Training and Research
PhD Programme Courses/classes
Mathematical Statistics
Credits: 5
Language: English
Teacher: Catia Scricciolo
Microeconomics 1
Credits: 7.5
Language: English
Teacher: Simona Fiore, Claudio Zoli, Martina Menon
Continuous Time Econometrics
Credits: 5
Language: English
Teacher: Cecilia Mancini
Probability
Credits: 7.5
Language: English
Teacher: Marco Minozzo
Macroeconomics I
Credits: 7.5
Language: English
Teacher: Tamara Fioroni, Alessia Campolmi
Game Theory
Credits: 5
Language: English
Teacher: Francesco De Sinopoli
Mathematics
Credits: 4.5
Language: English
Teacher: Andrea Mazzon, Jonathan Yick Yeung Tam
Advice to Young Economists
Credits: 4
Language: English
Teacher: Marco Piovesan
Stochastic Optimization and Control
Credits: 5
Language: English
Teacher: Athena Picarelli
Financial Time Series
Credits: 5
Language: English
Teacher: Giuseppe Buccheri, Francesca Rossi
Mean Field Games (part I)
Credits: 2.5
Language: English
Teacher: Luciano Campi
Job Market Orientation
Credits: 1
Language: English
Teacher: Joan Madia, Simone Quercia
Discretization of Processes
Credits: 4.5
Language: English
Teacher: Jean Jacod
Topics in applied economics with administrative data
Credits: 1
Language: English
Teacher: Edoardo Di Porto
Multivariate Analysis with Latent Variables: The SEM Approach
Credits: 3
Language: English
Teacher: Albert Satorra
Finanza Matematica
Credits: 5
Language: English
Teacher: Alessandro Gnoatto
Political Economy
Credits: 4
Language: English
Teacher: Emanuele Bracco, Roberto Ricciuti
Finite Mixture Models in Health Economics: Theory and Applications
Credits: 1
Language: English
Teacher: Paolo Li Donni
Inequality
Credits: 4
Language: English
Teacher: Francesco Andreoli, Claudio Zoli
Behavioral and Experimental Economics
Credits: 4
Language: English
Teacher: Simone Quercia, Maria Vittoria Levati, Marco Piovesan
Health Economics
Credits: 4
Language: English
Teacher: Paolo Pertile
Development economics
Credits: 4
Language: English
Teacher: Federico Perali
Finance
Credits: 4
Language: English
Teacher: Giorgio Vocalelli
Mean Field Games (part II)
Credits: 2.5
Language: English
Teacher: Giulia Liveri
Stochastic Processes in Finance
Credits: 5
Language: English
Teacher: Sara Svaluto-Ferro, Christa Cuchiero
Dynamic Corporate Finance
Credits: 2
Language: Englìsh
Political Economy (2023/2024)
Academic staff
Referent
Credits
4
Language
English
Class attendance
Free Choice
Location
VERONA
Learning objectives
The course aims to introduce students to advanced topics in political economy, both in terms of theory and empirical evidence. By the end of the course, the student should be able to identify a political economy problem, derive the equilibrium solutions, and use the relevant econometric techniques to address it.
Prerequisites and basic notions
Microeconomics, Econometrics
Program
Module A – 8 hours (Roberto Ricciuti)
This module introduces state capacity a topic of current research in political economy. In particular, it deals with:
1. Development clusters, 2. Fiscal capacity, 3. Legal capacity, 4. Political violence, 5. Development assistance
The main refence is Besley and Persson (2011), Pillars of Prosperity. Princeton University Press.
Bibliography
Didactic methods
Seminar teaching
Learning assessment procedures
Essay, typically a brief review of the literature on a specific topic or an econometric analysis of a political economy issue.
Assessment
Clarity, ability to identify relevant issues in political economy.
Scheduled Lessons
| When | Classroom | Teacher | topics |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Monday 08 April 2024 10:00 - 13:00 Duration: 3:00 AM |
Polo Santa Marta - Sala Andrea Vaona (DSE) [1.59 - 1] | Roberto Ricciuti | Political Economy and Public Choice. State capacity: concepts and data. The theory and empirics of fiscal capacity |
|
Tuesday 09 April 2024 10:00 - 13:00 Duration: 3:00 AM |
Polo Santa Marta - Sala Andrea Vaona (DSE) [1.59 - 1] | Roberto Ricciuti | Legal capacity. Political violence. |
|
Monday 15 April 2024 10:00 - 12:00 Duration: 2:00 AM |
Polo Santa Marta - Sala Andrea Vaona (DSE) [1.59 - 1] | Roberto Ricciuti | Political Economy |
|
Monday 13 May 2024 14:00 - 17:00 Duration: 3:00 AM |
Polo Santa Marta - Sala Andrea Vaona (DSE) [1.59 - 1] | Emanuele Bracco | Political Economy |
|
Wednesday 15 May 2024 10:00 - 13:00 Duration: 3:00 AM |
Polo Santa Marta - Sala Andrea Vaona (DSE) [1.59 - 1] | Emanuele Bracco | Political Economy |
|
Monday 27 May 2024 14:00 - 16:00 Duration: 2:00 AM |
Polo Santa Marta - Sala Andrea Vaona (DSE) [1.59 - 1] | Emanuele Bracco | Political Economy |
