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Introduction of the Programme by Pietro Reichlin , PhD Coordinator

The PhD in Economics at Luiss

The PhD in Economics at Luiss Guido Carli is a four-year program providing advanced education in all the main areas of economics. The program is fully funded and provides all students a scholarship for four years. It requires full-time attendance and is taught in English.

Our program is designed to give students the ability to understand and solve a broad spectrum of economic problems and to impart training in cutting-edge analytical, empirical, and quantitative techniques. Students acquire the necessary skills to undertake both academic and professional careers, in universities, international research institutions, public authorities, central banks, consulting and financial institutions.

In the first and second year, students follow advanced topic courses covering quantitative methods (mathematics and statistics), computer programming and all the main areas in Economics: Applied Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Econometrics and Finance. The third and fourth years are devoted to writing the doctoral dissertation. Reading groups, workshops and seminars are also part of the learning activities. See here for further informations.

The program is coordinated by Prof. Pietro Reichlin and governed by the Academic board bringing together an international group of scholars, among members of the department as well as professors from other institutions. The PhD Coordinator and the Academic Board are supported by the program’s PhD tutor and the colleagues in the University’s PhD office .

Luiss has reached an agreement with the Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance ( EIEF ) and the Department of Economics and Finance of Tor Vergata for a joint study program. Hence, all students have access to a rich and diversified portfolio of courses and seminars.

Every year, three students, among those admitted to the Luiss PhD, are selected to be part of the Rome Economics Doctorate (RED) , a joint program and degree co-organized by EIEF, Luiss and Tor Vergata. Although all the courses offered within the RED are accessible to all PhD students at Luiss, the RED students have a privileged access to the EIEF facilities and are subject to some extra restrictions related to their study program. Any information about the RED program can be found in the dedicated webpage.

The Handbook of the PhD in Economics for the Academic Year 2021/2022 can be found here .

Annual PhD Conference

At the beginning of the Fall Semester (beginning of September) of every academic year, the partner programs (Luiss, Tor Vergata and RED) jointly organize a one-day conference where the PhD students of the three institutions have the opportunity to present their work (typically a draft paper from the dissertation) in front of their peer and the academic staff. The first edition of the Annual PhD Economics and Finance Conference took place September 9, 2022 at Luiss. The next edition will be hosted by Tor Vergata in September 2023.

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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS ECONOMICS PHD PROGRAM CYCLE XXXVIII

We invite applications for 5 fully funded PhD scholarships (one out five provides an additional financial support for international candidates). Please check here for more information. The deadline for application is 16:00 CET (UTC+1) on 21st March 2022.

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The Rome Economics Doctorate ( RED ) is a challenging and selective PhD program in Economics run by EIEF , the Dept. of Economics and Finance at LUISS , and the Dept. of Economics and Finance at Tor Vergata University of Rome

RED is aimed at talented students with an advanced MSc-level background in Economics. Courses and supervision are held by world-renowned scholars in a stimulating and international research environment

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The institution.

The University of Pavia, founded in 1361, is one of the world’s oldest academic institutions. Today almost 24,000 students, from both Italy and overseas, study at our University. Pavia, as a city-campus, offers students a unique experience in Italy and rare in Europe: to stay at one of 20 University colleges. Pavia is a city in northern Italy with 70,000 inhabitants located 30 km south of Milan, connected by regional and suburban trains every 10 minutes. Life in Pavia is both pleasant and affordable, particularly in comparison with much higher housing and living costs in Milan and other urban centres in Lombardy. Pavia’s campus offers a unique university experience to students who can enjoy countless events, festivals, exhibitions, concerts and sport activities, at all levels.

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The PhD in Economics is a three-year program of the Universities of Milan and Pavia. The PhD degree is awarded after completion of coursework and defense of an original thesis.

