- Docente: Diego Lanzi
- Credits: 6
- SSD: SECS-P/03
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Rimini
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Statistical, Financial and Actuarial Sciences (cod. 8877)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Business Administration and Management (cod. 8842)
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Business Administration and Management (cod. 8842)
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from Nov 07, 2024 to Dec 09, 2024
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course it is expected that the student will be able to analyze microeconomic and macroeconomic features connected to the topic of saving. As for the microeconomic aspects main models of the economic literature are presented and analyzed, both with certainty and uncertainty. As for the macroeconomic aspects the relations between saving, investment and financial markets in a close and in an open economy will be analyzed.
Course contents
1. Measures and theories of saving
2. Saving, Growth and Accumulation
3. Basics of choices in economics
Budget constraint
Indifference curves
Optimal choice
4. Intertemporal choice
Budget constraint
Optimal choice and Euler equation
Interest rate and saving
Liquidity constraint
5. Multiperiodal models
Permanent income
Lifecycle model
Pension systems and saving
Saving with and without certainty
Readings/Bibliography
Spataro L. (2020) "Economia del Risparmio e della Previdenza", Utet, Torino
Teaching methods
Class lectures and excercises
Assessment methods
A final written examination with three questions. Time 1.30 hrs
Grades
A+/30 e Lode
A/30
A-/29-28
B+/27-26
B/25-24
B-/23-22
C+/21-20
C/19-18
Failed/<18
Office hours
See the website of Diego Lanzi
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.