94471 - FOOD ECONOMICS & POLICY

Contenuti

• Food supply and food demand: price, trade, technological progress
• The market for food safety
• Market failure and foodborne risks, asymmetric information and moral hazard
• Information economics and policy: the market for news
• Elements of behavioural economics: risk perception, risk attitudes and consumer behaviour under uncertainty
• Case study on the economics of food scares: analysis of the BSE crisis
• A taxonomy of food policies: market vs. information measures
  • Information policies and social marketing
  • Fiscal policies: taxes and subsidies
  • Regulations and food standards
  • Trade measures and non-tariff barriers
• Elements of policy evaluation: counterfactual scenario, difference-in-difference, propensity score matching, instrumental variables, regression discontinuity designs

Testi/Bibliografia

The course will be mainly based on lecture notes and chapters/articles provided through the e-learning platform

Metodi didattici

The course consists of a combination of theoretical lectures, applied case studies and quantitative tutorials.

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

Written exam, structured in two sections:

1) A short part with multiple-choice and open-ended questions on the foundations of food economics and policy (50% of final mark)

2) A section on the interpretation of case studies from selected scientific articles distributed to the students during the course (50% of final mark)

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

This module provides a set of case studies on the economics and policy of food safety. The e-learning platform will enable access to interactive contents, data and case studies, Stata codes.

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Mario Mazzocchi

Consulta il sito web di Sara Capacci