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prospectus u<strong>di</strong>ne<br />

241<br />

sure economic phenomenon. The course<br />

focuses on the study of official statistical<br />

sources and current surveys (of work<br />

force, family consumption and prices)<br />

but, in particular, on the new System of<br />

National Accounts (SEC95) General government<br />

accounts, institutional sector<br />

accounts and branch accounts are<br />

analysed to create an input-output table.<br />

Contents<br />

1. Statistics and economic values<br />

Statistics applied to economic phenomenon.<br />

Business statistics. Economic statistics<br />

and national accounting. Market<br />

analysis. Econometrics. Aggregates and<br />

economic models.<br />

2. The creation of macroeconomic values and<br />

national accounting<br />

The economic system. From keynesian<br />

model to the SNA. SEC95 and the system<br />

of general government accounts. Institutional<br />

sector accounts. Satellite accounts.<br />

3. The table of sector interdependencies<br />

Branch accounting: supply table and use<br />

table. Input-output table: the economic<br />

model and its construction and use. Table<br />

of Italian Economy (TEI).<br />

4. The official surveys for the creation of economic<br />

aggregates<br />

Official economic information: ISTAT<br />

and the National Statistics System of<br />

Italy. Family and enterprise surveys.<br />

5. Inflation measurement<br />

Simple index numbers. Aggregation<br />

problems. Theoretical approaches and<br />

formal properties of composite index<br />

numbers. Price and quantity indexes.<br />

Deflating nominal aggregates. The<br />

ISTAT price index system.<br />

Bibliography<br />

- B. CONTINI, U. TRIVELLATO, Eppur si<br />

muove. Dinamiche e persistenze nel mercato<br />

del lavoro italiano, Il Mulino, Bologna,<br />

2005.<br />

- E. GIOVANNINI, Le statistiche economiche,<br />

Il Mulino, Bologna, 2006.<br />

- ISTAT, I conti <strong>degli</strong> Italiani, Il Mulino,<br />

Bologna, 2001.<br />

- G. MARBACH, Statistica economica, Utet,<br />

Torino, 1991, chs. 2, 3 and 14.<br />

- A. PREDETTI, L’informazione statistica <strong>di</strong><br />

base, Giuffrè, Milano, eleventh e<strong>di</strong>tion,<br />

2006.<br />

- V. SIESTO, La contabilità nazionale Italiana.<br />

Il sistema dei conti del 2000, Il Mulino,<br />

Bologna, 1996.<br />

Notes<br />

Rea<strong>di</strong>ngs and notes must be <strong>stu<strong>di</strong></strong>ed in<br />

accordance with the recommendation<br />

given by the teacher during lessons. Students<br />

who do not attend lessons must<br />

contact the lecturer to arrange a program<br />

of study.<br />

STATISTICAL MODELS +<br />

STATISTICAL WORKSHOP<br />

Prof. Giovanni Fonseca<br />

Aims<br />

The course provides further elements of<br />

statistical inference and an introduction<br />

to statistical modelling.<br />

Contents<br />

First part: likelihood methods<br />

Complementary elements of linear algebra<br />

and probability. Inferential procedures<br />

based on the likelihood function.<br />

Second part: Regression models<br />

Linear regression models and analysis of<br />

variance. Binary data and count models.<br />

Part of the course will take place in the<br />

computer laboratory, using the R statistical<br />

software.<br />

Bibliography<br />

Textbook Theory<br />

- L. PACE, A. SALVAN, Introduzione alla Statistica,<br />

II, Inferenza, verosimiglianza, modelli,<br />

Cedam, Padova, 2001.<br />

Textbook Workshop

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