The course aims at providing general and issue-specific knowledge of the institutional and theoretical motivations of public action in the economic system. The emphasis is on the microeconomic dimension of public policies. Learning objectives are directed towards three main areas: policies aimed at shaping and regulating the functioning of the market system; evaluation of policy programs through cost-benefit analysis.
Expected learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding: the student should be able to understand the themes and problems related to the public intervention in the economic system and to the market regulation; should also know the main instruments used to asses and analyze the rational behind the main program of intervention affecting the markets functioning at the global level.
Applying knowledge and understanding: the student should be able to apply the acquired knowledge to the main intervention schemes and to the principal microeconomic policies. To this end the teacher will discuss and illustrate some different examples and specific cases of microeconomic and regulation policies during the lessons; for non-attending students, assistance time will be provided.
Making judgements: the student should be able to use the acquired knowledge also in an autonomous way, by also applying them to specific issues and problems, such as specific regulation schemes for markets affected by specific forms on competition (or lacking thereof), or to different ways of internalizing externalities of kwon relevance.
Communication: the student should be able to answer in a clear and thorough way to the questions of the written examination and to those of the possible oral examination.
Lifelong learning skills: the student should be able to show a good learning ability, by widening, for example, his/her knowledge with use of relevant bibliographic references. The student should also be able to analyze and evaluate the impact and the constraints related to the policy schemes in relevant economic sectors.
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