PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY
cod. 02447

Academic year 2017/18
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Economia politica (SECS-P/01)
Field
Discipline politico-economiche-statistiche
Type of training activity
Basic
36 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
in ITALIAN

Learning objectives

Knowledge and understanding
The student will be able to use basic concepts of economic analysis with special reference to the market economy.

Applying knowledge and understanding
The student will be able to discuss with sound terminology and arguments aspects of the market economy, as, for example, market prices, negative externalities, the GDP as an indicator of well-being.

Making Judgments
At the end of the course students will be able to identify economic aspects of some social problems

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

The course has as its object the basic elements of economic analysis. The syllabus develops the following two issues 1) the market economy 2) the indicators of the results of the market economy

Full programme

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Bibliography

N.G. Mankiw, M.P. Taylor , Essential of economics, V ed

Teaching methods

Lectures

Assessment methods and criteria

Written and oral examination

The knowledge, understanding and ability to communicate are assessed with a written test with three questions. After having passed the test the oral examination enables the student to explore the topics addressed in the written test

Other information

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