Bachelor's degree in Economics and Business

Macroeconomics

Course code

4S00242

Name of lecturers

Tamara Fioroni, Martina Menon

Coordinator

Tamara Fioroni

Number of ECTS credits allocated

9

Academic sector

SECS-P/01 - ECONOMICS

Language of instruction

Italian

Site

VERONA

Period

secondo semestre (lauree) dal Feb 15, 2021 al Jun 1, 2021.

Lesson timetable

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Learning outcomes

The course aims to introduce students to the fundamental topics of macroeconomics. This discipline deals with the aggregate functioning of economic systems determined by the collective behaviour of consumers and firms, by the policymaker intervention on the economy and by the international relations with the rest of the world. The course provides students also with a knowledgeable understanding of the scientific language and methodology adopted by macroeconomics. Its theory is made up of mathematical tools and models that formalize mechanisms behind the markets of goods, money and labour, since their interaction determines the level of national income, employment, and prices. At the end of the course students will be able to make use of such analytical tools to understand and interpret the factors steering the evolution of economic systems at aggregate national level and to evaluate the macroeconomic effects of Central Bank and fiscal policy interventions.

Syllabus

1. National Accounting.
2. Aggregate demand and income multiplier.
3. Goods and money market: The IS-LM model.
4. Consumption, investment and government spending.
5. Aggregate Supply: The AS-AD model.
6. Inflation and Unemployment and Phillips' Curve.
7. Introduction to International Economics.
8. Growth theory.
9. The role of rational expectations.

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