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International Industrial Economics – Program

Augusto Ninni, 2014/2015

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The teacherMay I introduce myself … Augusto Ninni (specialized in

industrial policy and energy markets)

Times of the lessons: 11-13 on Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday. To start at 11.00?

When to see students : on Wednesday, office hours: 9-11 and 4:6 pm

Where: Padiglione Feroldi, 1° floor; augusto.ninni@unipr.it

Please do not use mobiles and smartphones and other technological devices to write and to read messages

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Program of the course To analyze issues at a microeconomic level,

mixing industrial and international economics To analyze some issues also at a

macroeconomic level (transnational organizations and current crisis)

To utilize a (relatively) non academic, i.e. practical approach

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The course has 7 parts1. Textbook industrial economics2. Multinational enterprises and global value

chains3. National microeconomic (= industrial)

policies 4. Energy and environmental market5. Transnational organizations 6. Lectures by specialized speakers (Florio,

Pengels, Giunta, maybe Wehnert)7. Presentations by the students (around 8

groups)

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Program for non attending people From University library:Lipczynski Wilson Goddard “Industrial organization: Competition, Strategy,

Policy”, FT Prentice Hall 2009 (3 copies hold by the University Library);

From my site:Isabel Faeth, “Determinants of foreign direct investments: a tale of nine

theoretical models”, Journal of Economic Surveys (2009), vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 165-196 (electronic journals from the library);

OECD-World Bank-WTO, Report on Global Value Chains;OECD paper on Industrial Policy (Warwick)Koen De Backer, Norihiko Yamano, International Comparative Evidence on

Global Value Chains OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Paper, 2012/03;

FDI Policy Instruments: Advantages and Disadvantages , Working Paper UNIDO 2009/01

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Program for attending people…The aforementioned texts are a background:

they have to support my slidesMy slides are the main course input You should read the background texts and

take account of them for the written papersYou do not need to read parts of texts

referring to topics not presented on the slides

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Program for Attending People:My slides+Isabel Faeth, “Determinants of foreign direct

investments: a tale of nine theoretical models”, Journal of Economic Surveys (2009), vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 165-196 (electronic journals from the library, but it is also on my website);

+Slides provided by the speakers (Florio,

Pengels, Giunta, maybe Wehnert)

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I will leave you my slides before the lesson, at the beginning of the week (i.e. on Tuesday)

The slides will be on my Internet site: however the access requires a password

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The examinationThe mark (out of thirty) will be the sum of two

parts: A paper written on the day of the examination .

Students will meet four questions. The questions are about topics discussed during the course, including those presented by the speakers.

plus The result of the possible presentation and

following discussion (from 0/30 to 3/30) shown during the course

The time allowed is 2 hoursPay attention to the English grammar !