- Docente: Giorgio Bellettini
- Credits: 6
- SSD: SECS-P/01
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Economics (cod. 8408)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the class student has knowledge on using the concepts and tools of the new political economy to analyze current topics in this field. The focus is on the formation of macroeconomic policies from a positive point of view. Student is able to analyze issues such as: - the interaction between politics and economics in shaping macroeconomic policies in modern democracies; - the role of political institutions in the process of economic growth and development; - the effects of elections and changes of policymakers on macroeconomic policy.
Course contents
Readings/Bibliography
T. Persson and G. Tabellini, (2000), Political economics: explaining economic policy, MIT Press.
A. Drazen (2000), Political economy in macroeconomics, Princeton University Press.
T. Besley (2006), Principled Agents?, Oxford University Press.
Further readings (namely recent papers) will be suggested in class.
Teaching methods
Class lectures
Assessment methods
Assessment will be based on two elements: answers to problem sets, and a paper presentation. The first element aims at assessing the students' ability to apply theory and methods to solve analytical excercises. The second element allows to evaluate students' ability to understand and critically analyze the most recent contributions in the literature.
Students can reject a passing grade (i.e. above 17/30) only once. To this end, he/she must email a request to the instructor, who will acknowledge receipt of the message.
A strong background in microeconomics and macroeconomics is required to successfully attend the course. A good knowledge of econometrics techniques will be useful for most paper presentations.
Teaching tools
Teaching material will be downloadable from the Moodle platform, at iol.unibo.it
Office hours
See the website of Giorgio Bellettini
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.