- Docente: Matteo Lippi Bruni
- Credits: 6
- SSD: SECS-P/03
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (cod. 0906)
Learning outcomes
Purpose of the course is to provide students with tools for the economic analysis of legal and social norms, with particular reference to efficiency issues.
Requirements: basic knowledge of microeconomics, public finance and of the main legal institutions.Course contents
1) Institutions , markets and efficiency
2) Economic theory of property rights
3) Intellectual property rights
4) Economic theory of liability
5) Economics of contracts
6) Economic theory of the firm
7) Decentralisation and federalism
8) Basic Notions of Local Public Finance
Readings/Bibliography
Economia e politica economica del diritto di Luigi Franzoni e Daniela Marchesi , Il Mulino (2006)
Selected chapters will be taken from the following textbooks:
Il mercato delle regole - Analisi economica del diritto civile di Robert Cooter, Ugo Mattei, Pier Giuseppe Monateri, Roberto Pardolesi e Thomas Ulen
L'analisi economica del diritto, Daniele Fabbri, Gianluca Fiorentini, Luigi Alberto Franzoni, Carocci Editore
Governo e Finanza Locale, Giorgio Brosio, Maurizio Maggi, Stefano Piperno, Giappichelli Editore.
Further readings will be suggested during the course and will be downloadable from the e-learning website of the course.Teaching methods
Lectures and class discussions. Lectures will be supported by the use of powerpoint presentations.
Given the extensive use of quantitative methods, a regular attendance to the lectures is recommended.Assessment methods
Written Exam
During the course, the exam will be split in two modules. A first
exam will be held at the end of the first module (Midterm
Exam) and a second one at the end of the second module (Final
Exam).
Afterwards, students will have to take the exam in a single session covering both modules at the same time (Total Exams).
Organisation of the Exam
Midterm and Final Exams: Answer two questions (out of two)- 1 hour time.
Total Exams: Answer two questions (out two) for each module of the course -2 hours time.
No oral exam is provided
Lectures will be held in Italian but students will have the chance to take the exam in English, if willing to do so.Teaching tools
Additional teaching material (readings , slides) will be made available through the e-learning web-site of the course.
Note: This material (eg. lecture slides) is intended to complement BUT NOT to substitute the study of the Textbook and of the additional articles included in the program.Links to further information
Office hours
See the website of Matteo Lippi Bruni