Economics and management

Knowledge and understanding: students will get familiar with the subject of public finance and the instruments used in related activities. They will become aware of the different methods used in the literature to analyse the topics relevant to the discipline, will learn to interpret the results and to critically face the problematics of public finance. Applying knowledge and understanding: students will be able to make use of the basic concepts of public finance, judge the appropriateness of public intervention, effective and potential. They will learn to reconstruct different scenarios and anticipate possible results of public intervention, so as to be able to define their informed position regarding the choice to support or not the policy proposals under debate (such as for example ‘flat tax rate’, ‘citizen’s income’). Making judgement: students will develop the ability to express their motivated point of view regarding different problematics of public finance and to consider the contrasting views. Communication skills: students will learn to discuss in a constructive way the different problematics of public finance. Learning skills: students will develop the ability to orient among different sources of data relevant for public finance, so as to be able to get informed according to their future needs, and to have a broader and updated view of what is going on in the field.