25751 - INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

Anno Accademico 2024/2025

  • Docente: Alessandro Saia
  • Crediti formativi: 10
  • SSD: SECS-P/02
  • Lingua di insegnamento: Inglese
  • Modalità didattica: Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza
  • Campus: Forli
  • Corso: Laurea in Scienze internazionali e diplomatiche (cod. 8048)

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

The aim is to provide basic knowledge of Open Macroeconomics and International trade issues. At the end of the course the students are expected to be able to use concepts currently employed in the economic debate, like, exchange rates, balance of payments, exports, FDI. They are expected to understand the rationales underlying the macroeconomic and trade policies in open economies and to analyse the main international economic events related to globalization.

Contenuti

International Trade Models (e.g., The Ricardian model, The Heckscher-Ohlin model, ...)

Trade policy and globalization

Political economy of international trade: causes and consequences

Testi/Bibliografia

"International Economics: Theory and Policy" Paul R. Krugman, Maurice Obsfeld and Marc Melitz. Editor: Pearson Education

If needed, references to additional teaching material (articles, reports, slides, etc.) will be provided in class.

A basic knowledge of math and microeconomics is a pre-requisite for attending the course.

Metodi didattici

Frontal lectures and discussions in class.

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

For attending students (i.e., Studenti Frequentanti):

  1. 50% Written Partial Exam True/False questions
  2. 35 % Presentation (teamwork)
  3. 15 % Critical Assessment (teamwork)


General exams (i.e., Sessioni Esami Ordinarie):

  1. Written Exam True/False questions

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

Published material (papers and slides) on the Virtuale Platform.

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Alessandro Saia

SDGs

Sconfiggere la povertà Lavoro dignitoso e crescita economica Ridurre le disuguaglianze

L'insegnamento contribuisce al perseguimento degli Obiettivi di Sviluppo Sostenibile dell'Agenda 2030 dell'ONU.