.
Further teaching material provided during the lectures.
Office hours: Thursday 10:00 - 12:00 a.m. by appointment.
CONCETTA MENDOLICCHIO (President)
ANNA BOTTASSO
MAURIZIO CONTI (Substitute)
Sem. I
Written exam, that might replace all or part of an oral exam.
Any changes 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.
The written (and eventually the oral) exam aims at verifying the students’ skills and the acquisition of the basic theoretical notions addressed during the course. Through the answers given to the questions, it will be verified whether students are able to:
- identifying and defining economic concepts using the appropriate technical language;
- reasoning in an independent manner by using the conceptual models studied during the course.
In general, students should demonstrate that they understood the importance and the meaning of the various topics covered in the course of Economics by discussing microeconomic and macroeconomic models.
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Attending lecturers is not compulsory but strongly suggested.
The program of the course is the same for attending and non-attending students.
It is strongly recommended to register for the course on AulaWeb, to receive information and download the teaching material analyzed in class.