INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Students will be provided with the basic tools for understanding the meaning of "International Economics" and of "Development Studies". After an introduction to development and globalization, students will be provided with a basic understanding of the main theories in international economics, instruments and issues in trading policies. The last part of the course will be devoted to foundations of economic and human development, including theories on structural change.
The focus is on a critical approach to the link between internationalization and development, to the development divide, to issues of globalization, internationalization ,inequality, poverty, industrialization, structural change and innovation. The course is entirely taught in English.

Students will be able to use the main theories in International Economics and Development Studies for empirical analysis of countries, in a historical perspective and in a contemporary analysis. They will be able to discuss and analyze development policies, industry analysis and policy, international policies for development and the role of international institutions.

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Basic concepts in history of economic thought
Introduction to Development and globaliozation
The role of international institutions (IMF, WB, WTO)
International Industry

International economics
A look at world trade
Main models of International Trade: Ricardo, H-O, Krugman and empirical analysis on trade data
Instruments of Trade Policy

Development Studies
Definition, Measurement, Models, Policies
Issues in development: human development, poverty, inequality, environment, SDG.
The role and the debate over industrial development policy

Case studies in development

Di Tommaso M.R., Rubini L., Barbieri E., Pollio C. (2024), Industry Organization and Industrial Policy, Bologna: il Mulino. Second Part.
Paul R. Krugman, Maurice Obstfeld and Marc Melitz, International Economics: Theory and Policy, 11th Edition, 2018, Pearson. Ch.3,5,7,8 and 9
Raj Debraj (1998), Development Economics, New Jersey: Princeton University Press – chapters 6, 7, 10 and 17
Additional readings will be uploaded in Moodle during the Course

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Evaluation grid:
28-30L: excellent command of the topics covered in lectures and in the
textbooks; very good ability to hierarchise information; use of
appropriate technical terminology of the discipline;
26-27: good knowledge of topics covered in lectures and textbooks; good ability to
textbooks; good ability to order information and present it;
substantially correct use of technical terminology of the
discipline;
24-25: fair knowledge of topics covered in lectures and textbooks; fair
textbooks; fair ability to order information; not always correct use of
the technical terminology of the discipline;
22-23: sometimes superficial and/or lacking knowledge of the topics
topics covered in class and in textbooks; not always clear and/or
lacking in the technical terminology of the discipline;
18-21: sometimes superficial and/or lacking knowledge of the topics dealt with in lectures
and in the textbooks, but still sufficient; exposition not clear and/or
deficient and/or with little use of the technical terminology of the discipline
discipline.

Lezioni frontali accompagnate da seminari e discussioni in aula