Unit Economic Policy
- Course
- Political sciences and international relations
- Study-unit Code
- 10001809
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Marcello Signorelli
- Teachers
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- Marcello Signorelli
- Cristina Montesi (Codocenza)
- Hours
- 42 ore - Marcello Signorelli
- 21 ore (Codocenza) - Cristina Montesi
- CFU
- 9
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2018
- Offered
- 2019/20
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Discipline economiche-politiche
- Academic discipline
- SECS-P/02
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- The course of Economic Policy aims to provide the analytical tools of the fundamental theory of economic policy along with concrete applications related to the European and Italian economic policies in the new global context.
- Reference texts
- Libri di riferimento (i primi due sono da acquistare mentre il terzo si trova in pdf su Unistudium):
MARELLI E. e SIGNORELLI M. (2015) “POLITICA ECONOMICA – Le politiche nel nuovo scenario europeo e globale”, Giappichelli Editore, Torino.
MARELLI E. e SIGNORELLI M. (2018) “E SE L'ITALIA TORNASSE ALLA LIRA? Vantaggi, costi e rischi", LibreriaUniversitaria.it Edizioni, Padova.
MONTESI C. (2016), "Il Paradigma dell’economia civile. Radici storiche e nuovi orizzonti", Umbria Volontariato Edizioni, Terni. - Educational objectives
- The course of Economic Policy aims to provide the analytical tools of the fundamental theory of economic policy along with concrete applications related to the European and Italian economic policies in the new global context.
The student will be able to assess the costs and benefits of different policy options in the new European and global scenario. He will acquire both theoretical knowledge and, above all, an ability to analyze the empirical evidence and critically discuss the different possible policy options. - Prerequisites
- A good knowledge of Political Economy is necessary.
- Teaching methods
- face-to-face
- Other information
- As for additional information please visit the Unistudium web platform dedicated to this specific course.
- Learning verification modality
- Written exam with open answer questions.
In particular, the written test is to verify the ability to critically develop the main themes of the program and to verify the ability to critically analyze empirical evidence (in the form of tables and graphics) related to the recent evolution of the main macroeconomic variables with specific reference to role of economic policies in the new European and global context.
Erasmus students can prepare the written test in Italian or in one of the following languages: English, French, Spanish.
More details are included in the Unistudium platform, in a section dedicated to this specific teaching. - Extended program
- Part I: Models, theories and policies
1. Political economy and economic policy. The macroeconomic models
2. Theory of economic policy
3. Type of economic policies
4. The Keynesian economic policies
5. Public intervention in economy: theory and empirical evidence
5.1 Market failures and government intervention
5.2 Theories on the secular expansion of the public sector
5.3 The schools of "public choice" and the "supply-side economics"
5.4 The expansion and reduction of the public sector
5.5 The weight of the public sector: evolution and comparisons
Part II: The role of economic policies
6. Unemployment and the labor market
6.1 Unemployment, cycle and growth
6.2 Indicators of the labor market
6.3 The Okun's Law: the link between unemployment and income
6.4 Frictional and structural unemployment
6.5 Unemployment, rigidity in the labor market and eurosclerosis
6.6 The models insider-outsider, the efficiency wages and the theory of hysteresis
6.7 Labour costs, wages and productivity
6.8 The evolution of the institutions of the labor market
7. The monetarists and the debate on stabilization policies
7.1 The monetarist school and debate with Keynesians
7.2 The Keynesian extreme cases
7.3 The monetarist extreme case and the quantity theory of money
7.4 The monetary policy, according to Keynesians and monetarists
7.5 Fiscal policy, according to Keynesians and monetarists
7.6 Effects crowding and wealth effects
7.7 Delays of economic policy and the permanence of the effects over time
7.8 The stabilization policies: effectiveness, objectives, rules and discretion
8. Inflation and disinflationary policies
8.1 Inflation: costs and benefits
8.2 The Phillips curve
8.3 The monetarist vision and the absence of trade-off in the long run
8.4 The disinflationary policies: the role of money
8.5 Incomes policy and wage negotiations
8.6 Effects of the rigidity of the price: the New Keynesian Economics
8.7 The hyperinflations and fiscal drag
9. Rational expectations and the credibility of economic policies
9.1 The New Classical Macroeconomics
9.2 Rational expectations
9.3 The supply curve à la Lucas and the real effects of the forecasting errors
9.4 Implications of economic policy and the "Lucas critique"
9.5 The Ricardian equivalence
9.6 The role of strategic interdependence
9.7 The time inconsistency of economic policy
9.8 Credibility, rules and institutions
Part III: Monetary policy and fiscal policy
10. Monetary policy: objectives, strategies and theories on central banking
10.1 The independence of central banks
10.2 Final objectives of monetary policy and types of conservatism
10.3 Intermediate objectives, monetary policy strategies and seigniorage
10.4 monetary policy instruments and the Taylor rule
11. Fiscal policy, the sustainability of public debt and return policies
11.1 Fiscal policy and public deficits
11.2 Deficit, debt and "risk premiums"
11.3 The public debt sustainability
11.4 Public debt and return policies: the Italian case
11.5 Financing monetary, interest rate policy and debt management
11.6 Primary budget, real growth and progression of fiscal consolidations
11.7 Public budget and planning documents in Italy
12. Macroeconomic policies in an open economy
Part IV: The world economy: growth and globalization
13. Growth and development in the world
13.1 Growth and development from a historical perspective
13.2 Problems and development policies
13.3 Development indicators and groups of countries
13.4 The Bric: growth, structure and policies of four emerging economies
14. Globalization and trade policies in an open economy
14.1 Globalization: historical stages and drivers
14.2 Liberalization, financialization and "global imbalances"
14.3 The internationalization of business and the effects of globalization on mature countries
14.4 Evolution of world trade
14.5 Theories of international trade and trade policies
14.6 Trade policies: instruments and evidence
14.7 International bodies: from GATT to WTO
Part V: The European economic integration
15. The process of EU integration: the customs union to the single market. The EU budget
15.1 The EU enlargements, the subsequent treaties and institutions
15.2 The customs union, competition policy and the Structural Funds
15.3 The Single Market and the four liberalization
15.4 Structure and evolution of the EU budget
16. The Maastricht Treaty and the European "economic and monetary union"
16.1 The European Monetary System
16.2 The Treaty of Maastricht and convergence criteria
16.3 Theory of Optimum Currency Areas: Benefits and costs of monetary unions
16.4 Shock asymmetric and insurance systems
16.5 The EMU is an OCA?
Part VI: The economic policies in the eurozone
17. The ECB and European monetary policy
17.1 The ECB, organs and characteristics
17.2 The inflation target and the two pillars of monetary strategy
17.3 Instruments of monetary policy and the degree of activism of the ECB
17.4 An assessment based on macroeconomic performance
17.5 The dispersion of inflation and the exchange rate
17.6 The crisis and unconventional operations
17.7 The new supervisory bodies and the European banking union
18. Rules on the financial statements: stability and growth pact, Fiscal Compact
18.1 Default Risk and rules on the budgets in a monetary union
18.2 The "Stability and Growth Pact" and its reforms
18.3 The crisis and the new rules for the Eurozone (Fiscal Compact)
18.4 Policies of austerity and stagnation: how to get out?
19. The financial crisis, the sovereign debt crisis and the EU's responses
19.1 The crisis in the US: the subprime mortgages and the bursting of the bubble
19.2 The spread of the crisis and the Great Recession
19.3 The policy responses in different countries of the world
19.4 The sovereign debt crisis and the characteristics of the "PIIGS"
19.5 The EU and uncertain policy answers
19.6 The proposals for Eurobonds and greater European integration
PART I
ALMOST TWO DECADES WITH THE EURO
1 Why Italy adopted the euro?
2 The initial weaknesses of the EMU
3 The first decade with the euro
4 The long crisis of the last decade: causes and consequences
PART II
WILL ITALY RETURN TO "LIRA"?
5 How it could happen?
6 Advantages
7 Costs and risks
PART III
THE FUTURE OF THE EURO AND THE EUROPE
8 Necessary reforms for the sustainability of the Eurozone
9 Possible scenario for the euro and the Europe
Part I- THE FUNDAMENTALS OF CIVIL ECONOMY
1.The fundamentals of Civil Economy
1.1 Relational Goods, Social capital and Civil Economy
1.2 Characteristics of relational goods
1.3 The link between social capital and market: three virtuous plots
Part II – THE LEGACY OF ST.BENEDICT: A EUROPEAN LESSON OF CIVIL ECONOMY
2. The legacy of St. Benedict: a European lesson of Civil Economy
2.1 The legacy of St. Benedict from an economic point of view
2.2 San Benedetto as a forerunner of the Civil Economy
2.3 The different "lessons" from the economic point of view that can arise from the Benedictine abbey
2.4 The lesson at macroeconomic level of the Benedictine abbey
The role of spirituality in the economic field
The influence of Benedictine spirituality on the birth of a rational, peaceful and fruitful market economy
2.5 The lesson at mesoeconomic level of the Benedictine abbey: the original relationship of the Benedictine abbey with the territory
The Benedictine abbey serves as a catalyst for the Civil Economy
The Benedictine abbey serves as a magnet for an ante-litteram territorial marketing
The Benedictine abbey as a "civil" enterprise
2.6 The lesson at microeconomic level of Benedictine abbey
The work ethic of Benedictine abbey
The Benedictine abbey as a forerunner of social cooperation
The non-autocratic government of enedictine abbey
The guiding principles of Benedictine abbey
The ethics of virtues in Benedictine abbey
The centrality of knowledge in Benedictine abbey
The centrality of innovation in Benedictine abbey
2.7 Conclusion
Part III- THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF CIVIL ECONOMY
3. The historical evolution of Civil Economy
3.1 The contribution of Franciscan monasticism to Civil Economy
3.2 Civil Humanism and Civil Economy
3.3 Italian Enlightenment and Civil Economy
Antonio Genovesi, the father of the Civil Economy
3.4 From the Italian Civil Economy to the British Political Economy
3.5 From British Political Economy to Economic Science of Neoclassical Economists
Part IV- CIVIL ECONOMY IN CONTEMPORARY WORLD
4.1 A new starting point for reflection
4.2 The elective affinities between profit world and non-profit world
4.3 A comparison between a socially responsible company and a civil enterprise
4.4 Together for a Civil Economy: from theory to training action
4.5 The Manifesto for Civil Economy