00256 - Political Economics

Learning outcomes

The student achieves knowledge about the economics as a science (principles and methodologies) evolving over time in parallel with the transformation of the economic systems,  the basic elements of microeconomics and macroeconomics, and the ability to access national and international statistical sources and data.

Course contents

The course is modular, according to the number of cfu assigned to the course in the student's cv.

 

1. Module 3 cfu (27 hours), for those students already registered in the previous academic years, who still have to sustain the exam.

The programme includes the following topics:

Subject, method, models and tools; (microeconomics): consumer behavior and market demand; firm and production; the market of goods in perfect competition; demand and supply in perfect competition; non-perfectly competitive markets; (macroeconomics): national accounts and macroeconomic variables.

 

2. Modulo 4 cfu (36 hours), for those students already registered at Lingue, mercati e culture dell'Asia orientale. They have to attend the first module (27 hours) plus 9 additional hours (second module).

The programme includes the following topics:

Subject, method, models and tools; (microeconomics): consumer behavior and market demand; firm and production; the market of goods in perfect competition; demand and supply in perfect competition; markets of the production inputs; non-perfectly competitive markets; (macroeconomics): national accounts and macroeconomic variables; determinants of GDP equilibrium.

 3. Module 6 cfu (54 hours) for those students already registered at Lingue, mercati e culture dell'Asia occidentale. They have to attend the first module (27 hours) plus 18 additional hours (third module).

The programme includes the following topics:

Subject, method, models and tools; (microeconomics): consumer behavior and market demand; firm and production; the market of goods in perfect competition; demand and supply in perfect competition; markets of the production inputs; non-perfectly competitive markets; externalities, public goods.

(macroeconomics): national accounts and macroeconomic variables; determinants of GDP equilibrium; balance of payments.

4. Module 9 cfu (63 hours) for the students registered at the first year of Lingue, mercati e culture dell'Asia in the academic year 2008-2009. They have to attend the entire course.

The programme includes the following topics:

Subject, method, models and tools; (microeconomics): consumer behavior and market demand; firm and production; alternative theories of the firm; the market of goods in perfect competition; demand and supply in perfect competition; markets of the production inputs; non-perfectly competitive markets; externalities, public goods; (macroeconomics): national accounts and macroeconomic variables; determinants of GDP equilibrium; open economy: balance of payments, foreign trade.

The programme includes training to the analysis of national (ISTAT) and international (EUROSTAT, OECD, etc.) statistics, focusing particularly on Italy, Europe, Asia and Mediterranean.

Readings/Bibliography

Textbook:

 

Antonelli G., Cainelli G., De Liso N., Leoncini R., Montresor S., 2009, Economia, Giappichelli Editore, Torino, III edition

 

The programme's topics correspond to the chapters of the textbook.

Teaching methods

Lectures and training on statistical data

Assessment methods

The exams consist of a written test and of an oral examination. To pass the test with 18/30 is required to be admitted to the oral exam and to get the final mark.

The students attending the classes will carry out an intermediary written test during the course, to be admitted to the oral examination on the residual programme in the summer session's dates (May - July). Those who will pass the intermediary test and will attend the following lectures will have the programme reduced.

In the sessions after the summer session the written and the oral exams will be both based on the whole programme, and take place during the same date.

To attend the classes and to study along the lectures is the best strategy for succeeding the exam.

 

Teaching tools

Lectures' notes, textbook,  slides; national and international statistical reports

Office hours

See the website of Patrizia Fariselli