- Docente: Laura Bottazzi
- Credits: 5
- SSD: SECS-P/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Economics and Economic Policy (cod. 8420)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to bring students closer to the topics most discussed in international economics: 1. capital movements between rich and poor countries 2. analysis of savings and investment 3. international risk sharing At the end of the course the student is expected to: - know both the theoretical and the empirical literature and use it to understand international economic events - have understood the issues of balance of payment, current accounts and capital flows.
Course contents
The most important topics that will be covered in class are:
1. The basic intertemporal model
2. Capital markets imperfections
3. Intertemporal prices
4. Non-tradable goods and relative prices
5. Temporary policy
Readings/Bibliography
Carlos A. Vegh. Open Economy Macroeconomics in Developing Countries. MIT, Press, 2013.
papers from international journals
Teaching methods
frontal teaching
Assessment methods
end of course final written examination
Teaching tools
exercises distributed in class
Office hours
See the website of Laura Bottazzi