- Docente: Paolo Figini
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Rimini
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Tourism Economics and Management (cod. 8609)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students will have a sufficient knowledge of the basic concepts of Microeconomics (market, price, competition, supply, demand) and Macroeconomics (GDP, unemployment, inflation) to undertake the Master in Tourism Economics and Management.
Course contents
The Crash course is scheduled as follows.
First part - Economics
- Tuesday 12 September, 9-11: Economics, an introduction;
- Tuesday 12 September, 11-13: The object of study of Economics
- Wednesday 13 September, 9-11: Specialization and exchange;
- Wednesday 13 September, 11-13: Market, demand, supply, price
- Thursday 14 September, 9-11: Economics, macroeconomics and microeconomics
Second part - Macroeconomics
- Thursday 14 September, 11-13: The macroeconomic debate
- Friday 15 September, 14-16: Growth, employment, inflation...
- Friday 15 September, 16 - 18: The economy in the real world
- Wednesday 20 September, 9-11: Poverty, inequality, human development
- Wednesday 27 September, 9-11: Economics: a recap
Third part - Microeconomics
- Friday 10 November, 9-12: Consumption
- Friday 24 November, 9-12: Production and Market equilibrium
- Friday 15 December, 9-12: Market structure and Market failures.
Readings/Bibliography
Students with no or limited knowledge of economics are kindly requested to study an introductory textbook of Economics, well before the crash course starts. There are many such books on the market (and in the libraries), and any book entitled "Economics", "Introduction to Economics", "Principles of Economics" should be ok.
Students should bring such books at the crash course, together with their notebook or tablets, since most of the crash course will be based on real-time searches of teaching material and data and on classroom discussion.
Additional material will be posted in the Repository in due time.
Teaching methods
Informal lectures with open discussions.
Assessment methods
No final assessment is required. Throughout the course tests will be provided for self-assessment purposes.
Teaching tools
Whiteboard and Pens
Office hours
See the website of Paolo Figini