REGIONAL ECONOMICS
Academic Year 2017/2018 - 1° Year
Teaching Staff: Vincenzo Asero
Credit Value: 6
Scientific field: SECS-P/01 - Economics
Taught classes: 36 hours
Term / Semester: 1°
Credit Value: 6
Scientific field: SECS-P/01 - Economics
Taught classes: 36 hours
Term / Semester: 1°
Detailed Course Content
REGIONAL ECONOMICS AND LOCATION THEORY
• The location of economic activities in space • The location decision of firms • The identification of market areas for producers • Regional growth theories and models (Keynesian and neoclassical) • Local development theories and approaches • Partnerships among enterprises and the business network contracts
LOCAL DEVELOPMENT AND TERRITORIAL COMPETITIVENESS
• Regional policy instruments and methods • The role of European Union in local development and the SMEs sector • EU’s Structural Funds • The programming approach to EU regional policy • The evaluation of regional policy