21210130 - Monetary theory, institutions and policy

The first module (30 hours) of the course aims to provide students with the tools needed to understand the functioning of monetary economy and the operative aspects of Central Bank monetary policies. It explains what money is, the debate on its origins, the different approaches to the determinants of the demand for money and its supply, monetary policy instruments and equilibrium in the assets markets. The lectures of this first module will be held in Italian.
The second module (30 hours) concentrates on the relations between money, prices and outputs in the long and short run. It also analyses the debate on rules and discretion in monetary policies, the Taylor rule and the sustainability of public debt. These themes are developed according to both a traditional and heterodox approach. A knowledge of basic microeconomic and macroeconomic notions is a prerequisite for this second module.

Curriculum

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Mutuazione: 21210130 Monetary theory, institutions and policy in Scienze Economiche LM-56 LEVRERO ENRICO SERGIO

Programma

First Module
1. The debate on the origin of money
2. The supply of money and its endogeneity
3. The equilibrium of the financial sector
4. Conventional and unconventional monetary policies
5. The structure of the interest rates
Second Module
6. Money, prices, and output in the traditional and post-Keynesian models
7. The transmission channels of the monetary policies
8. Monetary policy, capital movements, and the exchange rate
9. The price puzzle and the cost channel of monetary policy
10. Rules and discretion
11. Money and public finance


Testi Adottati

Bank of England, Quarterly Bulletin, Q1, 54, 1, 2014, pp. 4-28 (Module 1)
N.S. Balke and K.M. Emery, “Understanding the price puzzle”, Economic Review— Fourth Quarter 1994, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, pp. 15-26 (Module 2)
R. Ciccone, “Public Debt and Aggregate Demand: Some Unconventional Analytics”, in E.S. Levrero, A. Palumbo and A. Stirati (eds), Sraffa and the Reconstruction of Economic Theory: volume 2. Aggregate Demand, Policy Analysis and Growth, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013, pp. 15-28 (Module 2)
B. Friedman, “Crowding Out or Crowding In? Economic Consequences of Financing Government Deficits”, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 3:1978, pp. 599-603 and 609-620 (Module 2)
C.A.E Goodhart, Money, information and uncertainty, Second edition, Macmillan, 1989, pp. 24-50, 51-57, 129-137 (Module 1)
A. Lavoie, Post-Keynesian Economics: New Foundations, Edward Elgar, 2014, pp. 186-225 and 245-252 (Module 1)
M. Pivetti, “Interest and profits in Smith, Ricardo and Marx”, Political Economy. Studies in the surplus approach, 3, 1, 1987, pp. 63-74 (Module 2)
W. Poole, “Optimal Choice of Monetary Policy Instruments in a Simple Stochastic Macro Model”, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 84, 2, 1970), pp. 197-203 (Module 2)
J. Smithin, The theory of interest rates, in P. Arestis and M. Sawyer, A Handbook of Alternative Monetary Economics, Edward Elgar, 2006, pp. 273-290 (Module 2)
M. Vernengo, Money and inflation, in P. Arestis and M. Sawyer, A Handbook of Alternative Monetary Economics, Edward Elgar, 2006, pp. 476-489 (Module 1 and 2)
C.E. Walsh, Monetary Theory and Policy, third edition, The Mit Press, 2010, pp. 21-24, 33-71, 134-162, 195-209, 465-475 (Module 1 and 2)
C. E. Walsh, “Teaching Inflation Targeting: An Analysis for Intermediate Macro”, Journal of Economic Education, Fall 2002, pp. 333-346 (Module 2).


Modalità Frequenza

There is no obligation to attend

Modalità Valutazione

The course assessment is based on both written and oral examinations. As part of the final assessment, small dissertations on aspects related to the exogeneity or endogeneity of money supply, the Taylor rule, the Gibson Paradox and the sustainability of public debt may be submitted.

scheda docente | materiale didattico

Mutuazione: 21210130 Monetary theory, institutions and policy in Scienze Economiche LM-56 LEVRERO ENRICO SERGIO

Programma

First Module
1. The debate on the origin of money
2. The supply of money and its endogeneity
3. The equilibrium of the financial sector
4. Conventional and unconventional monetary policies
5. The structure of the interest rates
Second Module
6. Money, prices, and output in the traditional and post-Keynesian models
7. The transmission channels of the monetary policies
8. Monetary policy, capital movements, and the exchange rate
9. The price puzzle and the cost channel of monetary policy
10. Rules and discretion
11. Money and public finance


