Course Topics
Thinking Like An Economist; Economic Methods; Optimization; Demand, Supply and Equilibrium; Consumers and Incentives; Sellers and Incentives; Perfect Competition; Trade; Externalities and Public Goods; Taxation and Regulation; Markets for Factors of Production, Monopoly; Game Theory; Oligopoly and Monopolistic Competition; Time and Risk; Information; Auctions and Bargaining; Social Economics; Political Economics

Propaedeutic courses
None

Teaching format
Lectures, exercises/tutorials

Educational objectives
Knowledge and understanding: By the end of the training course, students will have acquired the following knowledge and understanding: - analysis of the demand and supply of goods and services; - ability to understand the price mechanism in market economies; - ability to apply the concepts of game theory to the economic behaviour of public and private actors; - ability to understand the role of governments in market economies; - ability to analyse the behaviour of economic variables in the short, medium and long run; - ability to historically contextualise economic thinking and to assess the role of technology and social change on the evolution of economic thinking; - ability to understand complex economic texts in the three languages of instruction; 8. ability to analyse human behaviour in the field of economics; - ability to analyse human behaviour in organisations - ability to understand organisational decision-making theories; - ability to understand how political choices are formulated and how these decisions affect the economy; - recognising and understanding the conditions that are necessary for sustainable economic development taking into consideration the environment and natural resources; - understanding of the reasons for economic growth and development of countries; - understanding of the basic principles of functioning of labour markets; - estimation and interpretation of econometric models for the empirical analysis of the above problems. Applying knowledge and understanding: Ability to interact fluently and spontaneously with native speakers on economic topics; Autonomy of judgement: Acquisition of the capacity for judgement and methodological tools useful for the critical analysis of data, sources, assumptions and implications of scientific practice, and of the political, ethical and legal context within which economic phenomena are set and with which they interact. Communication skills: Fluency (oral and written) in Italian, German and English, including translation between these languages. Intercultural competence. Conceptual awareness, ability to summarise and express oneself in writing, particularly with regard to the drafting of scientific or science-based documents. Learning skills: Promotion of critical thinking and analytical skills to focus on complex problems in their long-term dynamics and in the variety of their implications, including ethical ones.

Assessment
Assessment will be based on a final exam. Students can also present some advanced topics on a voluntary basis.

Evaluation criteria
The final grade will be based on the results of the Exam. Students who took part in the non-mandatory presentations can receive up to 3 additional points added on the exam mark. The books and the in-class slides of the instructor will form the basis for the material covered in the exams and will be made available to the students online. Criteria are standard: in exams correct procedure and solution counts.