- Docente: Raimondello Orsini
- Credits: 8
- SSD: SECS-P/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Economics and business (cod. 9202)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to introduce students to the basic analytical tools for understanding the behaviour of economic agents (individuals, firms, public authorities) and their interactions in the market. At the end of the course the student is able to: - analyse consumers’ expenditure and firms’ production decisions; - understand the interactions between consumers and firms in the market; - analyse the role of public policies in dealing with market failures.
Course contents
Standard content of a microeconomic course + some concepts of behavioral and experimental economics
Readings/Bibliography
Robert S. Pindyck - Daniel L. Rubinfeld - Microeconomia - 8° edition
Teaching methods
Lessons with PPT Slides
Exercises and practice with the Course Tutor
Laboratory experiments
Assessment methods
Written exam in three parts: multiple choice, open questions, exercises
When the exam is online (EOL), it is divided in 2 parts only: 20 multiple choice questions + 6 multiple choice exercises.
Key for evaluation marks:
• <18: fail
• 18-20: sufficient
• 21-23: fully sufficient
• 24-26: average
• 27-29: good
• 30: very good
• 30 e lode: excellent
Teaching tools
Experience and patience
Office hours
See the website of Raimondello Orsini
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.