International Economics

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International Economics

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International Economics

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Anno accademico 2018/2019

Codice dell'attività didattica

GIU0637

Docente

Gianna Lotito (Titolare del corso)

Corso di studi

Laurea in Global Law and Transnational Studies - a Torino (D.M. 270/2004) [0707L31]

Anno

1° anno

Tipologia

Caratterizzante

Crediti/Valenza

SSD dell'attività didattica

SECS-P/01 - economia politica

Modalità di erogazione

Tradizionale

Lingua di insegnamento

Inglese

Modalità di frequenza

Consigliata

Tipologia d'esame

Scritto

Prerequisiti

Basic knowledge of diagrams and graphs

Propedeutico a

All economic subjects

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Obiettivi formativi

The course aims at providing students with the basic notions and tools of economic theory, in order to understand the decisions of consumers and firms, their interaction in the market, the role of public intervention and the functioning of the economic system as a whole.

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Risultati dell'apprendimento attesi

At the end of the course students are supposed to know the basic concepts and tools of micro and macroeconomic theory and being able to apply them to understand economic phenomena, use appropriately the essential terminology and reasoning of economics

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Modalità di insegnamento

The course consists of both lectures and class exercises. Teaching material such as slides, exercises and their solutions will be uploaded on the teaching material site of the course at the end of each teaching week.

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Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento

The evalution will consist of a written test with multiple choice questions and exercises. The exam would be the same for students who attended the class and students who did not. Details about the final exam structure will be given during the course.

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Programma

1. Introduction. What is economics; thinking like an economist; 2. Supply and Demand - How markets work. The market forces of supply and demand; elasticity and its applications; background to demand: consumer choices; background to supply: firms in competitive markets; 3. Markets, efficiency and welfare. Consumers, producers and the efficiency of markets; Supply, demand and government policies. 4. The economics of the public sector. The cost of taxes; 5. Inefficient market allocations. Public goods, common resources; externalities; 6. Firm behaviour and market structures. Firms' production decisions; monopoly; monopolistic competition and oligopoly; 7. Factor markets. The economics of labour markets; 8. Trade. Interdependence and the gains from trade; 9. The data of macroeconomics. Measuring a nation's well-being; Measuring the cost of living; 10. The real economy in the long run. Production and growth; unemployment; 11. Money and prices in the long run. Saving and investment; the monetary system; money growth and inflation; 12. Short-run economic fluctuations. Aggregate demand and aggregate supply; the influence of monetary and fiscal policy on aggregate demand; The short-run trade-off between inflation and unemployment; 13. Open-economy macroeconomics - basic concepts

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