REGULATORY ECONOMY AND PROGRAM EVALUATION

Sergio Pietro DESTEFANIS REGULATORY ECONOMY AND PROGRAM EVALUATION

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DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
EQF6
STATISTICS FOR BIG DATA
2022/2023

YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2018
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1060LESSONS
Objectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

THE COURSE AIMS TO ANALYZE THE MAIN REASONS AND FORMS OF STATE INTERVENTION FOR THE REGULATION OF MARKETS AND TO EXAMINE THE METHODOLOGIES AND PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE EVALUATION OF INTERVENTIONS .

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

MICROECONOMIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE ROLE OF THE STATE IN THE MODERN ECONOMY WITH REFERENCE TO THE FUNCTIONS OF REGULATING MARKETS, THE TAXATION SYSTEM AND THE EVALUATION OF INTERVENTIONS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING.

THE COURSE MAKES CONSTANT REFERENCE TO THE REGULATORY POLICIES IMPLEMENTED IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES AND THEIR EVALUATION TO PROVIDE THE STUDENT WITH THE ABILITY TO ANALYZE THE PURPOSES OF THE PUBLIC INTERVENTIONS IMPLEMENTED AND THE RESULTS OBTAINED. LEARNING TECHNIQUES FOR EVALUATING INTERVENTIONS WILL ALSO ENABLE THE STUDENT TO ANALYZE ECONOMIC DATA AND ADDRESS ISSUES THAT ARISE WHEN ANALYZING DATA
Prerequisites
NONE.
Contents
MARKET FAILURES, FAILURES OF THE STATE AND OF PUBLIC INTERVENTION.
PARAMETRIC AND NON-PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS OF EFFICIENCY: SFA, FDH, DEA, ORDER-M.
COUNTERFACTUAL ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC INTERVENTION: DIFFERENCE-IN-DIFFERENCES, SELECTION ESTIMATORS, MATCHING METHODS.
Teaching Methods
FRONTAL TEACHING, INTERACTIVE TUTORIALS AND CLASSES. THE LATTER EMPHASIZE THE STRICT LINK BETWEEN CONCEPTUAL AND EMPIRICAL TOOLS AND AVAILABLE DATA.
Verification of learning
LEARNING IS ASSESSED BY AN ORAL TEST. MARKING FOLLOWS THE TRADITIONAL ITALIAN SCALE. BEFORE THE ORAL TEST IT IS COMPULSORY TO DELIVER AN INDIVIDUAL REPORT (ASSIGNMENT), ON A TOPIC AGREED WITH THE PROFESSOR. 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:
ANGRIST J., PISCHKE J.-S. (2009). MOSTLY HARMLESS ECONOMETRICS. PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS PRINCETON, NJ.
More Information
TEACHING IS GIVEN IN ITALIAN. FURTHER INFORMATION CAN BE REQUESTED THROUGH E-MAIL: DESTEFANIS@UNISA.IT.
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