Research is at the core of the PhD Program in Economics and benefits from a very active and committed research community of 18 students and more than 40 Faculty members mainly from the Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods (DEMM) of the University of Milan and the Department of Economics and Management of the University of Pavia. The program aims at training outstanding scholars for professional careers in Universities, Government, or research departments of private and public institutions. To this purpose, we provide training and supervision to doctoral students who want to develop research projects that add new knowledge in Economics.

The successful candidate, after three years of advanced study and research closely supervised by Faculty members, will be able to: i) ask relevant research questions; ii) design a research strategy; iii) use up-to-date modelling and empirical approaches; iv) present the results in articles publishable in international scientific journals. Students develop these skills by doing research in one of six research areas in which our Faculty is at the frontier of economic research: Econometrics, Economic Theory, Individual Decisions and Experimental Economics, Environmental and Energy Economics, Industrial Organization, International Trade, Global Forms and Migration, Labor and Education Economics, Macroeconomics, Monetary and Fiscal Policy Public economics and Policy Evaluation. Students of the program will have access to the research facilities of both Universities. They will be also encouraged to attend seminars which are also regularly organized by both Universities.

We invite expressions of interest from outstanding graduates in the fields of Economics, Finance, Mathematics, Business or other social sciences who hold a Master’s degree or diploma, or expect to graduate by November 30, 2020 and have a strong interest in the field of Economics.

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PhD Programs in Economics in Italy

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If you are looking for a PhD program in economics, Italy is a great option. Italy has a wide array of doctoral programs open to international students that make it a great place for postgraduate education. Italy is home to hundreds of higher education institutions, including many prestigious universities like Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies and Politecnico di Milano . They both rank in the Top 100 of the Times Higher Education World Rankings for Economics . Other great economics departments are located at University of Rome Tor Vergata , University of Torino (Collegio Carlo Alberto) , University of Milan , University of Pisa , University of Bologna or University of Venice, Ca' Foscari .

Italy is renowned for delicious cuisine, gorgeous landscapes, friendly people and a rich culture. Italy's research institutions, universities and companies welcome international researchers and offer excellent opportunities for doctoral students. As a PhD student you will likely be pursuing your economics research at one of the Italian universities but specialised qualifications may be offered at other institutions for certain economics fields.

Pursue your research interests, be it economics theory, macroeconomics, econometrics, health economics, financial economics, behavioral economics, applied economics or development economics. Start your postgraduate research training in Italy and enjoy international atmosphere in cities like Milan, Rome, or Bologna.

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• Academic year: September/October – July • Course length: 3-4 years • Type of degrees: Dottorato (PhD), Diploma accademico di formazione alla ricerca (research academic diploma) • Fees: between €150 and €4,000/year at public universities • Scholarships: International Italian Government Scholarships, scholarships from Italian universities (University of Bologna Study Grants, Bocconi Scholarship) • Living costs: €700 – €1000 (Rome and Milan most expensive) • Average starting salary: €36,000 for economists with a PhD degree ( INOMICS Salary Report )

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The four-year PhD in Economics, Statistics and Data Science (ECOSTATDATA) provides the most effective response to the important challenges which nowadays doctoral programmes in the areas of economics, statistics and data analytics, both in Italy and Europe, have to cope with: i) high qualification of the faculty, in terms of teaching abilities and publication records; ii) capability of attracting high quality students; iii) interdisciplinarity; iv) internationalization; v) relations with the non-academic job market; vi) placement of students who have successfully discussed their dissertations.

ECOSTATDATA builds upon the fruitful collaboration among economists, statisticians and data scientists from the Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS) and the Department of Statistics and Quantitative Methods of the University of Milano-Bicocca (UniMiB), which has started twenty years ago within the BSc in Statistics and Economics, as well as the MSc in Statistics and Economics and is going on with the more recent MSc in Data Science.

Coordinator : Prof. Matteo Manera

Deputy Coordinator : Prof. Giorgio Vittadini

NEW!!! Call for applications 2024-2025 (XL cycle)

A.A. 2024-2025 (cycle XL)

Call for Applications

DEMS - University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy

The Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS) of the University of Milano-Bicocca invites applications to its PhD Programme in Economics, Statistics and Data Science (ECOSTATDATA) for the academic year 2024-25 (XL cycle).

