Periods of economic change and public policies in Italy and Europe from the 1945 to the present period, under the influence of national and international institutions, markets, technologies, and organization of production. Types of local productive systems in Italy. Paths and policies of local and regional development. Specific themes on the Italian Recovery and Resilience Plan.
ATTENDING STUDENTS (in addition to classroom work, see section Altre Informazioni). General frame (for all):
-Garofoli G. (20149, Economia e politica economica in Italia. Lo sviluppo economico italiano dal 1945 ad oggi. Milano: Franco Angeli, parte prima e cap. 1 della parte seconda
- ISTAT (2020). Rapporto sul territorio 2020. Ambiente, economia e società, Roma, par. 4.1-2-3-4-5-6-7, Appendice https://www.istat.it/it/archivio/240989
I2 ISTAT (2021). Rapporto Annuale 2021. La situazione del Paese, Roma, par. 5.1
https://www.istat.it/storage/rapporto-annuale/2021/Rapporto_Annuale_2021.pdf
Further readings for curriculum Economica e turismo
Banca d’Italia (2018). Turismo in Italia. Numeri e potenziale di sviluppo. Seminari e Convegni, n. 23, Roma, cap. 1, 3,4, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3,6, 7 https://www.bancaditalia.it/pubblicazioni/collana-seminari-convegni/2018-0023/rapporto_turismo_finale_convegno.pdf
IRPET (2020). Rapporto sul turismo in Toscana. La congiuntura 2019, Firenze https://toscananelcuore.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/e7_DOC_IRPET-Rapporto-sul-turismo-in-Toscana-20191.pdf
Further readings for curriculum Generale EC
CSC Centro Studi Confindustria (2020). Innovazione e resilienza: i percorsi dell’industria italiana nel mondo che cambia, Roma, Introduzione, cap 2 LINK
IR2 IRPET (2020). Il sistema produttivo toscano, Firenze, cap. 3, 4 http://www.irpet.it/archives/56735
I2 ISTAT (2021). Rapporto Annuale 2021. La situazione del Paese, Roma, cap 4 LINK
NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS
-The reading list for attending students, as above, and in addition (regardless of the curriculum)
- Becattini G. e Bellandi, M. (2002) Forti Pigmei e deboli Vatussi. Considerazioni sull'industria italiana. In Economia Italiana, n. 3, pp. 587-618. Manoscritto in download dal moodle del corso o su richiesta al docente
- Dallari F. (2007), Distretti turistici tra sviluppo locale e cooperazione interregionale. In Bencardino F., Prezioso M. (a cura), Geografia del turismo, Milano, McGraw-Hill, pp.194-218, download in campus.unibo.it/46523/1/I_sistemi_turistici_locali.pdf
- Bellandi M. e Dei Ottati G. (2017), Origine e storia dei distretti industriali toscani. In AA.VV. La storia economica toscana fra Ottocento e Novecento, Pisa, Pacini Editore, 2016, pp. 105-147. Manoscritto in download dal moodle del corso o su richiesta al docente
Learning Objectives
- Knowledge: facts and themes of the economy and development of productive systems, within great contemporary tendencies in national and international institutions, markets, technologies; phases and cycles of the Italian economy from the 1945 to the great crisis of 2007-2008 and beyond, with specific regard to Italy, and Tuscany, and their productive systems, within the European context and the international division of labour, till the consideration of COVID-19 economic impacts and prospects f the PNRR
- Competence: know how to identify the variety of forms of organization and territorial embeddedness of contemporary productive systems; know how to identify the principles of competitiveness and development of such systems.
- Capacity: in general the ability to apply micro and macroeconomic models to the interpretation of specific problems of productive systems, in particular in the contemporary Italian and European context; for the students of the curriculum Economia e turismo, also the ability to draw reports and presentations on characters and perspectives of touristic markets and systems, with particular regard to the organization in forms of touristic districts and local systems; for the students of the curriculum Economia e Commercio and others, also the ability to draw reports and presentations on characters of productive systems of SMES and Large firms, with particular regards to models of industrial districts and local development.
The course aims at contributing to the cultural background of undergraduate students in Economics, in particular in LT EC, stimulating them to apply general models and concepts of micro and macroeconomics to facts and themes of real-world productive systems, in the context of the Italian and European economy. This is useful for a personalized approach to job placement, in particular under the profiles targeted by LT EC, but also for progressing in the university education, within graduate curricula in economics. The course is a useful introduction to concepts to be developed within specialistic courses of industrial economics and policy, industrial organization, economics and management of touristic systems.
Prerequisites
Basic notions of micro and macro economics
Teaching Methods
Lectures (32 hours), exercises (6 hours), seminars (4 hours); attending students may elaborate presentations on cases related preferentially to the topics of PNRR and some of them are discussed within the laboratories of the course (6 hours)
Further information
ATTENDING students:
The "laboratories" (see section "modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento") are selected by students (individually or in groups) within a list more precisely specified at lesson and preferentially related to topics of PNRR.
NON attending studens (only oral exam, NO Laboratories) SEE texts IN THE SECTION ABOVE ON TEXTS
Type of Assessment
ATTENDING students:
- written exams (following the format seen at "esercitazioni"), and presentations (see section "altre informazioni")
- written exams have marks on a 30 scale; the presentations can have a bonus adding to the marks of the written/oral exam between 1 and 3 points
- the written exam may be replaced by the oral exams on the same programme (see section "altre informazioni")
NON attending students:
Oral examination (preliminary written answers) on the programme (see section "altre informazioni")
Course program
FOR ALL STUDENTS
The Italian economy from 1945 to the present years
- The reconstruction 1945-1953
- The economic miracle 1953-1963
- The intensive development 1963-1970
- The economic crises in the 1970s
- Light industrialization, models of local development, and SMEs 1975-1983
- Restructuring of large manufacturing firms and industrial districts 1983-1992
- The Italian public budget and the European monetary system 1992-1999
- International economic integration: eurozone and globalization 1999-2007
- The great crisis and the economic policies in Europe and the other great world areas
- Problems of the Italian and European economies
- Models of interpretation of the Italian economic development 1945-1975
- The territorial structure of the Italian productive systems
IN ADDITION FOR ATTENDING STUDENTS (a part from classroom work)
Focus according to curricula:
- For students Curriculum Economia e Turismo CdL EC: the touristic market in Italy, and Tuscany in particular.
- For students of Curriculum Economia e Commercio CdL EC and non EC students: the Italian industry facing globalization tendencies; systems of SMEs and mechanisms and performances of industrial districts.
TOPICS FOR PRESENTATION BY ATTENDING STUDENTS may have a specific focus on topics related to the PNRR
FURTHER CONTENTS FOR NON ATTENDING STUDENTS (both curricula):
cases of Industrial districts in Tuscany; the light industrialization in Italy; touristic districts, local tourism systems and policies of tourism