- Docente: Paolo Masella
- Crediti formativi: 6
- SSD: SECS-P/01
- Lingua di insegnamento: Inglese
- Modalità didattica: Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Laurea in Economics and Finance (cod. 8835)
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dal 20/09/2022 al 13/12/2022
Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire
By the end of the course students have achieved the following knowledge: (a) acquired an enhanced empirical knowledge of economic conditions in low and middle income economies; (b) acquired an understanding of the functioning of financial markets in developing countries; (c) consolidated the understanding of those elements of basic economic theory which we apply to the problems of development and financial markets; (d) acquired an understanding of the main theoretical results and empirical methods that are used by the profession to study developing countries.
Contenuti
Topics:
1) Foreign Aid
2) Credit Markets
3) Microfinance
4) Insurance Markets
5) Agricultural Markets
6) Savings
7) Education
8) Health
9) Historical Institutions
10) Corruption
11) Property Rights
Advanced knowledge of econometric methods is extremely important
Testi/Bibliografia
Banerjee and Esther Duflo, Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty, Public Affairs, New York, 2011
Metodi didattici
Slides and Blackboard
Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento
If in person written examination and presentation/discussion of a research topic, if online oral examination and presentation/discussion of a research topic
The maximum possible score is 30 cum laude, in case all anwers are correct, complete and formally rigorous.
The grade is graduated as follows:
<18 failed
18-23 sufficient
24-27 good
28-30 very good
30 e lode excellent
Strumenti a supporto della didattica
PDF slides of the course distributed to students.
Orario di ricevimento
Consulta il sito web di Paolo Masella