Academic year2016/17
CourseECONOMICS AND COMMERCE
Code073PP
Credits6
PeriodSemester 2
LanguageItalian
| Modules | Area | Type | Hours | Teacher(s) |
| STATISTICA ECONOMICA | SECS-S/03 | LEZIONI | 42 | |
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Knowledge
The student who successfully completes the course will be able to demostrate the knowledge of the basic structure of the Italian National accounts and of the main macroeconomic aggregates that originates from them. He/she will also be able to find and critically read some of the most important available statistics of macro-economic interest, including the ones concerning the labour market.
Moreover he/she will know the basic theory of price indices and will have the ability to operate with them so as to measure either the price variation over time and space or the nominal and real variation of a given economic value (or aggregate) over time and across different nations.
In addition he/she will be aware of the paradoxes and mistakes that can derive from the common habit to evaluate society's well-being by means of per capita GDP and will be informed of other better approaches to the measurement of well-being.
Assessment criteria of knowledge
In the written exam (1 hour and half) the student will be asked to answer theoretical questions and to solve exercises. In particular the student will be assessed on his/her ability to choose the appropriate statistical tool and to correctly apply it.
The student will also be assessed on his/her demonstrated ability to discuss the main course contents using the appropriate terminology.
During the oral exam (which is optional for those students who have succesfully done the written exam) the student must be able to demonstrate his/her knowledge of the course material and be able to discuss the topics thoughtfully and with propriety of expression.Methods:
- Final written exam
- Periodic written tests
- Written report
Teaching methods
Delivery: face to face
Learning activities:
- attending lectures
- participation in seminar
- preparation of oral/written report
- individual study
- Bibliography search
Attendance: Advised
Teaching methods:
- Lectures
- Task-based learning/problem-based learning/inquiry-based learning
Syllabus
This course aims at providing some basic tools for measuring, analysing and interpreting some of the main economic aggregates and phenomena. The various methods of analysis are presented according to a critical approach by pointing out their advantages and limitations with respect to other possible alternatives. The course is divided into four parts; the first one deals with basic elements of the national accounting; the second one is dedicated to the measurement of well-being and sustainable development; the third part focuses on price indices that are used for measuring inflation and for comparing economic aggregates over time and space; finally, the fourth part deals with the main concepts and measures that refer to the labour market.
Bibliography
As at the moment it is impossible to find a single text book in Italian language that includes all (or most of) the topics treated in the course, the text material for students basically consists of notes and manuscripts written by the lecturers.
Recommended reading includes the following works:
- I numeri indici. Teoria e pratica dei confronti temporali e spaziali
di Aldo Predetti, ed. Giuffrè, Milano;
- Le statistiche economiche
di Enrico Giovannini, ed. Il Mulino.
Work placement
In-class exercises and elearning tests
Updated: 14/11/2016 17:27
