The exam is written; it is possible, for foreign students, to use English as writing language. The exam paper contains 6 questions, 3 for each part of the course. The student is required to answer to 4 questions, 2 from each part. Questions are about the illustration of economic concepts and definitions, the exposition of economic models, the interpretation of data, the solution to numerical problems. The written exam lasts for about 90 minutes. Students successfully taking the written exam are admitted to a brief oral exam, by which the final mark is determined. The publication of the results of the written exam is preceded by the exposition of the criteria used to assess them, with analytical illustration of all questions.
The examination is aimed at assessing the ability to apply rigorous economic reasoning to the topics covered in the course, as well as the ability of exposition and the use of appropriate terms. Since the course is taught to third year students, the assessment criteria include the ability to express autonomous judgments, albeit in a limited scope, given the complexity of the discipline.