- Docente: Giorgio Giovanni Negroni
- Credits: 10
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in International relations and diplomatic affairs (cod. 8048)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student grasps the basic knowledge of microeconomic theory and she can take part to the public debate with sufficient precision and independent judgement. In particular the student knows the theory of decisions under certainty, uncertainty and strategic interaction; she understand the working of the markets and can provide an assessment in terms of efficiency; she understands the various forms of market failures and the possible solutions.
Course contents
1. Market Equilibrium and efficiency
2. Consumption decisions.
3. Production decisions and perfect competition.
4. Strategic interaction.
5. Externalities.
6. Public goods and common resources.
7. Asimmetric information.
8 Monopoly.
9. Oligopoly.
10. Collective choices.
Readings/Bibliography
Lavanda Italo e Rampa Giorgio, Microeconomia. Scelte Individuali e Benessere Sociale, Carocci Editore, 2004.
Patel Raj, Il Valore delle Cose e le Illusioni del Capitalismo, Feltrinelli, 2009.
On some specific topics some further readings will be required.
Teaching methods
Traditional teaching methods will be used.
The detailed syllabus, the additional readings, the tutorials and the announcements will be available in the instructor's web site .
Assessment methods
Teaching tools
Tutorials.
A web site with the teaching materials used.
Office hours
See the website of Giorgio Giovanni Negroni