- Docente: Emanuele Bacchiocchi
- Credits: 10
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Emanuele Bacchiocchi (Modulo 1) Vincenzo Scrutinio (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Political, Social and International Sciences (cod. 8853)
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from Sep 19, 2022 to Oct 27, 2022
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from Nov 03, 2022 to Dec 14, 2022
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will:
- manage the basic analytical tools for the comprehension of the economic system as a whole;
- know the fundamental theoretical macroeconomic models and the empirical evidence supporting the interpretation of the economic reality;
- know how to apply the theoretical models to solve macroeconomic models;
- understand the relevant aspects of the political debate concerning the main economic issues (stabilization policies, economic growth, international constraints);
- know how to evaluate costs and benefits of economic policy strategiesCourse contents
- Macroeconomics as a science
- Macroeconomic data
- National income: basic model
- Monetary system and inflation
- Unemployment
- Introduction to economic fluctuations
- Aggregate demand: IS-LM model
- Open economy and the Mundell-Fleming model
- Aggregate supply
- Economic policies
- Public debt
- Economic crises
Readings/Bibliography
N. Gregory Mankiw and Mark P. Taylor: "Macroecomics" (last edition)
Teaching methods
Lessons and classes with a teacher assistant.
Assessment methods
Written exam. During the course there will be partial exams (one around the mean of the course and another one at the end), other than final exams.
In case online exams will be envisaged by the University of Bologna, the structure of the written exam remains the same. The exam will be run through Zoom and Exams Online (EOL). Detailed instructions on how to manage and hand in the online exam are available on the course page on the VIRTUALE platform.
The maximum possible score is 30 cum laude, in case all anwers are correct, complete and formally rigorous.
The grade is graduated as follows:
<18: failed18-23: sufficient
24-27: good
28-30: very good
30 e lode excellent
Teaching tools
Power Point slides available through the online unibo platform.
Office hours
See the website of Emanuele Bacchiocchi
See the website of Vincenzo Scrutinio