POLITICAL ECONOMY AND INFORMATION
Stampa
Enrollment year
2019/2020
Academic year
2020/2021
Regulations
DM270
Academic discipline
SECS-P/01 (POLITICAL ECONOMY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Course
COMMUNICATION, INNOVATION, MULTIMEDIA
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Year of study
Period
1st semester (28/09/2020 - 11/12/2020)
ECTS
6
Lesson hours
36 lesson hours
Language
Italian
Activity type
WRITTEN TEST
Teacher
RAMPA GIORGIO (titolare) - 6 ECTS
Prerequisites
Being able to interpret a graph
Learning outcomes
The two main Objectives are:
O1) understanding the logic of economic choices and their effects on the working of markets
O2) gaining the basics concepts of macroeconomics ad how their trends are communicated and perceived by people
Course contents
PART 1:
- the logic of individual choice in microeconomics
- demand, supply, equilibrium and efficiency
- monopoly
- externalitiesand public goods

PART 2:
- concepts of GDP, public budget, public debt, pension system, finanzial markets and spread
- communication and perception of such concepts in recent times
Teaching methods
Mainly lectures; summary exercise classes at the end of Part 1.
Reccomended or required readings
PART 1:
I. Lavanda - G. Rampa, MICROECONOMIA. SCELTE INDIVIDUALI E BENESSERE SOCIALE, Roma, Carocci, 2004, parts of Chapters 10, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8; Documents uploaded to the KIRO platform

PART 2: Documents uploaded to the KIRO platform
Assessment methods
The summary exercise class on Part 1 (multiple choice) will be considered for the final assessment. The final exam (written) will contain some short open question on Part 1, in order to assess the Learning outcomes related to Objective O1. The final exam will also inclulde a longer paper in order to asses the reasoning abilities related to Objectives O1 and O2
Further information
Students Students ENROLLED in the academic year 2017/18 can ask to be assessed according the Syllabus of the academic year 2018/19 (Political economics and information").

Average mark in the years 2018-2020 = 24,1/30
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