- Docente: Matteo Barigozzi
- Credits: 8
- SSD: SECS-P/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Management and Marketing (cod. 8406)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the module, students will be able to understand and discuss crucial topics and methods in the field of macroeconomics, such as for instance the general macroeconomic equilibrium in open and closed economies.
Course contents
Goods markets: GDP, aggregate demand, equilibrium
Financial markets: money demand, interest rate
IS-LM model in a closed economy: the IS curve, the LM curve, short run equilibrium
Labor markets: wages, prices, natural rate of unemployment
Phillips Curve: inflation, expected inflation, potential output, IS-LM-PC medium run equilibrium
Growth theory: Savings, capital accumulation and aggregate production, physical and human capital, technological progress
Readings/Bibliography
- O. Blanchard, A. Amighini, F. Giavazzi, Macroeconomia: una prospettiva europea, Il Mulino (edizione 2016 o 2020)
- D. W. Findlay, Esercizi di Macroeconomia, Il Mulino (edizone 2021)
Teaching methods
Lectures and tutorials
Assessment methods
Written exam.
See Italian version for further rules.
Teaching tools
Lecture slides
Office hours
See the website of Matteo Barigozzi