- Docente: Giovanni Maria Mazzanti
- Credits: 8
- SSD: SECS-P/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Rimini
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Economics of Tourism (cod. 8847)
Learning outcomes
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to economic tools for understanding competition in tourist markets, both from a theoretical and an empirical point of view. At the of the course, students will be able to i) make sense of tourist firms' choices concerning pricing, product characteristics, innovation and advertising, with a particular attention to the international dimension of competition; ii) evaluate the social consequences of these choices, and judge public policies aimed at improving the market outcomes.
Course contents
Part I
Introduction
Consumers
Firms
Competition, Equilibrium and Efficiency
Market Failures and Public Policy
Price Discrimination
Strategic interaction
Oligopoly
Market Structure
Part II
The tourism sector in the economy
The economics of tourisms destinations
The Consumer Theory Applied to the Tourist
Consumer Theory Applied to the Tourist
Production in Tourism
The Production and the Sale of Holidays
The Supply of Tourism Services
The Tourism Markets
Readings/Bibliography
G. Candela and P. Figini (2012): “The economics of Tourism destinations” Springer, 2012.
Teaching methods
Lectures and seminars
Assessment methods
Written exam
Teaching tools
Moodle Page for teaching materials
Office hours
See the website of Giovanni Maria Mazzanti