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Agricultural Economics, Rural Appraisal and Agricultural Policy
Module Rural Appraisal

Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: Salvatore BRACCO

Expected Learning Outcomes

To supply conceptual and practical skills in the field of real estate appraisal in order to produce appraisal reports consistent with international standard rules.

Course Structure

Lectures (21 hours) and exercises (14 hours). Case studies discussion; group work; thematic seminars. Drafting of a final report.

In case of on line teaching, it may necessary to change some tipologies of exercises in order to comply with the outline. Learning assessment can also be carried out online, if conditions require it.

As a guarantee of equal opportunities and in compliance with current laws, interested students can ask for a personal interview in order to plan any compensatory and/or dispensatory measures, based on their specific needs and on teaching objectives of the discipline.
It is also possible to ask the departmental contacts of CInAP (Center for Active and Participatory Integration - Services for Disabilities and/or DSAs), in the persons of professor Anna De Angelis.

Required Prerequisites

None

Attendance of Lessons

Course attending is not mandatory but seggested.

Detailed Course Content

Elements of financial mathematics. Basic statisitcs. Appraisal postulates and criteria. Market-oriented appraisal mehods: traditional approaches; market comparison approach; paired data analysis; general systems approach; nearest appraisal technique; regresssion models. The cost approach; deprecation estimates. The income approach. Land market and market analysis. Appraisal standards. The appraisal report. Professional practices and law.

Textbook Information

1. Michieli M., Cipollotti G.B. (2018): Trattato di estimo generale, immobiliare, agrario, forestale, ambientale, legale. Edagricole.

2. Simonotti M. (2006): Metodi di stima immobiliare. Applicazioni degli standard internazionali. Flaccovio.

3. Simonotti, M. (2011). Valutazione immobiliare standard. Stimatrix.

4. Appraisal Institute (2013). The Appraisal of Real Estate, 14th Edition.

Learning Assessment

Learning Assessment Procedures

Oral exam.