Bio
Barbara Luppi is Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Modena e Reggio Emilia
Previously Professor Luppi was Visiting Professor of Law and Economics, University of St. Thomas, School of Law, Minneapolis (2012-2014); Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Bologna (2005-2007); Tutorial Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science (2003-2005); Lecturer, University of Bologna Rimini campus (2003-2004). Professor Luppi was a consultant for Regional Federation of Community Banks, Emilia Romagna (2007-2008), National Institute of Agricultural Economics, Rome (2004-2008), and Research Center on Social Investments (CENSIS), Rome (2007). Recipient of the Microsoft Research Award for Scholarship in Law and Economics (2009) and the Marco Fanno Scholarship (2002). PhD in Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (2010); PhD in Political Economics, University of Bologna (2005).
Courses
- Essentials of International Economics I
This course studies key concepts in the areas of Microeconomics and Trade relevant for understanding issues in international affairs. Micro concepts include scarcity, efficiency, supply and demand, costs and benefits, incentives, market structure, market failures, and risk. Trade concepts include absolute and comparative advantage, gains from trade, the pattern of international trade, commercial policy, trade arrangements and trade systems. The course is more conceptual in nature and requires only basic math skills. Students taking the Essential Economics core will not be eligible to take most economic elective classes.
Prerequisites: Students may not register for this class if they have already received credit for SA.100.303[C]
- International Economics I
This course provides an introduction to the study of international trade. The first part of the course will focus on theoretical frameworks designed to understand the drivers and implications of international trade and review empirical applications of these models. The second part of the course will cover distributional consequences of trade policy instruments, arguments for trade protection, and the organization of the world trade system. Advanced topics in microeconomics, not covered in most Principles of Microeconomics courses, will be introduced.
Students may not register for this course if they have not previously taken a Principles in Microeconomics course (an entry requirement for MAIR students)
Prerequisites: Students may not register for this class if they have already received credit for SA.100.301[C]