OVERVIEW

The course is on the foundations of public economics and public finance

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims to provide the fundamentals of public sector economics and finance. At the end of the course, students will acquire the methodological tools and general skills of economics and finance in the public sector; they will also be able to understand and analyze current economic issues of public finance, as well as to autonomously develop possible solutions to open questions.

PREREQUISITES

Microeconomics

TEACHING METHODS

The training activity is divided into lectures, interactive teaching, guided study, practical exercises and seminar activities. The lessons are face-to-face and, "in accordance with the rules for access to university premises adopted to counter the spread of the COVID pandemic, the lessons can possibly be carried out on TEAMS. The TEAMS code will eventually be communicated via aulaweb

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

A) 

- Role of the State in the economy 

– Fiscal federalism

– Welfare State

– Theory and practice of taxation

– Italian public finance

– Italian tax system

B) 

Insights into topics of economics and public finance

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

- Paolo Bosi, Corso di scienza delle finanze, Il Mulino (ult. ed.)

- P. Bosi, M.C. Guerra, I tributi nell’economia italiana, Il Mulino (ult. ed.)

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

LUCA GANDULLIA (President)

ENRICO DI BELLA

MARCELLO MONTEFIORI (Substitute)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

11 September

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral exam with written graphic exercises

ASSESSMENT METHODS

For students attending, the learning assessment includes two written tests during the course and an oral exam at the end of the course. The two written tests refer to different parts of the course program.

For non-attending students the verification consists only of the oral exam.

Questions about the contents of the program and graphic exercises

Exam schedule

FURTHER INFORMATION

Students with special educational needs, disabilities and SLDs are invited to contact the Department contact person (Prof. Aristide Canepa) and the teachers to agree on teaching and exam methods that take into account individual learning methods and provide suitable compensatory instruments. In respect of privacy, students must never send their certificates to individual teachers.