- Docente: Massimiliano Castellani
- Credits: 8
- SSD: SECS-P/02
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Rimini
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Business Economics (cod. 8848)
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from Feb 12, 2025 to May 23, 2025
Learning outcomes
After the course, the student knows the fundamentals of economic policy and the methodologies for the analysis of economic problems. In particular, the student is able to:
- understand and define the reasons and the programs of public intervention;
- evaluate the models for the solution of economic policy problems;
- connect the empirical evidence to the theoretical concepts of economic policy
Course contents
- Introduction to economic policy
- Static and deterministic models
- Controllability of policy models
- The public intervention
- Public choice
- The functions of the bureau
Readings/Bibliography
Introduzione alla politica economica di Renato Balducci, Guido Candela, Antonello Scorcu Zanichelli (Bologna) 2001 CAP. 1-3-4-5-6-7-8
POLITICA ECONOMICA 3/ED di Roberto Cellini McGraw Hill Education Parte I - La politica economica e i suoi obiettivi
Economia, stato, anarchia. Regole, proprietà e produzione fra dominio e libertà di Guido Candela Elèuthera 2014 PARTE PRIMA
La pratica dell'autogestione di Guido Candela, Antonio Senta Elèuthera 2017 CAP. 4-5-7-8
Advanced readings:
Rediscovering Economic Policy as a Discipline by Nicola Acocella, CUP, 2018
Teaching methods
Class lectures. During the lectures will be presented some models of economic policy and discussed the main issue of policy.
Assessment methods
Oral examination both in classrooms and on site.
The graduation of exam scores is the following:
<18 insufficient
18-23 sufficient
24-27 good
28-30 very good
30 e lode excellent
Teaching tools
Video projector, slides, whiteboard.
Office hours
See the website of Massimiliano Castellani
SDGs

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.