Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Knowledge and Understanding
The course aims:
- to develop an understanding of how various markets interact in the short, in the medium and in the long run to determine the behavior of the main macrovariables, such as output, employment, investment, consumption, interest rates, inflation and exchange rates, and monetary aggregates;
- to introduce students to simple theoretical models to be used to analyze data;
- to teach students how to relate the basic macroeconomic theory to current economic issues and evaluate economic policy.

Applying Knowledge and Understanding
To give students familiarity with a broad range of macroeconomic issues; to ensure a good knowledge of the economic grounding of modern macroeconomics; to show students the usefulness of simple analytical models in understanding the relevant aspects of the economy; to give them the ability to apply these analytical tools intelligently. What is learned can be applied to other situations and to actual work in the context of private businesses, consulting, international institutions, national and local public administrations.
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• Making Judgements
• What is learned can be used to assess critically and without prejudices the activity and the decisions of national and international policy makers.

• Communication Skills:
Be able to clearly present macroeconomic facts and complex mechanisms of economic policy transmission; learn how to present macroeconomic tendencies in a comprehensive manner and communicate the relative conclusions, knowledge and rationale to non-specialized audiences.


• Learning Skills
• The course aims at providing students with the tools necessary for future learning. At the end of the course students are expected to be able: to read and understand official documents and interpret charts and graphs. Students are also expected to be develop autonomous learning abilities to make informed judgments.