Course 2019-2020 a.y.

20357 - MACROECONOMICS - PREPARATORY COURSE

Department of Economics
Course taught in English
Go to class group/s: 1
EMIT (I sem. - P) - GIO (I sem. - P) - CYBER (I sem. - P)
Course Director:
MARCELLA NICOLINI

Classes: 1 (I sem.)
Instructors:
Class 1: MARCELLA NICOLINI


Class-group lessons delivered  on campus

Mission & Content Summary

MISSION

The aim of this preparatory course is to provide the basic analytical tools for the analysis of the current macroeconomic scenarios. After a review of the economic fundamentals (GDP, unemployment, inflation, debt and deficits), the lectures deal with the concept of short-run equilibrium and the basics of the open economy. During the 2nd semester courses, particularly the course of Economic and Policy of Global Markets (code 20512), these topics are considered as known and are not repeated.

CONTENT SUMMARY

  • Introduction to macroeconomics.
  • Measuring the macroeconomy.
  • An overview of long-run economic growth.
  • The labor market, wages, and unemployment. 
  • Inflation.
  • An introduction to the short-run.
  • The IS curve.
  • Consumption.
  • Investment.

Teaching methods

  • Face-to-face lectures

DETAILS

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Teaching materials


ATTENDING AND NOT ATTENDING STUDENTS

C.I. JONES, Macroeconomics, W.W. Norton & Company Ltd., 2014, 3rd edition, (chapters 1-3, 7-9, 11, 16-17).

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