Economics and Finance

Microeconomics. The market. Theory of consumer behavior and the demand curve. Theory of the firm and the supply curve. Technology and costs of production. Competitive market theory: outputs. Competitive market theory: inputs. General economic equilibrium and Pareto optimality. Game theory. Monopoly and monopolistic competition. Oligopoly. Macroeconomics. National accounts and main macroeconomic quantities. The business cycle, inflation and unemployment. The principle of effective demand. Investments and financial markets: the IS curve. Money and securities: the LM curve. The short-term equilibrium: the IS-LM model. Prices and production in the medium term: Keynesian and neoclassical approaches.

Check the website: https://web.uniroma1.it/fac_economia/propedeuticita

E. Saltari, G. Di Bartolomeo, R. Tilli, Principi di economia politica, NEW EDITION, Carocci Editore (second reprint, 2020).

Course start: Monday, February 21, 2022, course end: Monday, May 31, 2022. Hours: Monday 09.00-11.00, Wednesday 11.00-13.00, Thursday 09.00-11.00. All lectures will be face-to-face, in Aula 5 (first floor of the Building on Via del Castro Laurenziano, 9). Office hours: During the lecture period, Thursday: 14.00-16.00 (please, always send an email before to giuseppe.attanasi@uniroma1.it to confirm the appointment). Office hours will not be held during the exam week.

Attendance is not mandatory, although highly recommended.

Written exam

Course start: Monday, February 21, 2022, course end: Monday, May 31, 2022. Hours: Monday 09.00-11.00, Wednesday 11.00-13.00, Thursday 09.00-11.00. All lectures will be face-to-face, in Aula 5 (first floor of the Building on Via del Castro Laurenziano, 9). Office hours: During the lecture period, Thursday: 14.00-16.00 (please, always send an email before to giuseppe.attanasi@uniroma1.it to confirm the appointment). Office hours will not be held during the exam week.