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B030013 - ITALIAN ECONOMY AND POLICY IN THE EU CONTEXT
Main information
Teaching Language
Course Content
Suggested readings
Learning Objectives
Prerequisites
Teaching Methods
Further information
Type of Assessment
Course program
Sustainable Development Goals 2030
Academic Year 2021-22
Course year
Third year - Second Semester
Belonging Department
Economics and Management (DISEI)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
SECS-P/06 - APPLIED ECONOMICS
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
48
Teaching Term
21/02/2022 ⇒ 31/05/2022
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Teaching Language
English
Course Content
The course analyses Italian development from the '45 to today - the main changes that have taken place in the markets and organizations of this country, which has experienced the process of European integration since its beginning, and the changes brought about by the speed up of globalisation. We will focus in particular on innovation and industrial development processes. The course will mainly adopt a territorial (regional) perspective in the analysis of these processes
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
Zamagni, V. (2018) The Italian Economy, Agenda Publishing
Iuzzolino, G., Pellegrini, G., Viesti, G. (2011) Convergence among Italian Regions, 1861-2011. Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers n.22. Available at: https://www.bancaditalia.it/pubblicazioni/quaderni-storia/2011-0022/Quaderno_storia_economica_n_22.pdf?language_id=1. Published in 2013 in: G. Toniolo (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the Italian Economy since Unification, Oxford University Press, New York 2013
Federico, G., Wolf, N. (2011) Comparative Advantage: A Long-Run Perspective. Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers n.9. Available at: https://www.bancaditalia.it/pubblicazioni/quaderni-storia/2011-0009/QSEn_09.pdf. Published in 2013 in: G. Toniolo (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the Italian Economy since Unification, Oxford University Press, New York 2013
A’Hearn, B. and Venables, Anthony J. (2011). Regional Disparities: Internal Geography and External Trade Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers n.12. Available at: https://www.bancaditalia.it/pubblicazioni/quaderni-storia/2011-0012/Quaderno_storia_economica_n_12.pdf?language_id=1. Published in 2013 in: G. Toniolo (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the Italian Economy since Unification, Oxford University Press, New York 2013
Puga, D. (2010). The magnitude and causes of agglomeration economies. Journal of Regional Science, 50(1), 203-219.
Caloffi, A., Aguiar-Serra, M. (2022). Bringing Perroux Back In: Development Pole Strategies in Italy and Brazil. WP Institute of Economics, University of Campinas. https://www.eco.unicamp.br/images/arquivos/artigos/TD/TD425.pdf
Bellandi, M. (2007). Industrial Districts and Waves of Industrialization: A Rich and Contested Terrain. Scienze Regionali 27(2), 7-33.
Iuzzolino, G., Pellegrini, G., Viesti, G. (2011) Convergence among Italian Regions, 1861-2011. Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers n.22. Available at: https://www.bancaditalia.it/pubblicazioni/quaderni-storia/2011-0022/Quaderno_storia_economica_n_22.pdf?language_id=1. Published in 2013 in: G. Toniolo (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the Italian Economy since Unification, Oxford University Press, New York 2013
Federico, G., Wolf, N. (2011) Comparative Advantage: A Long-Run Perspective. Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers n.9. Available at: https://www.bancaditalia.it/pubblicazioni/quaderni-storia/2011-0009/QSEn_09.pdf. Published in 2013 in: G. Toniolo (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the Italian Economy since Unification, Oxford University Press, New York 2013
A’Hearn, B. and Venables, Anthony J. (2011). Regional Disparities: Internal Geography and External Trade Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers n.12. Available at: https://www.bancaditalia.it/pubblicazioni/quaderni-storia/2011-0012/Quaderno_storia_economica_n_12.pdf?language_id=1. Published in 2013 in: G. Toniolo (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the Italian Economy since Unification, Oxford University Press, New York 2013
Puga, D. (2010). The magnitude and causes of agglomeration economies. Journal of Regional Science, 50(1), 203-219.
Caloffi, A., Aguiar-Serra, M. (2022). Bringing Perroux Back In: Development Pole Strategies in Italy and Brazil. WP Institute of Economics, University of Campinas. https://www.eco.unicamp.br/images/arquivos/artigos/TD/TD425.pdf
Bellandi, M. (2007). Industrial Districts and Waves of Industrialization: A Rich and Contested Terrain. Scienze Regionali 27(2), 7-33.
Learning Objectives
- Knowledge of theorical and historical foundation of Italian development model, with particular regard to territorial industrial development and innovation dynamics
- Capacities of personal and analytical assessment of industrial development processes.
The course contributes to the cultural background of the undergraduate students on a fundamental stream of contemporary economic reflections on industrial development and innovation. This aims at contributing to job placement typical of the LT EC
- Capacities of personal and analytical assessment of industrial development processes.
The course contributes to the cultural background of the undergraduate students on a fundamental stream of contemporary economic reflections on industrial development and innovation. This aims at contributing to job placement typical of the LT EC
Prerequisites
Basic notions of microeconomics and macroeconomics
Teaching Methods
Lectures, seminars, exercises and laboratories
Students who attend classes on a regular basis (see Other Information) may prepare essays related to the course topics (to be agreed with the lecturer). Some of them may be presented in class, within the laboratories of the course (approximately 6 hours)
Handouts and other materials will be distributed through the moodle e-learning platform
Students who attend classes on a regular basis (see Other Information) may prepare essays related to the course topics (to be agreed with the lecturer). Some of them may be presented in class, within the laboratories of the course (approximately 6 hours)
Handouts and other materials will be distributed through the moodle e-learning platform
Further information
Students who attend classes on a regular basis are students who attend more than 30% of the scheduled class hours.
The exercises (approx. 4 hours) will be used to identify existing databases on industrial development and innovation issues and try to use them to solve simple empirical problems
The exercises (approx. 4 hours) will be used to identify existing databases on industrial development and innovation issues and try to use them to solve simple empirical problems
Type of Assessment
Written and oral exam
During the written examination the student has to answer some open questions on the course topics.
Students who attend classes on a regular basis, and who have prepared a report during the course can skip the written part of the exam.
During the written examination the student has to answer some open questions on the course topics.
Students who attend classes on a regular basis, and who have prepared a report during the course can skip the written part of the exam.
Course program
- The emergence of Italian industry
- Italy in the economic miracle
- The economic crisis of the 70s and the responses of politics
- The development of Made in Italy on the world market
- Industrial districts and evolving models of local development
- Technological and sectoral specialisation patterns (Italy and EU)
- Models of territorial innovation and technological change
- Spatial spillovers and innovation activity in European regions
- Regional disparities in Italy
- The role of institutions and policy
- Italy in the economic miracle
- The economic crisis of the 70s and the responses of politics
- The development of Made in Italy on the world market
- Industrial districts and evolving models of local development
- Technological and sectoral specialisation patterns (Italy and EU)
- Models of territorial innovation and technological change
- Spatial spillovers and innovation activity in European regions
- Regional disparities in Italy
- The role of institutions and policy
Sustainable Development Goals 2030
This course contributes to achieving the UN goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development