Università Roma Tre

The course will concentrate on selected important economic policy issues and relevant economic tools. The specific topics will be of contemporary interest, and will be announced by the start of each year. In any year the topics covered are likely to include some of the following: Globalisation: effects on welfare, development and income distribution; ii Inequality; Global imbalances ; Tax, fiscal policy and unemployment; Monetary policy and exchange rate frameworks ; Financial integration and currency unions ; Financial crises and relevant policies ; endogenous growth, exhaustible resources and relevant policies.

E Marelli, M Signorelli (2019) Politica Economica, Giappichelli, Roma.

Modulo 1 - Luca Salvatici (40 ore, dal 24 febbraio al 9 aprile 2020)
Motivations and Tools for Economic Policies
Micro e Macro Objectives of Economic Policies
Markets and Competition
Externalities, public goods and asymmetric information
Fiscal Policy
Monetary Policy
Globalization, Trade Policies and Exchange Rates

Modulo 2 – Mara Giua (20 ore, dal 21 aprile al 21 maggio 2020)
Sustainable Development Goals
Growth Models and Policies
Regional Policies
Industrial Policies
European Union Policies

• Aula virtuale: https://economia.el.uniroma3.it/course/view.php?id=84
• Politica economica. Introduzione ai modelli fondamentali, di Roberto Cellini (McGraw Hill, 2019)

o Economic policy motivations, functions and tools
o Micro e macro objectives of economic policy
o Markets and economic competition
o Externalities, public goods, information asymmetries, strategic interdependence
o Fiscal policy: scenarios and current context
o Monetary policy: transmission channels, Central Banks, Euro debate, inflation
o Globalization, international systems and relations: strategic interdependence, the balance of payments and exchange rate, protectionism and trade agreements
o Income, wealth, development and growth policy
o European economic policy in the globalized context
o Regional, Industrial and Labour policies

Module 1:
Politica economica. Introduzione ai modelli fondamentali, di Roberto Cellini (McGraw Hill, 2019), chapters: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 27.1, 27.2, 27.3, 27.5, 27.6

Module 2:
Politica economica. Introduzione ai modelli fondamentali, di Roberto Cellini (McGraw Hill, 2019), chapters: 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 25, 26, 27.4