- Docente: Mauro Carboni
- Credits: 8
- SSD: SECS-P/12
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Omar Mazzotti (Modulo 1) Mauro Carboni (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Economics and business (cod. 9202)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to provide students with adequate knowledge of the main factors and stages of European and Italian economic development The course is divided in two sections: the first part outlines the key transformations of the European economy in a global perspective from the Middle Ages to the XXI century. The second part is devoted to the evolution of the Italian economy from the unification of the country to the present. At the end of the course the student is able to: -to grasp the complexity of historical processes, -to understand concepts, principles and issues drawn from the social and economic sciences, -to appreciate the constant interplay of economic systems, institutions, social and cultural dimensions.
Course contents
A) Institutions and economic development in European history
1. The historical background of the modern European economy
2. Market and technological innovations in the English industrial revolution
3. National paths to industrialization
4. The managerial revolution from the late 19th to the early 20th centuries
5. State regulated economies of the 20th century
6. From post-war reconstruction to the global economy
B) Institutions and economic development in modern Italy
7. The role of "substitute" factors in the Italian economic development
8. The characters of Italian industrialization and the issue of regional disequilibrium
9. State planning during the interwar period
10. Institutions and economic development in Republican Italy
Readings/Bibliography
Course slides posted on:
https://iol.unibo.it [https://iol.unibo.it/]
R. Cameron & L. Neal, A concise economic history of the world, Oxford University Press, 2002.
Other readings in English may be agreed upon with the instructor.
Teaching methods
Lectures with slides and audiovisual materials
Assessment methods
Written exam based on essay format questions; total time allowed: two hours.
Checking books, notes or electronic devices is not allowed during the exam period.
Teaching tools
Blackboard, PC, projector.
Slides and additional recommended readings available on the School Moodle platform.
Office hours
See the website of Mauro Carboni
See the website of Omar Mazzotti