- Docente: Bruno Salituro
- Credits: 8
- SSD: SECS-P/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Economics, Markets and Institutions (cod. 8038)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to give students the basic theoretical tools needed to understand the aggregate working of the economic system and the role played by economic policies. At the end of the course students should be able to use the basic macroeconomic models to analize the interactions among the main aggregate variables and to evaluate critically economic policy choices by governments and central banks.
Course contents
Course contents
- National Income Accounting
- The IS-LM model
- The Labour Market
- The AD-AS Model
- The Phillips Curve
- Inflation and money
- The open Economy
- The Mundell-Fleming model
- The government debt
- The 2007-09 crisis and the European sovereign debt crisis
Readings/Bibliography
Recommended readings:
O.Blanchard, Macroeconomics, Prentice Hall, 2005,
It can be useful to look at the study guide to the Blanchard text::
-D. Findlay, "Study guide for Blanchard's Macroeconomics", Prentice Hall.
More information will be given during lectures and will appear on www.dse.unibo.it (docenti e ricercatori-bruno salituro-home page-teaching material ).
Teaching methods
Front lectures and weekly tutorials.
Assessment methods
Written examination with problem-solving questions.
It is possible to consult a sample of questions of previous examinations in https//campus.unibo.it
Teaching tools
Links to further information
Office hours
See the website of Bruno Salituro