CEMPRE

Advanced Economic Analysis is a second-year course of the PhD program in Economics. State-of-the-art tools for both micro and macroeconomics, as well as for policy modelling are taught. The course aims to prepare students to formulate and analyse dynamic models in which the decision problems of the agents are explicitly stated. The course is organized in a series of topics and seminars. Since it is intended that students be exposed to lectures and research experience of high international levels, each topic is taught by visiting professors of recognized expertise.

Advanced Economic Analysis at SIGARRA

Course outline

1. Dynamic Programming - Dalila Fontes (FEP).

Schedule: 18 September - 23 October 2008.

Dynamic Programming - Paulo Brito (ISEG).

Schedule: 26 September 2008

27 September 2008

CEMPRE Macroeconomics Seminar:

26 and 27 September 2008

2. Expectations in Macroeconomic Analysis - Ricardo Reis (Columbia University).syllabus

Schedule: 14 to 16 January 2009;

10:00-12:00 and 15:00-17:00, Room 609

CEMPRE Macroeconomics Seminar:

16 January 2009, 14:00, Room 631

Optimal Monetary Policy Rules in an Estimated Sticky-Information Model

3. Economics of Information - Inés Macho-Stadler (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona).

Schedule: 26 to 30 January 2009

CETE Microeconomics and Industrial Organization Seminar:

28 January 2009, 14h, Room 504

Commercial Incentives in R&D: Research versus Development

30 January 2009, 14h, Room 631

David Pérez-Castrillo (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

Codes of Best Practice in Competitive Markets for Managers

4. Dynamic Macroeconomics - Vincenzo Quadrini (University of Southern California).

Schedule: 18 to 19 May 2009

10:00-12:00 and 15:00-17:00, Room 403

20 to 21 May 2009

10:00-12:00, Room 403

CEMPRE Macroeconomics Seminar:

20 May 2009, 15h, Room 631

Macroeconomic Effects of Financial Shocks

5. Cartels and Collusion - Hélder Vasconcelos (Universidade Católica Portuguesa - CEGE).

Schedule: 29 to 30 June 2009

14:00-17:00, Room 406

CETE Microeconomics and Industrial Organization Seminar:

9 July 2009, 14h, Room 631

Welfare-Enhancing, Trade-Restricting Collusion in Geographically Separated Markets with Differentiated Goods

Evaluation

Presence in the classes and seminars of all the modules is mandatory.

The final grade in the course is calculated as the average score obtained in the five modules.

Observations: For further information, contact the organizers.

Updated: 3-July-2009