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Teacher Carlo Mazzaferro
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Credits 8
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SSD SECS-P/01
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Teaching Mode Traditional lectures
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Language Italian
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Campus of Rimini
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Degree Programme First cycle degree programme (L) in Finance, Insurance and Business (cod. 8872)
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.
Academic Year 2021/2022
Learning outcomes
l termine del corso lo studente ha acquisito i fondamenti teorici necessari per interpretare i comportamenti e le interazioni tra consumatori, imprese e settore pubblico nelle economie di mercato. In particolare lo studente è in grado di: - riflettere sulle principali teorie del consumo, della produzione e del funzionamento dei mercati. - valutarne le implicazioni con riferimento alla realtà economica.
At the end of the course the student knows the theoretical fundaments necessary to understand behaviour and intercations between consumers, firms and the public sector. Morever he/she we be able to analyze main aspects of the consumer and production theories and markets functioning
Course contents
Individual behaviour
Consumer theory
Markets, demand and supply
Welfare and markets
Economics of the public sector
Firms behaviour and profit maximization
Macroeconomic data
Economy in the long run
Open and closed economies
Economic fluctionations in the short run
Readings/Bibliography
Paul Krugman e Robin Wells, L'essenziale di economia, 3a edizione, Zanichelli, Bologna
Capitoli 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19.
Teaching methods
Class lectures and excercises
Assessment methods
One witten examination at the end of the course
Teaching tools
Slides and economics articles
Office hours
See the website of Carlo Mazzaferro
Alumni