The course aims : - to provide some of the fundamental analytical concepts of economic policy theory - to allow a critical evaluation of some recent economic policy decisions in Italy and in Europe.

KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND The ability to understand basic concepts will be assessed. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE The rigor in the application of arguments for the interpretation of economic policy decisions will be evaluated. The student must be able to illustrate the effects of economic policy decisions. The ability to establish relationships between economic policy decisions and political-institutional situations will be assessed. COMMUNICATION SKILLS The student must correctly express the knowledge acquired in written and oral form (in the classroom).

The four areas of economic policy will be examined 1. Allocative policies 2. Distributional policies 3. Growth theory and growth policy 4. Stabilization policies

1. Lecture notes provided by the professor. 2. Supplementary material (i.e. exercise solution, background readings) Both available on elearning

a) lecture; b) 3 thematic in-depth studies proposed to students who in small groups will have to discuss, analyze and report in the classroom the results achieved; c) Throughout the course, students will be asked to critically analyse some of the economic policy decisions through quizzes and classroom discussions

The methods envisaged for ascertaining the knowledge and skills acquired are: a) a test on macro knowledge b) for the classroom activity, an in-depth study to be presented in class by groups of students; c) written exam d) for those who get more than 25 in the written tests, there will be an oral exam to confirm the grade,

exam minimum grade: 27/30