00256 - Political Economy

Academic Year 2020/2021

  • Moduli: Laura Vici (Modulo 1) Enrico Santarelli (Modulo 2)
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Statistical Sciences (cod. 8873)

Learning outcomes

The course aims to provide students with a thorough understanding of the basic main micro- and macro-economic principles.

Course contents

The course is intended for beginning students and offers an introduction to microeconomics and macroeconomics. The part dealing with microeconomics focuses on the economic analysis of consumers' preferences and behavior and of the theory of the market. Also some causes of market failure are taken into account, including externalities, public goods and informational asymmetries. The part dealing with macroeconomics gives an overview of the behavior of economic aggregates, including topics such as national income, savings, investments, labor markets, international trade. Specifically, this part the program studies some data of macroeconomics, the real economy in the long run, money and prices in the long run, the macroeconomics of open economies, short-run economic fluctuations, international finance.

Readings/Bibliography

Mankiw, N. G. - Taylor, M.P. (2018), PRINCIPI DI ECONOMIA, Bologna: Zanichelli, VII ed.

Teaching methods

Lectures. Class discussions.

Assessment methods

Written exam.

Teaching tools

Other teaching material, including slides used during the lectures and papers on specific topics, will be made available to students through the ‘virtuale’ system.

Office hours

See the website of Enrico Santarelli

See the website of Laura Vici

SDGs

No poverty Gender equality

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.