Economics of European and International Integration

(Fall 2016)

Prof. Rosella Nicolini

 

Programme

 

Schedule

Date

Time

Topic
 

 

November 23th 2016

 

16:00 -19:00

Core and periphery structure

Regional divergence/Cohesion Policy

 

Slides

Slides

 

November 24th 2016

 

16:30 -19:30

Productivity: trade theory and its importance
Discussion evidence. EU technological gap.

 

Slides

 

November 29th 2016

 

16:00 -19:00

 

Foreign direct investment and local development

 

 

Slides

 

November 30th 2016

 

16:00 -19:00

 

Competition issues

 

Slides

 

December 01st 2016

 

16:30 -19:30

 

Immigration

 

Slides

 

Individual problem set (to turn in on December 12th 2016)

 

Final grades

In this file you can find all the grades of the in-class exams and problem set referring to the material discussed in this part of the course. Feel free to contact me for any question.

 

 

Other material

 

- Krugman's Nobel Lecture: slides

- Mergers: "Ocean Apart" (from The Economist, May 1st 2008)

- "The dark side of globalization" (from The Economist, May 29th 2008)

- Technology & Geography: "Something in the air" (from The Economist, October 27th 2012)

- Technology isn't working (from The Economist, October 04th 2014)

- Needed but not wanted (from The Economist, October 01th 2016)

- The good, the bad and the ugly (from The Economist, October 01th 2016)

 

Last Update: December 13th 2016