Economia politica A e B - eng

Course Code: EC0038
Subject Code: SECS-P/01
10 ECTS – 80 hours
Location: Novara


•    Language.
Italian.

•    Contents.

The first part of the course introduces students to basic tools widely used in microeconomics for the analysis of consumer and producer theory. The second part of the course introduces students to basic concepts of macroeconomics, such as booms and recessions, the economy’s total output and its growth, inflation and unemployment.


•    References and textbooks.

Frank, H. MICROECONOMIA – Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2015, Il libro è reperibile in biblioteca

Blanchard, O., Amighini, A., Giavazzi, F. (2014), Scoprire la Macroeconomia. Vol. 1, 2° edizione, Il Mulino, Bologna. Il libro è reperibile in biblioteca


•    Educational aims.

The objective of the course is to analyze the choices of consumers and corporations, groups and governments, networks and nations, offering in depth study of macroeconomic and microeconomic theory.


•    Teaching methods.
Lectures.

•    Further informations.
Further information can be found in the web page of the course at the URL: D.I.R. all’indirizzo: https://eco.dir.unipmn.it/

•    Examination.
Written examination.



•     Detailed contents.

Part 1 - Microeconomics

1.    Introduction to Economics
2.    Demand and Supply
3.    Elasticity of Demand and Supply
4.    Consumer Choice
5.    Producer choice and the cost structure of firms
6.    Perfect Competition
7.    Monopoly
8.    Oligopoly

Part 2 - Macroeconomics

1)    Introduction
2)    Main concepts
3)    The good market
4)    The financial market
5)    IS-LM Model
6)    The labour market
7)    The AS-AD Model
8)    The Phillips curve
9)    Inflation, production and monetary growth rate.