OVERVIEW

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims at providing the students with a basic knowledge of the targets, strategies instruments and effects of monetary and fiscal policy, with respecto to the current international economic context.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims at providing the students with the basic knowledge on the theoretical models and strategies of economic policy. Special attention will be dedicated to the analysis of macroeconoic and public finance topics in the current phase of evolution of the national and international economic context and to the implications of economic policies for the decisions of the firms.

• Knowledge and comprehension.  The students will acquire suitable knowledge and comprehension of the foundations of Economic Policy.
• Ability to apply knowledge and comprehension. The students will be able to appy the knowledge acquired from markets analyses to the behaviour of economic operators and poicy makers. 
• Autonomy The students will be able, both on the theoretical and operational level to apply their acquired knowledge with autonomy in their valuation and business implications. 
•  Communication skills The students will acquire the technical terminology of the discipline and will be able to communicate clearly and without ambiguities both with skilled and not skilled people. 
• Learning abilities The students will develop kearning abilities allowing them to keep on studying autonomously the relevant economic literature and actively applying them in their professional life. 

• Ability to properly communicate in written and oral form, ability to adapt communication to the context, use of sources and tools of various nature, critical thinking, ability to use, develop and value information, ability to expose.

PREREQUISITES

Microeconomics and Macroeconomics

TEACHING METHODS

Lessons by the teacher. The sessons may include additional seminars on specific topics.

Debates during lessons where "bonus" point can be attributed, in order for the students to acquire the following learning outcome: 

Ability to properly communicate in written and oral form, ability to adapt communication to the context, use of sources and tools of various nature, critical thinking, ability to use, develop and value information, ability to expose.

Students who have valid certification of physical or learning disabilities  and who wish to discuss possible accommodations or other circumstances regarding lectures, coursework and exams, should speak both with the instructor and with Professor Serena Scotto (scotto@economia.unige.it), the Department’s disability liaison

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

1) Savings, capital accumulation and production

2) Techological progress and growth

3) Financial markets and expectations. 

4) Expectations, consumptions and investments.

5) Open commodity markets and open financial markets

6) The market for goods in an open economy

7) Production, interest rate and exchange rate

8) Fiscal policy

9) Monetary policy

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Blanchard, O., Amighini, A., Giavazzi, F. “Macroeconomia – Una prospettiva europea”, 2020 or 2016 Il Mulino, VOLUME UNICO, chapters. 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23.

The students who have difficulties with the Italian textbook might use the correspondent chapters of the English edition of the book

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

MARCO MAZZOLI (President)

LUCA BELTRAMETTI

ANNA BOTTASSO

GABRIELE CARDULLO

MAURIZIO CONTI

SIMONE LOMBARDINI

ELENA SEGHEZZA

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Second term

Class schedule

ECONOMIC POLICY

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Written exam

ASSESSMENT METHODS

No restrictions in repeating the exam, in case of failure

Exam schedule

FURTHER INFORMATION