Scheda programma d'esame
THE ECONOMICS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
LORENZO CORSINI
Academic year2022/23
CourseECONOMICS
Code038PP
Credits6
PeriodSemester 2
LanguageItalian

ModulesAreaTypeHoursTeacher(s)
THE ECONOMICS OF THE EUROPEAN UNIONSECS-P/01LEZIONI42
LORENZO CORSINI unimap
VICENTE RIOS IBANEZ unimap
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Learning outcomes
Knowledge

The course will deliver a short history of the process of European integration and some basic elements on the institutions of the European Union. Students will learn about theories and current issues in Economic and Monetary Union, the European labour market and the European regional policies.

Assessment criteria of knowledge

Written exams after the end of the course.

Skills

The student will be able to interpret the European economic trends.

Assessment criteria of skills

Two assignments during the course plus a final test.

Prerequisites

Students should be familiar to basic concepts of microeconomics and macroeconomics.

Teaching methods

Frontal lectures and seminars.

Syllabus

Part 1. Introducing the European Union

- History of the EU

- EU main institutions

 



Part 2. Labor market and welfare  

- European Labour market  

- European Social Welfare

- Education in Europe

 


Part 3. Microeconomic analysis and microeconomic policies 

- Tariff Analysis (Chapter 4)

- Preferential Trade Liberalization (Chapter 5)

- Market size and Scale Effects (Chapter 6)

- The Common Agricultural Policy (Chapter 9)



Part 4. Economic growth, regional cohesion and fiscal policy 

- Economic growth and factor integration (Chapter 7)

- Location, Economic Geography and Cohesion Policy (Chapter 10)

- Fiscal Policy, Stability and Inequality (Chapter 17)

- The Eurozone in Crisis (Chapter 18)    

 

 

Part 5. The monetary and financial integration process

- The path towards the European Monetary Union

- Monetary policy in the Euro area

- Banking and financial markets in the Euro area

Bibliography

Baldiwin and Wyplosz, “The Economics of European Integration”.

Lectures notes and slides provided by the lecturers.

Assessment methods

Two assignments during the course plus a final test.

Updated: 21/02/2023 14:25