- Docente: Jonathan Neil Chapman
- Crediti formativi: 6
- SSD: SECS-P/01
- Lingua di insegnamento: Inglese
- Modalità didattica: Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Laurea in European Studies (cod. 5983)
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dal 03/10/2023 al 07/12/2023
Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire
The course is an introduction to the study of macroeconomics and microeconomics. It covers the main issues, methods, data, concepts and models. Students will be able and motivated to follow and understand the current debates on macroeconomic and microeconomic issues, as they are reported by the qualified press and media. A special focus will be on understanding and debating the appropriateness of the policies adopted in the Great Recession, and the roles of fiscal and monetary policies for the EU members that have adopted the euro. Students will also be prepared to follow more advanced courses on macroeconomic and microeconomics analysis and policies, should they want to do so in their graduate studies.
Contenuti
This course is part of the BAES program (UnaEuropa) and is not open to Erasmus (or other) students.
The course will cover the following topics:
- Economic Growth in the Long Run
- Geography and Economic Development
- Institutions and Economic Development
- Standards of Living and the Malthusian Trap
- Innovation and the Industrial Revolution
- The Neoclassical growth model and Convergence
- Consumer and Firm Decision Making
- The Market Economy
- Markets and Inequality
- Government and the Economy
- Macroeconomic Policy
- World Economy
- Individual Decision-Making
Testi/Bibliografia
The main text book for this class is CORE’s “The Economy”, available at https://www.coreecon.
org/project/core-the-economy/.
Metodi didattici
The course will be based predominantly on frontal lectures. Students are expected to attend all lectures and complete all mandatory readings. Readings are a complement to, not a substitute for, lectures---the exam will test knowledge of both.
In addition to lectures, there will be recitations to go through practice problems and applications.
Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento
Final grades in the course will be determined by a take-home midterm exam, and a final exam. Both exams will be written, and will contain a mixture of multiple choice and short open questions. The midterm will account for 25% of your grade, and the final exam will account for the remaining 75%.
The final grade is graduated as follows:
- <18: failed
- 18: sufficient
- 19-23: satisfactory
- 24-26: good
- 27-29: very good
- 30 e lode: excellent
Strumenti a supporto della didattica
All the material covered in class and in recitation sessions (slides, readings, lecture notes) will be available online on Virtuale.
In order to prepare for the exam, students are required to read all mandatory readings, the slides, and lecture notes.
Orario di ricevimento
Consulta il sito web di Jonathan Neil Chapman