2. Professors
  3. DESTEFANIS Sergio Pietro
  4. Teaching

Macroeconomics

Sergio Pietro DESTEFANIS Macroeconomics

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DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE ECONOMICHE E STATISTICHE
EQF6
ECONOMICS
2020/2021



OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
PRIMO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1060LESSONS


SERGIO PIETRO DESTEFANIS T Curriculum
Objectives
** KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
STUDENTS WILL GAIN A SET OF BASIC ANALYTICAL TOOLS TO INTERPRET THE ECONOMY FROM THE STANDPOINT OF AGGREGATE PROCESSES: ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS, LONG-TERM ECONOMIC GROWTH AND FUNCTIONAL INCOME INEQUALITY.

** APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THROUGH FRONTAL TEACHING AND CLASSES STUDENTS WILL BE GRADUALLY BROUGHT TO THE CAPABILITY OF UNDERSTANDING AGGREGATE ECONOMIC PHENOMENA.
THROUGH INTERACTION WITH THE TEACHER AND CLASSES, STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO ENACT A GRADUAL AND CONSTANT CONTROL ON THEIR LEARNING CURVE.

Prerequisites
MICROECONOMICS (MANDATORY).
Contents
MODULE 1: THE SHORT RUN. BURDA & WYPLOSZ, CHPS. 6, 8, 9, 10, 11.
MODULE 2: THE MEDIUM RUN. BURDA & WYPLOSZ, CHPS. 12, 13, 15, 16, 17.
MODULE 1: THE LONG RUN. BURDA & WYPLOSZ, CHPS. 3, 4, 5, 18.
Teaching Methods
FRONTAL TEACHING, INTERACTIVE TUTORIALS.
Verification of learning
LEARNING IS ASSESSED BY WRITTEN AND ORAL TESTS. MARKING FOLLOWS THE TRADITIONAL ITALIAN SCALE. AT THE TIME OF THE WRITTEN TEST AN INDIVIDUAL REPORT (ASSIGNMENT) MUST BE DELIVERED, ON A TOPIC AGREED WITH THE PROFESSOR. THE DURATION OF THE WRITTEN TEST IS 1 HOUR; WHILE THE ORAL TEST LASTS NO MORE THAN 30 MINUTES.
Texts
LECTURE NOTES ARE COMPULSORY READING. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE COURSE, THEY MUST BE REQUESTED TO DESTEFANIS@UNISA.IT.

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL:
BURDA, WYPLOSZ, MACROECONOMICS, OUP, 2017.
More Information
TEACHING IS GIVEN IN ITALIAN. FURTHER INFORMATION CAN BE REQUESTED THROUGH E-MAIL: DESTEFANIS@UNISA.IT.
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