The PhD Programme is articulated in three curricula , Economics (ECO), Statistics (STAT) and Big Data & Analytics for Business (BIDAB). The length of the PhD Programme is four years , starting in late October 2024 (the precise starting date will be announced in due course on the PhD website).

The Call of Applications 2024-2025 offers at least 10 fully-funded scholarships .

The selection procedure is regulated by the official Call for Applications (Bando di Concorso), which will be published in the Doctoral School’s and in the PhD programme websites on April 12, 2024 , with deadline on May 14, 2024.

The official Call for Applications contains detailed information on: i) the documents which each candidate has to submit; ii) structure, contents and timing (May 27, 2024 - June 21, 2024) of the entrance examination; iii) description of the projects related to the scholarships and positions offered.

The official Call for Applications will be published here .

The PhD programme (in a nutshell...)

Introduction.

ECOSTATDATA belongs to the PhD School of UniMiB, it is affiliated to DEMS, it lasts four years and it is articulated in three curricula, the original two curricula Economics (ECO) and Statistics (STAT), and, starting from cycle XXXVII (academic year 2021-2022), the “new” curriculum Big Data & Analytics for Business (BiDAB) .

The first-year teaching activities are mainly devoted to structured courses (tool courses), which are compulsory. Some of these courses are fixed and specific to each curriculum, some are in common between the three curricula, some other courses are chosen by students within each curriculum.

The second-year teaching activities take the form of less structured courses (elective courses or reading groups).

In general, the first-year courses are offered by “internal” teachers, while second-year courses are often open to the collaboration of foreign instructors (visiting scholars).

The curriculum Economics (ECO)

This curriculum is indicated to students with a strong background in quantitative economics and provides advanced training in econometrics, microeconometrics, time series analysis, microeconomics and macroeconomics.

The curriculum Statistics (STAT)

This curriculum is designed for students with a strong background in statistics, both methodological and applied , and provides advanced training in probability, stochastic processes, statistical inference, Bayesian statistics, statistical learning, statistical modelling, computational statistics and data analysis.

The “new” curriculum Big Data & Analytics for Business (BiDAB)

This curriculum starts from cycle XXXVII (academic year 2021-2022) , and provides students with rigorous training in data management and programming, with focus on: the analysis of large amounts of structured and unstructured data (natural language); the main paradigms of big data and data visualization, based on the use of innovative techniques of machine learning, text and web mining.

“Flexible” and “training” profiles

By means of appropriate sequences of courses, suggested and monitored by the Programme Committee and the supervisors, students are able to build up “flexible” profiles, which are mainly addressed to scientific research, both in universities or in non-academic institutions, at national or international level.

ECOSTATDATA facilitates the interaction between economic, statistical and data management skills by proposing innovative “training” profiles, which are mainly addressed to the non-academic job market. The “training” profiles aim at:

offering to the non-academic job market high-level skills which are not currently available;
attracting students who are interested in ECOSTATDATA as a way to gain new and advanced skills to be immediately spent into that segment of the job market which is not academically- or research-oriented;
eliciting the collaboration of high-quality national multi-national companies, which are active in human capital investment and are ready to use the instruments of the executive doctorate, the apprenticeship contracts as well as the direct financing of a PhD scholarship on specific research projects.

Length of the programme

The current length of many PhD programmes in economics, statistics and data science in Italy, including the PhD in Economics DEFAP-Bicocca and in Statistics and Mathematical Finance of UniMiB, is three years. This length is insufficient to guarantee that the PhD theses meet the quality standards achieved by the best European PhD programmes. For this reason, ECOSTATDATA lasts four years . This duration is in line with the recent choices of some of the best Italian PhD programmes in economics, statistics and data science, as well as the PhD programmes in this area offered by the most prestigious European academic institutions.

