12442 - Economics of the Public Sector

Academic Year 2020/2021

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Forli
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Criminology for Investigation and Security (cod. 8491)

Learning outcomes

The aim of the course is to provide students with the analytical tools to examine the role of the State in market economies. At the end of the course, the student is able to understand the motivations of public intervention in market economies; analyze the main programs of public expenditures; and understand the main features of tax design.

Course contents

The course is organized in lectures and seminars, as detailed in the following program. Lectures (20 hours in remote on MS TEAMS) aim to introduce students to the core tenets of the discipline. Seminars (12 hours) aim to provide occasions for in-depth discussions of class materials and exercises. For the seminar section of the course, students will be divided in two groups according to their preferences and according to rules concerning the current pandemic emergency: one group will do the seminar in classroom (12 hours) and another group will do the seminar remotely on MS TEAMS (12 hours), for a total of 32 hours 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. Detailed information on the program will be available at http://iol.unibo.it

Readings/Bibliography

Gruber (2018) Scienza delle finanze, Egea.

Teaching methods

Lectures.

Assessment methods

Two mid-term exams.

Teaching tools

slides available on the "Insegnamenti Online" platform.

Office hours

See the website of Rossella Verzulli