Training and Research
PhD Programme Courses/classes
This page lists the training activities for the PhD programme for the academic year 2025/2026. Additional activities will be added during the year. Please check back regularly for updates!
Mathematics
Credits: 7.5
Language: English
Teacher: Corrado De Vecchi, Andrea Mazzon
Probability
Credits: 7.5
Language: English
Teacher: Marco Minozzo
Introduction to Economics
Credits: 5
Language: English
Teacher: Roberto Ricciuti
Mathematical Statistics
Credits: 5
Language: English
Teacher: Catia Scricciolo
Continuous Time Econometrics
Credits: 5
Language: English
Teacher: Cecilia Mancini
Macroeconomics I
Credits: 7.5
Language: INGLESE
Teacher: Tamara Fioroni, Alessia Campolmi
Microeconomics I
Credits: 10.5
Language: English
Teacher: Simona Fiore, Claudio Zoli, Martina Menon
Game Theory
Credits: 5
Language: English
Teacher: Francesco De Sinopoli
Financial Time Series
Credits: 5
Language: English
Teacher: Giuseppe Buccheri, Lorenzo Frattarolo
Stochastic Optimization and Control
Credits: 5
Language: English
Teacher: Athena Picarelli
Advice to Young Researchers
Credits: 4
Language: English
Teacher: Marco Piovesan
Job Market Orientation
Credits: 2
Language: English
Teacher: Simone Quercia
Behavioral and Experimental Economics
Credits: 4
Language: English
Teacher: Simone Quercia, Maria Vittoria Levati, Marco Piovesan
Inequality
Credits: 4
Language: English
Teacher: Francesco Andreoli, Claudio Zoli, Lidia Ceriani
Development Economics
Credits: 4
Language: Italian
Teacher: Federico Perali
Financial Mathematics
Credits: 5
Language: Inglese
Teacher: Alessandro Gnoatto
Health Economics
Credits: 4
Language: English
Teacher: Paolo Pertile, Paola Bertoli
Political Economy
Credits: 4
Language: English
Teacher: Emanuele Bracco, Roberto Ricciuti
Stochastic Processes in Finance
Credits: 5
Language: English
Teacher: Sara Svaluto-Ferro
Introduction to Economics (2025/2026)
Teacher
Referent
Credits
5
Language
English
Class attendance
Compulsory
Location
VERONA
Learning objectives
The course aims to provide key concepts in microeconomics and macroeconomics to PhD students in Finance. Emphasis will be given to the economic intuition and reasoning.
Prerequisites and basic notions
None
Program
1. Microeconomics
Consumer theory
Firm theory
Markets
2. Macroeconomics
Short-run
Medium-run (AS-AD)
Long-run (Solow model)
Didactic methods
Lectures
Learning assessment procedures
Presentation of a "classic" article from a list provided by the lecturer.
Assessment
Clarity of the presentation, ability to convey the economic reasoning.
Criteria for the composition of the final grade
20% Attendance
80% Presentation
Scheduled Lessons
| When | Classroom | Teacher | topics |
|---|---|---|---|
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Tuesday 07 October 2025 15:00 - 17:00 Duration: 3:00 AM |
Polo Santa Marta - SMT.06 [SMT.6 - terra] | Roberto Ricciuti | Microeconomics. Preferences, Utility, Choice |
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Thursday 09 October 2025 10:00 - 13:00 Duration: 3:00 AM |
Polo Santa Marta - Lab SMS.2 (CIDE) [S.48 - interrato] | Roberto Ricciuti | Consumer behaviour; Demand. |
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Tuesday 14 October 2025 15:00 - 18:00 Duration: 3:00 AM |
To be defined | Roberto Ricciuti | Producer behavior; costs, perfect competition; monopoly. |
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Wednesday 15 October 2025 14:00 - 17:00 Duration: 3:00 AM |
Polo Santa Marta - SMT.04 [SMT.4 - terra] | Roberto Ricciuti | Oligopoly; monopolistic competition. Introduction to macroeconomics; IS-LM model; AD-AS model |
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Monday 20 October 2025 11:00 - 13:00 Duration: 2:00 AM |
Polo Santa Marta - SMT.04 [SMT.4 - terra] | Roberto Ricciuti | The simple model of price stickiness. The partial model of price stickiness. Comparing the effects of a shock in neoclassical, simple, and partial stickiness models. The IL-LM-AS-AD model. |
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Tuesday 21 October 2025 14:00 - 16:00 Duration: 2:00 AM |
Polo Santa Marta - SMT.04 [SMT.4 - terra] | Roberto Ricciuti | Long-run macroeconomics: Kaldor Facts and the Solow growth model. |
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Monday 27 October 2025 11:00 - 13:00 Duration: 2:00 AM |
Polo Santa Marta - SMT.04 [SMT.4 - terra] | Roberto Ricciuti | Comparative statics in the Solow growth model: Convergence; endogenous growth. |
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Tuesday 28 October 2025 11:00 - 13:00 Duration: 2:00 AM |
Polo Santa Marta - SMT.07 [SMT.7 - terra] | Roberto Ricciuti | Revision |
