Principles of economics. The economic model of supply and demand; consumer's and producer's behaviour model, competitive market and market expressions beyond the competition. Introduction to welfare economics. National accounts, Keynesian explanation of the economy and its evolution, critical analysis of Keynes and economic policy decisions arising from the various explanations offered by the economic System.
Course Content - Last names E-N
This course in Economics aims at providing the basic notions of
microeconomics and macroeconomics which are necessary to understand
the working of modern globalized economies.Special attention will be
given to those features of microeconomics which are more relevant for
law students,such as:externalities,public goods and asymmetric
information,non perfectly competitive markets and antitrust policies,the
role of the State in the markets,firm theory and corporate governance.
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Demand and supply of goods and services, market forms, market failures, public intervention. National income; growth, unemployment, inflation; international trade, exchange rate, globalization, euro and European Monetary Union.
Attending students:
- Lecture notes or readings suggested during lectures.
Other students:
- A. Fineschi, Appunti di macroeconomia, Giappichelli, Torino 2007.
- A. Fineschi (ed.), Lezioni introduttive di microeconomia, Zanichelli.
Slides del docente, disponibili su moodle.
Su moodle sono disponibili numerosi materiali di approfondimento. Per i NON frequentanti, invece delle slides, va studiato il libro Daron Acemoglu - David Laibson - John A. List
Principi di Economia politica, Pearson, Milano, 2016.
J. SLOMAN and D. GARRATT, Elementi di Economia, pp. 480
<il Mulino,
euro 35,00,
2014. Note: website available.
Per i non frequentanti:
PRINCIPI DI ECONOMIA POLITICA ; Daron Acemoglu-David Laibson-John A. List; Pearson, 2016
Learning Objectives - Last names A-D
Knowledge
The course is meant to provide law students with the basic knowledge of economics. It includes introductory notions of microeconomics and macroeconomics and a sketch of economic analysis of law.
Abilities
Ability to reason in economic terms and to use some of the economists’ elementary analytical tools. Aptitude to understand economic press of general, non-specialised information. Capacity to discuss about basic issues of the economic debate. Capacity to grasp the relevance of economic knowledge for legal knowledge.
Competences
Mastery of basic economic information as currently expected of legal practitioners.
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Critical acquisition of basic knowledge of political economy.
Learning Objectives - Last names O-Z
The course gives the fundamentals of the economic analysis to law students.
Prerequisites - Last names E-N
None
Prerequisites - Last names O-Z
High school general culture and elements of graphical analysis.
Teaching Methods - Last names A-D
Lectures: 72 hours.
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Frontal lessons
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Lectures.
Further information - Last names E-N
None
Type of Assessment - Last names A-D
Students can choose between a entirely oral exam and a written exam (with optional oral exam for a better grade).
Type of Assessment - Last names E-N
The examination takes place in written form, with the exception of single motivated exceptions.
In appeals with a limited number of participants, the teacher may prefer the oral exam. In the case of the oral exam, the teacher will communicate on the bulletin board and on the moodle the schedule of the interviews.
The votes are communicated to the students by e-mail notification on their institutional address. Those who do not intend to accept the vote, must explicitly reject it online within 48 hours, in order not to risk that the rule of silence-assent is applied by the secretariat.
More information on Moodle.
Type of Assessment - Last names O-Z
For students attending the lectures: November, intermediate written test in Microeconomics. December, second intermediate written test in Macroeconomics, for student who have passed the test in Microeconomics.
All others: oral exams. For those who have passed the written test: registartion at the first exam sessio in January.
Course program - Last names A-D
Introductory principles of economics, microeconomics and macroeconomics. As to microeconomics, the course will deal with the model of supply and demand, the theory of consumers’ and producers’ behaviour, competitive markets and forms of market other than competition. Moreover, students will be introduced to welfare economics and some topics of economic analysis of law. As to macroeconomics, the course will deal with national accounts, Keynes’ explanation of economy and how this explanation has evolved, critical analyses of Keynes’ model and economic policy decisions arising from various explanations of the economic system. The topics of macroeconomics will be examined with specific reference to the problems of the current economic depression.
Course program - Last names E-N
Parte
prima INTRODUZIONE
1 Modalità del corso e dell’esame; Pensare da economisti
2 e 3 Modelli di razionalità; Definire e limitare gli incentivi
Parte
seconda MACROECONOMIA
4 Introduzione alla Macroeconomia; PIL e Debito pubblico
5 Inflazione e Moneta
6 e 7 Mercato del lavoro e Disoccupazione
8 Il breve periodo: la Domanda aggregata
9 Il breve periodo: il modello DA-OA
10 Il breve periodo: Politica fiscale e Politica monetaria
11 Temi di politica economica
11bis Ripasso dei Modelli di breve periodo
12 e 13 Il lungo periodo e la Crescita economica
Parte
terza MICROECONOMIA
14 e 15 Il meccanismo di mercato: la domanda
16 Il meccanismo di mercato: l’offerta
17 L’equilibrio del mercato
18 Il caso del mercato degli appartamenti: efficienza e possibilità di crescita
19 Analisi di politica economica
20 e 21 Il surplus del consumatore e del produttore
Dietro la curva di domanda: la teoria delle scelte del consumatore
22 Profitti, prezzi e costi in condizioni di concorrenza
Parte
quarta ANALISI DELLE ISTITUZIONI
23 Teorie dell’impresa
24 Fallimenti dei mercati
25 Asimmetria informativa e Istituzioni
26 Differenziali retributivi e discriminazione
27 Elementi di analisi economica della politica
28 Elementi di analisi economica del diritto
29 La globalizzazione contemporanea
30 La qualità dello sviluppo