- Docente: Hartmut Lehmann
- Crediti formativi: 10
- SSD: SECS-P/01
- Lingua di insegnamento: Inglese
- Modalità didattica: Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: Laurea in Scienze internazionali e diplomatiche (cod. 8048)
Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire
The course is an introduction to the study of macroeconomics. It covers the main issues, methods, data, concepts and models. Students will be able and motivated to follow and understand the current debates on macroeconomic issues, as they are reported by the qualified press and media. A special focus will be on understanding and debating the appropriateness of the macroeconomic policies adopted in the Great Recession, and the roles of fiscal and monetary policies for the EU members that have adopted the euro. Students will also be prepared to follow more advanced courses on macroeconomic analysis and policies, should they want to do so in their graduate studies.
Contenuti
The course is organized in lectures and seminars, as detailed in the following program. Lectures (28/26 hours in remote on MS TEAMS) aim to introduce students to the core tenets of the discipline. Seminars aim to provide occasions for in-depth discussions of class materials and exercises. The division into lessons and seminars is specified in the program that follows. For the seminar section, students will be divided into X groups according to their preferences and according to rules concerning the current pandemic emergency: one/two group(s) will do the seminar in classroom (16/12 hours) and one/two group(s) will do the seminar remotely on MS TEAMS (16/12 hours). Therefore, a total of 44/38 classroom hours are scheduled for each student. Students are required to carefully read the assigned material before the session and - in the case of seminars - active participation through presentations of existing scholarship and case studies will also be expected. Regardless of the health-related conditions and the specific organization of the course, students will be able to follow the lessons of the entire course remotely on MS TEAMS.
Date, topic and chapter of textbook referring to lecture
March
Introduction chapter 1
Data chapter 2
National Income chapter 3
National Income chapter 3
Money&Inflation chapters 4&5
Exercise 1
April
Labor market chapter 7
Labor market chapter 7
Exercise 2
1st mid-term: chapters 1-4,5,7 (11 points)
Growth: Solow model chapter 8
Growth: Solow model chapter 8
Exercise 3
2nd mid-term: chapter 8 (6 points)
Open Economy chapter 6
Business Cycles chapter 10
Exercise 4
Aggregate Demand chapter 11
May
No lecture - May holiday
Aggregate Demand chapter 12
Mundell-Fleming model chapter 13
Fri 8 Exercise 5
mid-term chapters 6 and 10-13 (11 points)
Aggregate Supply chapter 14
Stabilization Policies chapter 15
Lecture by Prof. Bolatto European Monetary Union chapter 17
Public Debt chapter 16
Exercise 6
Testi/Bibliografia
Gregory Mankiw and Mark Taylor, Macroeconomics, 2° Edition, European Edition, Macmillan, 2014
Lecture notes at: http://iol.unibo.it
Metodi didattici
Frontal lectures, exercises and seminars
Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento
Three mid-term exams, one final exam and participation in seminars.
Strumenti a supporto della didattica
Modern electronic tools
Orario di ricevimento
Consulta il sito web di Hartmut Lehmann