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FOUNDATIONS OF POLICY MAKING
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Foundations of Policy-Making
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Academic year 2014/2015
- Course ID
- ECO0416
- Teacher
- Prof. Enrico Colombatto (Titolare del corso)
- Year
- 2° anno
- Teaching period
- Primo semestre
- Type
- Caratterizzante
- Credits/Recognition
- 9
- Course disciplinary sector (SSD)
- SECS-P/02 - politica economica
- Delivery
- Tradizionale
- Language
- Inglese
- Attendance
- Facoltativa
- Type of examination
- Scritto
- Prerequisites
- Padronanza della microeconomia, della macroeconomia e della storia del pensiero economico.
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Sommario del corso
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Course objectives
1. Introduction to policy-making2. The foundations of government intervention3. Competition, regulation, rent-seeking4. Externalities, public goods, government failures5. The economics of transaction costs and the Law & Economicsapproach6. Topics in the economics of growth and development- Oggetto:
Learning assessment methods
Esame scritto
L'esame è esclusivamente scritto (90 minuti)
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Support activities
Lavagna
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Program
1. Introduction to policy-making
2. The foundations of government intervention
3. Competition, regulation, rent-seeking
4. Externalities, public goods, government failures
5. The economics of transaction costs and the Law and Economics approach
6. Topics in the economics of growth and developmentSuggested readings and bibliography
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- Main reference:E. Colombatto, Markets, Morals and Policy-Making, London and New York:Routledge, 2011 (hardback), 2013 (paperback).Further referencesA. Alchian, “Uncertainty, Evolution and Economic Theory”, Journal ofPolitical Economy, 3 June 1950, pp. 211-221.A. Sen, The Idea of Justice, London: Penguin Books 2010 [Introduction (anapproach to justice) and Chapter 2 (Rawls and beyond)].Holcombe, Randall G., “Government: unnecessary but inevitable”, TheIndependent Review, VIII (3), Winter 2004, pp. 325-342.M. Rothbard, ‘Law, property rights, and air pollution’, Cato Journal, 2 (1),Spring 1982, pp. 55-99.R. Coase, "The problem of social cost", Journal of Law and Economics, 3,Ottobre 1960, pp.1-44.M. Katz, H. Rosen, Microeconomics, cap. 17, McGraw Hill, 1997.R. Holcombe, “Entrepreneurship and economic growth”, Quarterly Journalof Austrian Economics, 1, 2, summer 1998, 45-62.A. Maddison, Measuring and interpreting world economic performance1500-2001”, Review of Income and Wealth, 51(1), March 2005, pp. 1-35.M. Olson, "Big bills left on the sidewalk: why some nations are rich, andothers poor", Journal of Economic Perspectives, 10, 2, Spring 1996, pp. 3-24.
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Class schedule
Giorni Ore Aula Giovedì 8:15 - 11:15 Aula 8 Facoltà di Economia Venerdì 8:15 - 11:15 Aula 8 Facoltà di Economia Lezioni: dal 18/09/2014 al 06/12/2014 - Oggetto:
Note
The website managed by the University is messy. Students are stronglyadvised to ask Prof. Colombatto about the programme and theexamination.- Oggetto:
