PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS II (MACROECONOMICS)
cod. 03935

Academic year 2011/12
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Politica economica (SECS-P/02)
Field
Economico
Type of training activity
Characterising
72 hours
of face-to-face activities
9 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
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Learning objectives

The student will understand the main features of an economic system and of its dyamics.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

Topics in Macroeconomics
1) Short run equilibrium
IS-LM model
2) Economic Policy in the short run
3) Medium run equilibrium
a) Labour market
b) AD-AS mode
c) Phillips curve
4) Long run equilbrium. Solow model
5) Open economy
6) Euro and European Union

Full programme

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Bibliography

O. Blanchard, Scoprire la Macroeconomia,volume 1, Quello che non si può non sapere,Il Mulino, 2009 o 2011.
• O. Blanchard, Scoprire la Macroeconomia, volume 2, Un passo in più, Il Mulino, 2003, capitolo 13 par. 1,3,6 e 7
• M. Menegatti, La politica economica nel breve periodo, Giappichelli, 2007.

Teaching methods

lectures

Assessment methods and criteria

written exam

Other information

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