86939 - Introduction To Economics

Academic Year 2020/2021

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Economics and Economic Policy (cod. 8420)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student has knowledge of the general principles of the discipline (trade-off, opportunity cost, marginal utility, incentives, etc), the methodological approach (scientific method, micro- vs macro-economics, etc), and the basic analysis of the market equilibrium.

Course contents

1. Principles of economics

2. Demand and supply

3. Elasticity of demand

4. Welfare analysis

5. Games and strategic interaction

6. The economics of information

7. Empirical methods

The course is in English

Readings/Bibliography

Greg Mankiw, Principles of Economics (ch. 1-2), any edition.

Tom Sargent, University of California at Berkeley
graduation speech, May 16, 2007

Teaching methods

Traditional lecture

Teaching tools

Slides and material made available in class

Office hours

See the website of Davide Dragone