1) Recalls of international economics and economic policy (if and where necessary)
- Mechanisms of price formation in the open markets.
- Benefits of international trade.
- Macroeconomic equilibrium in the open market.
- Justifications for public intervention in the economy

2) Institutional and financial aspects of the European integration process.
- Institutional structure: actors and decision-making
- Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) and EU Budget

3) The economics of European integration.
- Forms of economic integration: definitory aspects.
- Theories of economic integration (Customs Union, Single Market).
- Optimum currency areas and monetary integration in the EU.
- The path towards European integration: since the customs union to the single currency

4) The EU economic policy .
- The Common Agricultural Policy
- Regional and Cohesion policies
- Monetary policy and Stability and Growth Pact

a) Textbook for students :
Textbooks:
- Baldwin R., Wyplosz C., L’Economia dell’Unione Europea: storia, istituzioni, mercati e politiche, Hoepli Editore, Milano 2005. (esclusi cap. 10, 16 e 17) oppure Senior Nello S., Politica Economica nell'Unione Europea, Mc Graw Hill, Milano 2016 (esclusi Cap. 6, 7, 14 e 16)
- Scoppola M. Appunti sulla teoria dell’integrazione economica, handout available on Moodle platform.
- Sorrentino A., Lezioni su Bilancio dell’UE e sviluppo delle politiche comunitarie, slides available on Moodle platform.
- Sorrentino A, De Simone E., Sviluppo, crisi e riforma della Politica Agricola Comunitaria, handout available on Moodle platform.
- Commissione europea, Come funziona l’Unione Europea, Doc. europea, Bruxelles 2013; document available on Moodle platform.
- Commissione europea, Il bilancio dell’UE in sintesi, Doc. europea; Bruxelles 2015; document available on Moodle platform.
- European Commission, The Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2014-2020 and EU Budget 2014, Doc. europea, Luxenbourg 2013. document available on Moodle platform.
- Slides presented during the lectures.