Testi Adottati

Bank of England, Quarterly Bulletin, Q1, 54, 1, 2014, pp. 4-28 (Module 1)
N.S. Balke and K.M. Emery, “Understanding the price puzzle”, Economic Review— Fourth Quarter 1994, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, pp. 15-26 (Module 2)
R. Ciccone, “Public Debt and Aggregate Demand: Some Unconventional Analytics”, in E.S. Levrero, A. Palumbo and A. Stirati (eds), Sraffa and the Reconstruction of Economic Theory: volume 2. Aggregate Demand, Policy Analysis and Growth, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013, pp. 15-28 (Module 2)
B. Friedman, “Crowding Out or Crowding In? Economic Consequences of Financing Government Deficits”, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 3:1978, pp. 599-603 and 609-620 (Module 2)
C.A.E Goodhart, Money, information and uncertainty, Second edition, Macmillan, 1989, pp. 24-50, 51-57, 129-137 (Module 1)
A. Lavoie, Post-Keynesian Economics: New Foundations, Edward Elgar, 2014, pp. 186-225 and 245-252 (Module 1)
M. Pivetti, “Interest and profits in Smith, Ricardo and Marx”, Political Economy. Studies in the surplus approach, 3, 1, 1987, pp. 63-74 (Module 2)
W. Poole, “Optimal Choice of Monetary Policy Instruments in a Simple Stochastic Macro Model”, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 84, 2, 1970), pp. 197-203 (Module 2)
J. Smithin, The theory of interest rates, in P. Arestis and M. Sawyer, A Handbook of Alternative Monetary Economics, Edward Elgar, 2006, pp. 273-290 (Module 2)
M. Vernengo, Money and inflation, in P. Arestis and M. Sawyer, A Handbook of Alternative Monetary Economics, Edward Elgar, 2006, pp. 476-489 (Module 1 and 2)
C.E. Walsh, Monetary Theory and Policy, third edition, The Mit Press, 2010, pp. 21-24, 33-71, 134-162, 195-209, 465-475 (Module 1 and 2)
C. E. Walsh, “Teaching Inflation Targeting: An Analysis for Intermediate Macro”, Journal of Economic Education, Fall 2002, pp. 333-346 (Module 2).


Modalità Frequenza

There is no obligation to attend

Modalità Valutazione

The course assessment is based on both written and oral examinations. As part of the final assessment, small dissertations on aspects related to the exogeneity or endogeneity of money supply, the Taylor rule, the Gibson Paradox and the sustainability of public debt may be submitted.

scheda docente | materiale didattico

Mutuazione: 21210130 Monetary theory, institutions and policy in Scienze Economiche LM-56 LEVRERO ENRICO SERGIO

Programma

First Module
1. The debate on the origin of money
2. The supply of money and its endogeneity
3. The equilibrium of the financial sector
4. Conventional and unconventional monetary policies
5. The structure of the interest rates
Second Module
6. Money, prices, and output in the traditional and post-Keynesian models
7. The transmission channels of the monetary policies
8. Monetary policy, capital movements, and the exchange rate
9. The price puzzle and the cost channel of monetary policy
10. Rules and discretion
11. Money and public finance


Testi Adottati

Bank of England, Quarterly Bulletin, Q1, 54, 1, 2014, pp. 4-28 (Module 1)
N.S. Balke and K.M. Emery, “Understanding the price puzzle”, Economic Review— Fourth Quarter 1994, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, pp. 15-26 (Module 2)
R. Ciccone, “Public Debt and Aggregate Demand: Some Unconventional Analytics”, in E.S. Levrero, A. Palumbo and A. Stirati (eds), Sraffa and the Reconstruction of Economic Theory: volume 2. Aggregate Demand, Policy Analysis and Growth, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013, pp. 15-28 (Module 2)
B. Friedman, “Crowding Out or Crowding In? Economic Consequences of Financing Government Deficits”, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 3:1978, pp. 599-603 and 609-620 (Module 2)
C.A.E Goodhart, Money, information and uncertainty, Second edition, Macmillan, 1989, pp. 24-50, 51-57, 129-137 (Module 1)
A. Lavoie, Post-Keynesian Economics: New Foundations, Edward Elgar, 2014, pp. 186-225 and 245-252 (Module 1)
M. Pivetti, “Interest and profits in Smith, Ricardo and Marx”, Political Economy. Studies in the surplus approach, 3, 1, 1987, pp. 63-74 (Module 2)
W. Poole, “Optimal Choice of Monetary Policy Instruments in a Simple Stochastic Macro Model”, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 84, 2, 1970), pp. 197-203 (Module 2)
J. Smithin, The theory of interest rates, in P. Arestis and M. Sawyer, A Handbook of Alternative Monetary Economics, Edward Elgar, 2006, pp. 273-290 (Module 2)
M. Vernengo, Money and inflation, in P. Arestis and M. Sawyer, A Handbook of Alternative Monetary Economics, Edward Elgar, 2006, pp. 476-489 (Module 1 and 2)
C.E. Walsh, Monetary Theory and Policy, third edition, The Mit Press, 2010, pp. 21-24, 33-71, 134-162, 195-209, 465-475 (Module 1 and 2)
C. E. Walsh, “Teaching Inflation Targeting: An Analysis for Intermediate Macro”, Journal of Economic Education, Fall 2002, pp. 333-346 (Module 2).


Modalità Frequenza

There is no obligation to attend

Modalità Valutazione

The course assessment is based on both written and oral examinations. As part of the final assessment, small dissertations on aspects related to the exogeneity or endogeneity of money supply, the Taylor rule, the Gibson Paradox and the sustainability of public debt may be submitted.