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Freie Universität Bozen

Wirtschaftspolitik

Semester 2 · 27021 · Bachelor in Wirtschaftswissenschaften und Betriebsführung · 6KP · IT


The course analyses the main current topics of economic policy, including antitrust, microcredit and macroeconomic interventions.

The aim of the course is to develop the ability to understand the reasons for public (and private) intervention in the economy and to analyse economic policies in specific contexts.

List of topics:
The reasons for public (and private) intervention in the economy
Competition policy in traditional and digital markets
Asymmetric information and remedies
Macroeconomic policies

Lehrende: Alessandro Fedele

Vorlesungsstunden: 36
Anwesenheitpflicht: Attendance not compulsory, but recommended

Themen der Lehrveranstaltung
Competition policies Information asymmetries Fiscal policies Monetary policies

Unterrichtsform
Lectures, resolution of past examinations, discussion of topics

Bildungsziele
ILO (Intended Learning Outcomes) ILO 1 Knowledge and understanding ILO 1.1 knowledge of the economic theory of the demand and supply of goods and services, equilibrium and price-setting mechanisms in market economies; ILO 1.2 knowledge of the fundamentals of political economy activities and collective decisions ILO 1.3 understanding of the role and management of public goods, the role of institutions and information ILO 1.4 understanding of the effect of economic policy actions in specific sectors and the role of research, development and innovation ILO 1.5 knowledge of various macroeconomic models for analysing economic changes in the short and medium term, understanding of the causes of economic growth ILO 1.6 Understanding of the use of non-renewable resources and the principles of sustainability ILO 1.7 knowledge of the mechanisms underlying effective communication of theoretical and empirical economic arguments in three languages: Italian, German and English ILO 2 Ability to apply knowledge and understanding ILO 2.1 know how to assess the role of governments and the need for political-economic interventions in market economies ILO 2.2 know how to use available information in order to apply and understand the fundamentals and operational implications of theories of competition and industrial policies ILO 2.3 know how to analyse economic activity with regard to sustainability ILO 3 Making judgements ILO 3.1 identify the most important problems in complex decision-making situations ILO 3.2 perform a critical analysis of facts and situations to be addressed ILO 3.3 choose the most appropriate quantitative and qualitative methods of analysis ILO 4 Learning ability ILO 4.1 retrieve the information necessary to keep abreast of the changing context of reference, both general and specialised ILO 4.2 analysing, critically processing and integrating data, information and future experience, also by means of advanced software

Art der Prüfung
Open-book written examination with open questions ILOs assessed 1 to 4

Bewertungskriterien
Clarity of answers; ability to summarise, evaluate and grasp the relationships between the various topics covered; ability to apply concepts to concrete examples; analytical accuracy of problem solutions with mathematical formulae and clarity of their interpretation

Pflichtliteratur

Motta and Polo, Antitrust: Economics and Competition Policy, Il Mulino




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