Economic Policy (i) (2006/2007)

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Course code
4S01454
Name of lecturer
Giovanni Tondini
Number of ECTS credits allocated
6
Academic sector
SECS-P/02 - ECONOMIC POLICY
Language of instruction
Italian
Location
VERONA
Period
2nd semester dal Feb 19, 2007 al Jun 1, 2007.

Lesson timetable

Learning outcomes

Political Economical studies provide the student with a critical perspective and a whole vision of the fact that economic problems aren’t detached from other kind of issues (political, company organization..). In this course we’ll start from the bases of political economics to be able to arrive at a legal analysis. Subsequently, the course will investigates reasons and patterns of State intervention in economy. The monographic section is dedicated to the investigation of issues in relation to economical politics.

Syllabus

Contents of the course:
Preliminary part: meaning of economical politics, structure of the political economic model, the hypothesis of rationality in economical politics, ideology and economical politics.
First part: State intervention. Meaning of political economics. Structure of the models in political economics. The hypothesis of rationality in political economics. Ideology and political economics. State authority and its forms of intervention: minimal State; State intervention in coordination; institutions; Bureau model; Bureau independence and coordination; administrative decentration. Economics of law and political economics: law as a political economics’ instrument; law benefits and costs; law application; cost of political transitions.
Second part: Bureau functions.
Third part: Political economic goals.

Assessment methods and criteria

Written test (five open questions) and possibility, for those who pass the test, to take an oral assessment.

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