INDICATORS
cod. 1001869

Academic year 2009/10
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Politica economica (SECS-P/02)
Field
Economico
Type of training activity
Characterising
60 hours
of face-to-face activities
10 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
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Learning objectives

Tthis course concerns the main trends and indicators of the business cycle and digs deeper to analyze the causes and the implications of the financial and economic crisis of 2007-09 for firms and households.<br />

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

 The course is sub-divided in four main parts. Part One analyzes the financial and economic crisis. Part Two is about the fiscal and monetary policies implemented during the  crisis. Part Three will concern the Italian economy. Part Four will deal with globalization issues and the main trends in the global economy after the crisis.<br />
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Full programme

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Bibliography

Lecture slides (also in English) downloadable from the website and weekly updated by the teacher.<br />
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Carlo De Benedetti, Federico Rampini e Francesco Daveri, "Centomila punture di spillo, Mondadori", 2008 <br />
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Teaching methods

The teaching of this course includes traditional lessons as well as less traditional teaching experiments more focused on the direct applications of the methods and the tools of economics to understand the economy from the media and from some testimonials<br />
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Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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