Economics of European and International Integration

(Fall 2020)

Prof. Rosella Nicolini

 

Program

 

Schedule

Date

Time

Topic
 

 

November 23rd 2020

 

16:00 -19:00

Core and periphery structure

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

Exam #1

Slides

Slides

Slides

 

November 24th 2020

 

16:00 -19:00


Foreign direct investment and local development

Exam #2

 

Slides

 

 

November 25th 2020

 

16:00 -19:00

 

Competition issues

Exam #3

 

Slides

Other slides

 

November 26th 2020

 

16:30 -19:30

 

Regional divergence/Cohesion Policy

Exam #4

 

Slides

November 30th 2020 16:00 -19:00

Computer lab

Exam #5

January 20th 2021 16:00 -19:00

Smart cities in the EU

Exam #6

 

 

 

 

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)

- Crossing the divide (Walmart case study) (from The Economist, October 2013)

 

Feel free to contact me for any question

 

Last Update: November 15th 2020