Teaching period

First semester: 23 September 2024 - 12 December 2024

Class hours

Monday: 12.00-14.00, Room 1D (VI floor) 

Wednesday: 12.00-14.00, Room Steve (V floor) - only for 9 cfu

Thursday: 12.00-14.00, Room 1D (VI floor)

Office hours
Please, write to flaviana.palmisano@uniroma1.it to make an appointment. 

Prerequisites

The course is designed for students with good knowledge of intermediate microeconomics and macroeconomics. 

Programme

Motivations for Economic Regulation 

Natural Monopoly and Regulation   

Alternative Solutions to Natural Monopoly

Dynamic Issues in Natural Monopoly 

Assessment of Welfare Impact of Public Interventions

Motivations for  Social Regulation 

Environmental Regulation  

Regulation in Pharmaceutical markets 

Sefty Regulation 

Suggested Readings 

Economics of Regulation and Antitrust, W. Kip Viscussi, Joseph E. Harrington and John M. Vermon, Fourth Edition, MIT Press (chapters 1-2-3-4-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-19-20-21-22-24). 

Available at Biblioteca Federico Caffè (https://web.uniroma1.it/dip_ecodir/en/facilities/library)

Public Finance and Public Choice: Analytical Perspectives. John Cullis and Philip Jones, third edition, Oxford University Press (chapters 1-2-5).
Available at Biblioteca Federico Caffè (https://web.uniroma1.it/dip_ecodir/en/facilities/library) 

The Economics of Health and Health Care, Sherman Folland, Allen C. Goodman, Miron Stano, 8th Edition, Routledge (chapters 13-17-24). 
Available at Biblioteca Federico Caffè (https://web.uniroma1.it/dip_ecodir/en/facilities/library) 

Lecture slides and additional readings are provided during the course through Classroom (google suite platform). The code to access the platform will be provided during the courses. Please, register using the institutional e-mail address.    

Topics and readings may be added or deleted as the term progresses. 

The final program will be available at the end of the course. 

Grading

Attending Students: 

Paper presentation (50% of final mark). Students are required to present a paper to the class. The paper will be assigned at the beginning of the course.  

Final exam (50% of final mark). Students are required to answer two questions among the four that are proposed and that concern only the topics covered during the course. The final exam is written and will last 90 minutes.

Non-Attending Students: 

Final exam. Students are required to answer to four questions. The final exam is written. 

Exams schedule
October 28, 2024 

January 23, 2025 

Februay 12, 2025 

May 5, 2025  

June 24, 2024 

July 15, 2024 

September 10, 2024 

October 30, 2024