Syllabus

The Course is articulated into 3 Modules:

Module 1: Public Economics and the harmonization of European economic policies (Prof. Luca Spataro)

• —Introduction (2 hours)
• Equilibrium and efficiency: First and second welfare theorems (2 hours)
• —Market failures: Public goods (2 hours)
• Market failures: Externalities (2 hours)
• —Market failures: Imperfect competition (2 hours)
• —Commodity taxation (2 hours)
• —Income taxation (4 hours)
• —Intertemporal efficiency (4 hours)
• —Social Security and debt (4 hours)
• —Economic growth (4 hours)

Text Books: —Myles, G. (1995): Public Economic, Cambridge University Press; —Hindriks J., Myles, G. (2006): Intermediate Public Economics, Mit Press

 

Module 2: Public Choice: decision making at the European level (Dr. Thomas Renstrom)

• —Preference aggregation
• Club Goods
• Local Public Goods
• Tax evasion
• Fiscal Federalism
• Fiscal competition

Text Books: — Blanchard and Fischer, Lectures on Macroeconomics. — Romer, Macroeconomics.
—Heijdra and van der Ploeg, Foundations of Modern Macroeconomics.

 

Module 3: Social and Unemployment insurance in an European Perspective (Dr. Lorenzo Corsini)

• Social and unemployment insurance: a comparative analysis for Europe.
• Introduction to job search theory.
• Job search theory and unemployment insurance.
• Optimal unemployment insurance.
• Unemployment insurance: empirical evidence on its effect
• Employment protection in Italy and in Europe
• Labour Market Active policies in Europe

Text Books: —Cahuc and Zylberberg, G. (2004): Labor Economics, Mit Press