Nonprofit Sector Economics (2007/2008)

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Course code
4S00421
Name of lecturer
Luca Zarri
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5
Academic sector
SECS-P/06 - APPLIED ECONOMICS
Language of instruction
Italian
Location
VERONA
Period
1° sem lez dal Oct 1, 2007 al Dec 21, 2007.
Web page
dse.univr.it/zarri

Lesson timetable

Learning outcomes

The course aims at providing the students with key analytical tools in order to understand the functioning of both cooperative firms and nonprofit organizations within advanced economies (the so called `post-industrial economies’), including their relationships with Government and for-profit firms as well as their ability to provide `relational goods’ and favour (both directly and indirectly, via their contribution to the diffusion of `corporate social responsibility’) the accumulation of bridging social capital.

Syllabus

1. From Government Failure and Market Failure to a constructive view of the role of nonprofit organizations within contemporary advanced economic systems
2. Noncooperative Game Theory and the analysis of nonprofit institutions: collective action dilemmas and nonselfish behaviours
3. Fair Trade Organizations and their compatibility with market economy
4. Positional goods, relational goods and creation of social capital
5. Civil economy and happiness paradoxes

Reference books
Author Title Publisher Year ISBN Note
ECCHIA G. - ZARRI L. Capitale sociale e accountability: il ruolo del bilancio di missione nella governance delle organizzazioni non profit, in FAZZI L. - GIORGETTI G. (a cura di), Il bilancio di missione nelle organizzazioni non profit. Teoria e pratica Guerini & Associati 2005 888335611X
BRUNI L.-ZAMAGNI S. Economia civile Il Mulino 2004 8815096736
MUSELLA M.-D'ACUNTO S. Economia politica del non profit Giappichelli 2000
TONDINI G. - ZARRI L. Felicità e dimensione relazionale delle interazioni economiche, in Etica ed Economia Nemetria 2005
BECCHETTI L.-PAGANETTO L. Finanza etica. Commercio equo e solidale. La rivoluzione silenziosa della responsabilità sociale Donzelli 2003 8879898132
Bruni L., Zarri L. La grande illusione. False relazioni e felicità nelle economie di mercato contemporanee (Edizione 2) Impresa Sociale 2007

Assessment methods and criteria

Written exam

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