The aim of the course is to provide the student with the background essential to analyse the problems, measures and effectes of the economic policy. The course offers insights into the reasons and scope of the economic policy. Special attention is devoted to the analysis of fiscal policies and their economic effects, monetary policies, pro-growth public policies and economic policies related to the labor market. The analysis of income inequality and wealth issues in Italy and in European countries is included.

The program is articulated as follows:

• Fiscal policy
• The labour maket policies
• Pro-growth policies
• Income distribution and wealth issues.
• Redistribution and public spending
• Inequality issues, determinants and effects

Microeconomics

Macroeconomics

• Knowledge and understanding: At the end of the course, students will be able to understand the main issues related to economic policy. In particular, they will be able to critically assess the principal models with respect to budgetary and monetary policy, public debt formation labour market policies and pro-growth policies. Students will be able to use these models for analyzing the economic patterns and interpreting what happens in real economic world, and actively participating to the economic debate.
• Applying knowledge and understanding: Thanks to the course attendance and after passing the exam, the students will be able to deal with a variety of tools to analyze economic, fiscal and financial information and understand autonomously the evolution of the main macroeconomic variables as well as the effect of fiscal and institutional reforms in our country. Students will be able to assess official economic reports with particular attention to the policy implication. They will be able also to analyze national accounts data to understand the macroeconomic dynamics of the economic policy.
• Making judgements: the student will be able to gather information and data on the subjects of the course so to make autonomous judgements.
• Communication skills: students will develop reasoning skills on issues related to the subjects of the course.
• Learning skills: students will gain in-depth knowledge of the main models of economic policy.  This will allow them to advance their knowledge in economics and prepare them for more advanced courses.

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Tutorials

Teaching

Frontal lectures and tutorials. The lectures will be developed by following the textbook scheme. Other teaching materials (e.g., PPT and PDF file) used during the lectures will be part of the program and will be made available in the website of the course.

Attendance

The participation in the lecture classes and tutorials is highly recommended.

Course books

A. Bénassy-Quéré, B. Coeuré, P. Jacquet, J. Pisani-Ferry, Politica economica. Teoria e pratica (Seconda Edizione). Bologna, Il Mulino 2019

Assessment

Written exam. It is composed by a mix of open-ended questions, exercises and closed-ended questions for a total of 6 questions. The maximum score is 32 points that corresponds to the grade 30/30 with honors. The time to do the written exam is one hour.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Teaching

The same for attending students

Attendance

The same for attending students

Course books

The same for attending students

Assessment

The same for attending students

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

The student can request to sit the final exam in English with an alternative bibliography.