Macroeconomics

The course provides the basic tools required for understanding the key macroeconomic issues. The aim of the course is to provide a basic understanding of macroeconomics and to enable students to attend more specialized courses such as "Scienza delle Finanze" and "Politica Economica".

At the end of the course students will have familiarized with the macroeconomic models of: output and employment determination in the short run; medium run inflation dynamics and cyclical output fluctuations; long run economic growth and its determinants. Additionally, they will have learnt the role of expectations in economic policy.