"G. d'Annunzio"
There are no prerequisites
The course of Financial Geography aims to outline the territorial implications of the financial scenario in the context of the most recent doctrinal approaches to economic geography, and to offer a tool for reading the events that are changing the economic and social reality at a global level. EXPECTED LEARNING RESULTS: At the end of the course the student will be able to: - know the theoretical bases and the doctrinal aspects of economic geography; - describe the main research methods used in geographic research, with particular reference to economic and financial aspects; - describe the most recent orientations in geographical research, with particular reference to economic and financial aspects. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ABILITY: At the end of the course the student will be able to: - identify the main political and socio-economic processes that govern the interdependence between states and macro-regions, with particular reference to global financial flows and their economic and political repercussions; - interpret the empirical data emerging from research in the field of economic and political geography, with particular reference to financial flows and their territorial effects; - use the terminology of economic and political geography.
Financial geography has become an advanced sector of economic geography with research topics focused on the universe of financial actors and capital flows that, operating with intensity from the global to the local scale, intersect with national and supranational regulatory systems, with history, culture, social behavior, models of capitalism of the different territorial contexts. After a wide introductory part focused on the main aspects of contemporary economic geography, the course will address the specific topics of financial geography, with particular reference to the territorial impact of financial flows and of the actions implemented by the actors of the financial system at the local and global scales.
1st module (3 CFU) - The geography of the world system: history, ideas, representations. Multinational companies. Foreign direct investments. Global networks. 2nd module (3 CFU) - The geographies of the financial dimension of the economic system. Financial geography and urban space. The territorial dimension of the Italian financial system. Study cases.
VANOLO A., Geografia economica del sistema-mondo, UTET, Torino, 2010; LUCIA M. G., Finanza e territorio. Dialogo senza confini, Aracne, Roma, 2012 (except for pages 49-74 and 199-223). Upon request, teaching materials in English can be provided.
Classes. Workshops.
The exam consists of an oral test that will focus on the whole program of the course. Further details on how the test will take place will be provided in the classroom during the course. Examination booking can be made exclusively online using the University website. Exams can also be taken in English.
Office hours can also be in English.
