Prof. Marco Frigerio

• Introduction to Economics – Cap. 1 The Principles and Practice of Economics
• Foundations of Microeconomics – Cap. 3 Optimization: Trying to Do the Best You Can; Cap. 4 Demand, Supply, and Equilibrium; Cap. 5 Consumers and Incentives; Cap. 6 Sellers and Incentives; Cap. 7 Perfect Competition and the Invisible Hand
• Foundations of Macroeconomics – Cap. 19 The Wealth of Nations: Defining and Measuring Macroeconomic Aggregates; Cap. 20 Aggregate Incomes

Argomenti del programma: The course provides an introduction to the core concepts of microeconomics and macroeconomics – including scarcity and opportunity cost, constrained optimization, demand and supply, market equilibrium, perfect competition, and the measurement of macroeconomic aggregates (GDP and aggregate income) – illustrated with numerical examples and real-world case studies.

• Parte IV, capitoli 13, 14.
• Parte V, capitoli 15, 16, 17, 18.
• Materiale didattico integrativo (slide, letture, casi di studio) fornito durante le lezioni e caricato sulla pagina del corso sulla piattaforma Moodle USiena Integra.

Argomenti del programma: Historical, theoretical and empirical analysis of economic issues related to the process of European monetary and macroeconomic integration. Main topics: 1. Essential Background of European Integration: History, Facts and Institutions (1.a) Historical development of European integration, from monetary union to the post-crisis institutional responses (1.b) Contemporary challenges: Euroscepticism, Brexit, the Covid-19…

Argomenti del programma: Introduzione ai metodi teorici e quantitativi dell'economia. Principali argomenti trattati: 1. Introduzione alla Microeconomia: (i) principi, metodologie e quesiti economici; (ii) domanda, offerta, equilibrio 2. Fonti della domanda e dell’offerta: (i) il problema del consumatore; (ii) il problema dell’impresa; (iii) concorrenza perfetta; (iv) monopolio, oligopolio e concorrenza monopolistica 3.

• Parte IV, capitoli 13, 14.
• Parte V, capitoli 15, 16, 17, 18.
• Materiale didattico integrativo (slide, letture, casi di studio) fornito durante le lezioni e caricato sulla pagina del corso sulla piattaforma Moodle USiena Integra.

Argomenti del programma: Historical, theoretical and empirical analysis of economic issues related to the process of European monetary and macroeconomic integration. Main topics: 1. Essential Background of European Integration: History, Facts and Institutions (1.a) Historical development of European integration, from monetary union to the post-crisis institutional responses (1.b) Contemporary challenges: Euroscepticism, Brexit, the Covid-19…