Prof. Rainer Andergassen

Argomenti del programma: Parte 1 1. Introduzione allo studio dell'economia politica : Questioni di metodo. L'uso dei modelli. Microeconomia e macroeconomia. 2. Teoria del consumatore : · rappresentazione delle preferenze e vincoli di bilancio; domanda individuale: funzioni di domanda marshalliana; surplus del consumatore; · scelte intertemporali e in condizione di incertezza; · cenni all'economia dell'informazione; azzardo morale e…

Argomenti del programma: Learning outcomes The course introduces students to the main issues in sustainable economic development. In particular, students will learn what the main facts of economic growth are; why poverty in some countries persists; why countries are at different stages of economic development; why some countries converge in terms of income per capita and why some others diverge; how to combine economic development and…

• Slides and other teaching materials will be made available on virtuale.unibo.it on weekly basis.
• Other reading material will be provided during the classes
• Slides and other teaching materials will be made available on virtuale.unibo.it [ from the very beginning of the course.

Argomenti del programma: This course combines elements of economics and psychology to understand how consumer's behavior departs from full rationality and how this affects firms' strategies. In particular, we will first show how behavioural biases entail some form of consumer inattention and/or some form of reference-dependance.