- Docente: Diego Lanzi
- Credits: 9
- SSD: ECON-01/A
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Diego Lanzi (Modulo 1) Diego Lanzi (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially) (Modulo 1); In-person learning (entirely or partially) (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Management and Marketing (cod. 6613)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to introduce students to the basic methods and topics of macroeconomic analysis and to ensure their understanding of macroeconomic equilibrium in closed and open economies. At the end of the course the student is able to: -define the main macroeconomic variables; -understand the interaction between the market for goods and for financial assets in closed and open economies; -understand the determinants of aggregate demand and aggregate supply, and of macroeconomic equilibrium in the short and in the long run; -understand the motivation of fiscal and monetary policy and the role of expectations in influencing their impact on the economic system.
Course contents
Macroeconomics as a science
The data of the macroeconomy
National income: basic model
The 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
Economic Growth
Readings/Bibliography
Lanzi D. (2023) "Il Secolo Breve della Macroeconomia", Bologna University Press (last edition)
Teaching methods
Traditional lectures and exercises
Assessment methods
Written exams.
Graduate assessment based on preparation:
• <18: insufficient
• 18-23: sufficient
• 24-27: good
• 28-30: excellent
• 30 cum laude: outstanding
Office hours
See the website of Diego Lanzi