Scienze Politiche e delle Relazioni Internazionali | ECONOMICS

cod. 1212100003

ECONOMICS

	1212100003
	DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCES
	EQF6
	POLITICAL AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SCIENCE
	2021/2022

CURRICULUM ECONOMICS AND DEVELOPMENT POLICIES

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 1
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2019
	AUTUMN SEMESTER

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	SECS-P/01	12	80	LESSONS	BASIC COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

	Objectives
	MAIN AIM OF THE COURSE IS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS KNOWLEDGE ON PRINCIPLES AND BASIC MICROECONOMIC MODELS RELATED TO THE CONSUMER'S AND FIRM'S DECISION PROCESS AND TO THE FUNCTIONING MECHANISMS OF MARKETS. STUDENTS WILL HAVE ACQUIRED THE MAIN KNOWLEDGE OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS USEFUL TO UNDERSTANDING BOTH THE DECISION PROCESS OF INDIVIDUALS AND FIRMS AND THE FUNCTIONING MECHANISMS OF MARKETS. THE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY THE PRINCIPLES AND MICROECONOMIC MODELS TO REAL-WORLD PHENOMENA INVOLVING BOTH THE BEHAVIOUR OF INDIVIDUALS AND FIRMS AND THE FUNCTIONING MECHANISMS OF MARKETS.

MAIN AIM OF THE COURSE IS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS KNOWLEDGE ON PRINCIPLES AND BASIC MICROECONOMIC MODELS RELATED TO THE CONSUMER'S AND FIRM'S DECISION PROCESS AND TO THE FUNCTIONING MECHANISMS OF MARKETS.

STUDENTS WILL HAVE ACQUIRED THE MAIN KNOWLEDGE OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS USEFUL TO UNDERSTANDING BOTH THE DECISION PROCESS OF INDIVIDUALS AND FIRMS AND THE FUNCTIONING MECHANISMS OF MARKETS.

THE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY THE PRINCIPLES AND MICROECONOMIC MODELS TO REAL-WORLD PHENOMENA INVOLVING BOTH THE BEHAVIOUR OF INDIVIDUALS AND FIRMS AND THE FUNCTIONING MECHANISMS OF MARKETS.

	Prerequisites
	BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF ANALYTIC GEOMETRY: CARTESIAN COORDINATES, LINEAR FUNCTIONS AND THEIR REPRESENTATION, INTERCEPTS AND ANGULAR COEFFICIENT.

	Contents
	INTRODUCTION TO MICROECONOMICS(8H). DEMAND, SUPPLY AND THE ROLE OF PRICE(8H). ELASTICITY(4H). CONSUMER THEORY:PREFERENCES,UTILITY,CHOICE(18H). THEORY OF THE FIRM:TECHNOLOGY,PRODUCTION AND COSTS(18H). COMPETITIVE MARKETS(6H). MONOPOLY(10H). GAME THEORY AND STRATEGIC BEHAVIOUR(4H). OLIGOPOLY AND MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION(4H).

Contents

INTRODUCTION TO MICROECONOMICS(8H).

DEMAND, SUPPLY AND THE ROLE OF PRICE(8H).

ELASTICITY(4H).

CONSUMER THEORY:PREFERENCES,UTILITY,CHOICE(18H).

THEORY OF THE FIRM:TECHNOLOGY,PRODUCTION AND COSTS(18H).

COMPETITIVE MARKETS(6H).

MONOPOLY(10H).

GAME THEORY AND STRATEGIC BEHAVIOUR(4H).

OLIGOPOLY AND MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION(4H).

	Teaching Methods
	LECTURES, EXERCISES.

	Verification of learning
	THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE IS CERTIFICATED THROUGH A SUCCESSFUL EXAM, MADE OF A (WRITTEN) TEST AND AN ORAL TEST. THE (WRITTEN) TEST IS MADE OF THEORETICAL QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES TO BE ANSWERED/SOLVED IN ONE HOUR. THE ORAL TEST LASTS ABOUT 20 MINUTES AND IS AIMED AT ASCERTAINING THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING, AS WELL AS AT TESTING THE UNDERSTANDING USING THE APPROPRIATE TERMINOLOGY AND THE ABILITY TO ORGANIZE THE DISCUSSION ON THE THEORETICAL SUBJECTS.

Verification of learning

THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE IS CERTIFICATED THROUGH A SUCCESSFUL EXAM, MADE OF A (WRITTEN) TEST AND AN ORAL TEST.

THE (WRITTEN) TEST IS MADE OF THEORETICAL QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES TO BE ANSWERED/SOLVED IN ONE HOUR.

THE ORAL TEST LASTS ABOUT 20 MINUTES AND IS AIMED AT ASCERTAINING THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING, AS WELL AS AT TESTING THE UNDERSTANDING USING THE APPROPRIATE TERMINOLOGY AND THE ABILITY TO ORGANIZE THE DISCUSSION ON THE THEORETICAL SUBJECTS.

	Texts
	D.A.BESANKO - R.R BRAEUTIGAM, MICROECONOMIA, MCGRAW-HILL,MILANO,2020: CAPP.1,2(EXCL.PAR.5),3,4(EXCL.PARR.3,4,5),5(EXCL.PARR.2.4,3.2,5,6,7),6(EXCL.PAR.6),7(EXCL.PAR.4.4),8,9,11(EXCL.PARR.4.1,5.3,7,8),12(EXCL.PARR.4.2,4.3,4.4,5,6),13(EXCL.PARR.1.6,2,3,4),14(EXCL.PARR.2.4,3,4.2).

Texts

D.A.BESANKO - R.R BRAEUTIGAM, MICROECONOMIA, MCGRAW-HILL,MILANO,2020:

CAPP.1,2(EXCL.PAR.5),3,4(EXCL.PARR.3,4,5),5(EXCL.PARR.2.4,3.2,5,6,7),6(EXCL.PAR.6),7(EXCL.PAR.4.4),8,9,11(EXCL.PARR.4.1,5.3,7,8),12(EXCL.PARR.4.2,4.3,4.4,5,6),13(EXCL.PARR.1.6,2,3,4),14(EXCL.PARR.2.4,3,4.2).