Scheda programma d'esame
THE ECONOMICS OF EUROPEAN REGIONS: THEORY, EMPIRICS, AND POLICY
DAVIDE FIASCHI
Anno accademico2019/20
CdSECONOMICS
Codice526PP
CFU9
PeriodoPrimo semestre
LinguaItaliano

ModuliSettore/iTipoOreDocente/i
THE ECONOMICS OF EUROPEAN REGIONS: THEORY, EMPIRICS, AND POLICYSECS-P/02LEZIONI63
DAVIDE FIASCHI unimap
ANGELA PARENTI unimap
Obiettivi di apprendimento
Learning outcomes
Conoscenze

The course of The Economics of European Regions: Theory, Empirics, and Policy introduces to some of the most current key issues of European Union (EU) both from a theoretical and applied perspective. It is composed by four main parts covering the growth and convergence/divergence among European regional economies, the design and the effectiveness of European Regional Policy, the coordination, and competition of fiscal policies, and finally, the effect of internal and external migration.

Knowledge

The course of The Economics of European Regions: Theory, Empirics, and Policy introduces to some of the most current key issues of European Union (EU) both from a theoretical and applied perspective. It is composed by four main parts covering the growth and convergence/divergence among European regional economies, the design and the effectiveness of European Regional Policy, the coordination, and competition of fiscal policies, and finally, the effect of internal and external migration.

Modalità di verifica delle conoscenze

Written and oral presentations

Assessment criteria of knowledge

Written and oral presentations

Capacità

Quantitative and writing skills

Skills

Quantitative and writing skills

Modalità di verifica delle capacità

Homeworks

Assessment criteria of skills

Homeworks

Comportamenti

 

  • Students will be able to manage the responsibility of working in team for developing a project
  • Students will acquire accuracy and precision when collecting and analysing dataset

 

Behaviors
  • Students will be able to manage the responsibility of working in team for developing a project
  • Students will acquire accuracy and precision when collecting and analysing dataset

 

Modalità di verifica dei comportamenti

Homeworks and oral presentations

Assessment criteria of behaviors

Homeworks and oral presentations

Prerequisiti (conoscenze iniziali)

Students should be familiar with macroeconomics and with intermediate level econometrics

Prerequisites

Students should be familiar with macroeconomics and with intermediate level econometrics

Programma (contenuti dell'insegnamento)

The module introduces to some of the most current key issues of European Union (EU) both from a theoretical and applied perspective. In particular, it will analyse the growth and convergence/divergence among European regional economies, the design and the effectiveness of European Regional Policy, the coordination, and competition of fiscal policies, and finally, the effect of internal and external migration.

Detailed Syllabus

  1. Theoretical models for the analysis of growth and con(di)vergence among European regions
  2. Econometric models for con(di)vergence using both parametric and non-parametric techniques
  3. Regional policies: theoretical models
  4. EU Regional Policy: history and funding mechanism
  5. Quantitative evaluation of EU Regional Policy: spatial econometric models and casual inference (counterfctual analysis, regression discontinuity design and propensity score)Economic background of taxation in EU: types of taxes, taxation system, and their implications in terms of labour mobility, spatial location of activities, and household residential decisions
  6. Analysis of the geographical mobility within and across EU countries and its potential for reducing regional disparities
Syllabus

The module introduces to some of the most current key issues of European Union (EU) both from a theoretical and applied perspective. In particular, it will analyse the growth and convergence/divergence among European regional economies, the design and the effectiveness of European Regional Policy, the coordination, and competition of fiscal policies, and finally, the effect of internal and external migration.

Detailed Syllabus

  1. Theoretical models for the analysis of growth and con(di)vergence among European regions
  2. Econometric models for con(di)vergence using both parametric and non-parametric techniques
  3. Regional policies: theoretical models
  4. EU Regional Policy: history and funding mechanism
  5. Quantitative evaluation of EU Regional Policy: spatial econometric models and casual inference (counterfctual analysis, regression discontinuity design and propensity score)Economic background of taxation in EU: types of taxes, taxation system, and their implications in terms of labour mobility, spatial location of activities, and household residential decisions
  6. Analysis of the geographical mobility within and across EU countries and its potential for reducing regional disparities.
Bibliografia e materiale didattico

See here: https://eer.ec.unipi.it/teaching-materials/

Bibliography

See here: https://eer.ec.unipi.it/teaching-materials/

Modalità d'esame

Homeworks in team and oral presentation

Assessment methods

Homeworks in team and oral presentation

Pagina web del corso

https://eer.ec.unipi.it/

Class web page

https://eer.ec.unipi.it/

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