Adalgiso AMENDOLA | Macroeconomics

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MACROECONOMICS

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	DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE ECONOMICHE E STATISTICHE

	ECONOMICS
	2015/2016

CURRICULUM ECONOMIA

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 2
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2014
	PRIMO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	SECS-P/01	10	60	LESSONS	SUPPLEMENTARY COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

PROFESSORS

	ADALGISO AMENDOLA T Curriculum
	MATTEO FRAGETTA Curriculum

	Objectives
	INTRODUCTORY MACROECONOMICS, WITH EMPHASIS ON INTERNATIONAL MACROECONOMICS. STUDENTS WULL ACQUIRE: (I) BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF MACROECONOMICS AND ECONOMIC POLICY; (II) ABILITY TO UNDERESTAND MACROECONOMIC FACTS; (III) ABILITY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ECONOMIC POLICY INSTRUMENTS; (IV) ABILITY TO ORGANIZE, BOTH IN WRITTEN AND ORAL FORM, BASIC ANALYSIS OF MAIN MACROECONOMIC RELATIONS; (V) ABILITY TO LEARN HOW SELECTIVELY EVALUATE AND ANALYSE MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCES, BOTH AT A NATIONAL AND AT INTERNATIONAL LEVEL.

INTRODUCTORY MACROECONOMICS, WITH EMPHASIS ON INTERNATIONAL MACROECONOMICS.
STUDENTS WULL ACQUIRE: (I) BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF MACROECONOMICS AND ECONOMIC POLICY; (II) ABILITY TO UNDERESTAND MACROECONOMIC FACTS; (III) ABILITY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ECONOMIC POLICY INSTRUMENTS; (IV) ABILITY TO ORGANIZE, BOTH IN WRITTEN AND ORAL FORM, BASIC ANALYSIS OF MAIN MACROECONOMIC RELATIONS; (V) ABILITY TO LEARN HOW SELECTIVELY EVALUATE AND ANALYSE MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCES, BOTH AT A NATIONAL AND AT INTERNATIONAL LEVEL.

	Prerequisites
	BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF MICROECONOMICS AND SOME QUANTITATIVE METHODS

	Contents
	(1) INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS, (2) THE SHORT TERM: GOODS MARKET, FINANCIAL MARKETS, THE IS-LM MODEL; (3) THE MEDIUM TERM: LABOUR MARKET, THE AD-AS MODEL, UNEMPLOYMENT AND INFLATION, MONEY AND INFLATION; (4) OPEN ECONOMICS MACROECONOMICS: BALANCE OF PAYMENTS AND EXCHANGE RATE, THE IS-LM MODEL IN OPEN ECONOMICS, INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC; (5) EXCHANGE RATE AND CURRENCY CRISIS; (6) THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY SYSTEM AND THE CRISIS.

Contents

(1) INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS, (2) THE SHORT TERM: GOODS MARKET, FINANCIAL MARKETS, THE IS-LM MODEL; (3) THE MEDIUM TERM: LABOUR MARKET, THE AD-AS MODEL, UNEMPLOYMENT AND INFLATION, MONEY AND INFLATION; (4) OPEN ECONOMICS MACROECONOMICS: BALANCE OF PAYMENTS AND EXCHANGE RATE, THE IS-LM MODEL IN OPEN ECONOMICS, INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC; (5) EXCHANGE RATE AND CURRENCY CRISIS; (6) THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY SYSTEM AND THE CRISIS.

	Teaching Methods
	LECTURES: ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION OF THEORETICAL MODELS TUTORIALS: APPLICATIONS AND EXSERCISES SEMINARS: DISCUSSION OFCASE STUDIES

	Verification of learning
	FINAL EXAM: WRITTEN TEST AND ORAL EXAM

	Texts
	BLANCHARD, AMIGHINI, GIAVAZZI (2013), MACROECONOMICS: A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE,PEARSON EDUCATION LIMITED, CAPP. 1-12 (PP. 2-283) AND CAPP. 19,20 (PP. 424-471).

	More Information
	FURTHER BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES AND TRAINING MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON-LINE

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Adalgiso AMENDOLA | Macroeconomics