Course teached as: B019546 - ECONOMIA DELL'INTEGRAZIONE EUROPEA Second Cycle Degree in INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN STUDIES
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
The course aims at discussing and analysing the process of economic European integration. Main topics: the EU budget and reforming proposals; developments in markets integration at the micro level, trade in Europe and abroad; the macroeconomics of European integration: monetary and fiscal policies after the recent economic crisis.
Learning Objectives
Discuss and examine the economic aspects of European integration process and future developments.
Prerequisites
Macroeconomics.
Teaching Methods
Lectures and seminars.
Type of Assessment
Essay exam.
Course program
Modules I and II:
- Baldwin-Wyplosz (2012) chapters 1-3, 9-10, 12-17
- paper on Moodle "SGP: crisis and reform", ECB Occasional Paper, September 2011
Structural budget balance (on Moodle):
- Sartori-Brandimarte (1998) Appendice A, Saldi strutturali del settore pubblico
- “Production function approach to calculating potential growth and output gaps – estimates for the EU Member States and the US”, Economic papers 176, September 2002
- “New and updated budget sensitivities for the EU budgetary surveillance”
Module III (on Moodle)
The European budget:
- slides lezione prof.Grassini
- History of EU budget
- capitolo 2, paragrafo 2.5 Baldwin-Wyplosz (2005)
- direttiva 89 cee
Financial integration in the euro area:
- Baldwin-Wyplosz (2005) capitolo 16 o Baldwin-Wyplosz (2012) capitolo 18
- slides lezioni dott.Borgioli
- European Commission “European Financial Stability and Integration - Report 2012”, pag. 1-32