POLITICAL ECONOMY
Course unit partition: Cognomi M-Z

Academic year 2009/10
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Economia politica (SECS-P/01)
Field
Ambito aggregato per crediti di sede
Type of training activity
Caratterizzante
54 hours
of face-to-face activities
9 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
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Course unit partition: POLITICAL ECONOMY

Learning objectives

The aim of the course is to provide students with methods and tools for the economic analysis of the social system.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

Theory of trade. Perfect and imperfect markets. Income distribution. Externalities. Decisions in conditions of risk and decisions in conditions of uncertainty. Determinants of the level of GDP. Money markets and financial markets.  

Full programme

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Bibliography

(A-L) <br />
N.G. MANKIW, Principi di Economia, Bologna, Zanichelli, 4th edition. <br />
Special part: P.A. VAGLIASINDI, L’intervento pubblico: aspetti di efficienza e di equità, Torino, Giappichelli, 2007. <br />
(M-Z) <br />
P.A. SAMUELSON, W.D. NORDHAUS, Economia, 18th edition, McGraw-Hill Companies, 2006. <br />
Special part: P.A. VAGLIASINDI, L’intervento pubblico: aspetti di efficienza e di equità, Torino, Giappichelli, 2007. <br />

Teaching methods

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Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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