Argomenti dell'insegnamento
1) Trade balance and the current account, determinants of exchange rates, market rate vs. Real Exchange Rate and PPP 2) Flexible versus fixed exchange rates, implications of imbalances on domestic monetary policy under different exchange rate regimes. 3) Sovereign debt, global crises and sustainable global development 4) Macroeconomics of climate change. 1) Network externalities 5) Platforms: definitions and typologies 6) Economics of platforms: value creation and monetization 7) Platform pricing: monopoly 8) Platform pricing: competition 9) Sources of market power in platforms and non platform markets - consumer inertia 10) Industrial policy in the era of tariffs 11) Artificial intelligence and effects on industry

Modalità di insegnamento
Lectures, group presentation and applications to cases

Modalità d'esame
The assessment takes into consideration the combined acquisition of the learning outcome reached by the students in the two modules. Over the course, attending students are expected to participate to class discussion based on readings and topic assigned in advance. They are also given a written final exam, project works, and oral presentations.

Criteri di valutazione
The overall exam mark will be determined by the assessment of the two modules (M1+M2) For M1: For attending and non-attending students: individual written midterm exam (40%) and final exam (50%) plus teamwork (10%). 100% individual written final exam in case of missed mid-term exam. For M2: (non mandatory) in-class presentation (up to 30%) + individual written final exam (70% for students who have made the presentation, 100% for the others). Students are expected both to be able to solve formal economic models, to interpret and discuss empirical evidence and to discuss their implications. The evaluation of group work will be based on student's ability to understand the material presented and to expose it clearly. The evaluation of the final exam will depend on students' ability to understand the covered material and to apply it to cases in a structured and formal environment (for exercises) and in an unstructured environment (for open questions).