Economics and Regional Policy of the European Union

The aim of the course is to provide students with the theoretical justification of the regional and urban policies of the European Union and the tools to evaluate these policies with rigorous methodologies, in order to understand how public actions work in supranational ornaizations. The course frames European regional policies in the light of regional economic theories providing an overview of the analytical tools to carry out an assessment of the economic impact of the policies actually implemented. The course is complemented by practical examples of recent EU regional policies.

At the end of the course the student will have acquired the theoretical bases, analytical methods and terminology to understand and evaluate public policies at regional and urban level, particularly in a supranational context such as the European Union. In particular, the student will be able to understand and interpret formal models of regional economics and interpret analyses related to problems of economic evaluation of public policies at the regional and urban level, through the reading and interpretation of graphical analyses, data tables and policy reports.