75900 - Macroeconomics

Academic Year 2022/2023

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Rimini
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Business Economics (cod. 8848)

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of the course, the student knows the fundamentals of macroeconomic analysis. In particular, the student is able to: - analyze the functioning of macroeconomic systems and monetary and fiscal policies; - identify the determinants of output, unemployment and inflation rates and international economic relations; - apply the principles of macroeconomics to the real world.

Course contents

  • Macroeconomics as a science
  • The data of macroeconomics
  • National income: basic model
  • The monetary system and Inflation
  • Unemployment
  • Introduction to Economic Fluctuations
  • Aggregate Demand: IS-LM Model
  • Open Economy and the Mundell-Fleming Model
  • Aggregate Supply
  • Economic Policies
  • Public Debt
  • Economic Crises, Discussion

Readings/Bibliography

Mankiw and Taylor "Macroeconomics" Zanichelli (latest edition)

Teaching methods

Lectures. Tutor-led exercises

Assessment methods

Written examinations.
Graded assessment based on preparation:

  • <18: insufficient
  • 18-23: sufficient
  • 24-27: good
  • 28-30: very good
  • 30 cum laude: excellent

Teaching tools

Slides, sample exercises and some mock-ups of exams from previous years will be available on the VIRTUAL platform: https://virtuale.unibo.it/

Office hours

See the website of Davide Dragone

SDGs

No poverty Good health and well-being Decent work and economic growth

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.