Microeconomics (6 CFU)
• Introduction to Economics and its analytical tools
• The objects studied by Microeconomics.
• Rationality in Economics. The concept of opportunity cost
• Ways of organizing the economic life
• Economic agents and the marketplace
• The demand function and its determinants
• The supply function and its determinants
• The production function
• Production Costs analysis
• Prices and market equilibrium. Surplus: concept and measure. Efficiency in economics.
• The competitive market
• Monopoly
• Market failures: externalities and public goods
• The role of the public sector in the economy: objectives and tools. Tax, subsidies and other economic policies.
• The cobweb model; market margins in markets with multiple layers

The Agri-food System: general features and focuses on the Italian case (2 CFU)
• The Agri-food System in the macro economy
• Agri-food consumption: time-trends and actual situation
• The main component of the System: Agriculture, food industry and retail: trends and features. International comparisons.
• Focus on Short Food chains: SWOT analysis
• The agri-food sector in the Lazio region: an overview
• The wine sector in the Lazio region

Testi consigliati (in alternativa:
1) N. Gregory Mankiw, Mark P. Taylor, 2015,Principi di economia, Sesta edizione italiana, Zanichelli
2) Paul A. Samuelson, William D. Nordhaus e Carlo Andrea Bollino, 2014, Econmia, 20esima edizione italiana, McGraw Hill
3) Lieberman Marc; Hall Robert E., 2010, Principi di Economia, Apogeo
4) Altri, previo accordo con il docente
for the selection of chapters, refer to the slides presented in the lesson and / or agree with the teacher.
For the part on the Italian agri-food system, material provided by the teacher during the course or on request for non-attending students. The material is always available on the student portal (university platform, area of ​​teaching materials of the course) and on the google drive shared with the teacher.