Interdisciplinarity

ECOSTATDATA fosters interdisciplinary research activities, by favouring co-tutorships between economists, statisticians and data scientists, as well as through the “flexible” and “training” profiles.

Relations with the non-academic job market

ECOSTATDATA is particularly active in collaborating with national, multi-national, high-quality and innovation-oriented companies. In particular, ECOSTATDATA is able to: i) offer high-level skills which are not currently available on the non-academic job market; ii) attract students who are interested in ECOSTATDATA as a way to gain new and advanced skills to be immediately spent into that segment of the job market which is not academically- or research-oriented; iii) elicit the collaboration of high-quality national multi-national companies, which are active in human capital investment and are ready to use the modern instruments of the executive doctorate, the apprenticeship contracts as well as the direct financing of PhD scholarships on specific research projects.

Internationalization

The international experience which has flourished within the PhD in Economics DEFAP-Bicocca and the PhD in Statistics and Mathematical Finance of UniMiB, together with the professional networks developed by many faculty members, guarantees that ECOSTATDATA is particularly active in collaborating with prestigious foreign universities, in terms of both students and faculty members exchange programs and joint degrees.

ECOSTATDATA is managed by two bodies:

the Programme Committee (PC), that is the executive and decision-making board composed by full professors, associate professors and researcher of UniMiB and from other renowned Italian and foreign universities and research institutions;
the Advisory Board (AB), which collaborates with the PC to organize the teaching and research activities of the programme, is headed by the programme Coordinator and is formed by a limited number of professors and researchers who are representative of the three curricula.

Teaching activities

The teaching activities proposed by ECOSTATDATA are organized during the first two years and differ for each curriculum, although some courses are common. Some economics courses at the first and the second year within the curriculum Economics can be offered jointly with the PhD programme in Economics and Finance of the Catholic University of Milano.

First- year courses

Curriculum Economics (selected courses)

Mathematics; Computational Statistics I; Econometrics; Microeconometrics; Time Series Analysis; Microeconomics; Macroeconomics; Research Methods; Finance.

Curriculum Statistics (selected courses)

Mathematical Analysis, Numerical Optimization, Probability, Stochastic Processes, Bayesian Statistics, Statistical Inference, Statistical Learning, Computational statistics II, Statistical Modelling, R for Data Science, Data Management.

Curriculum Big Data & Analytics for Business (selected courses)

Databases for Structured/Unstructured Data (SQL); Programming in Python; Data Quality and Cleaning for Big Data; Architecture for Big Data Processing; Machine Learning; Cloud & Distributed Algorithm; Data Mining; Natural Language processing and Understanding; Human-Centered AI; Social Media Analysis; Semantic Web; Deep Learning and Computer Vision for Business; Data Visualization & Visual Analysis.

Second-year courses

Second-year courses are mainly “reading groups”, that are built upon the research interests of both instructors and students, and are articulated into one/two introductory lecture/s and a series of meetings where students critically discuss the readings assigned by the instructor during the initial lecture.

The second-year courses are generally offered during the first part of the second year, in order forstudents to be full-time dedicated to their dissertations as early as possible.

Within each curriculum, a careful selection of courses, monitored by the PC and the student’s supervisor, allows each student to identify a “flexible” profile, which coherent with his/her research interests.

Generally, structured courses have written exams, while the exams associated with the reading groups are more flexible (e.g. written projects and/or oral presentations). The organization of the exams (i.e. form, number of questions, etc.) is decided by the PC and communicated to students at the beginning of each course.

Monitoring the quality of teaching

The PC runs every year a systematic evaluation of the quality of the courses offered by the PhD programme, by submitting to each student of a given course a detailed questionnaire. Data from the questionnaires are elaborated statistically, sent to each instructor, and discussed within the PC, in order to identify potential problems and solutions.

Admissions to the second year and to years after the second

Admission to the second year is based on the performance of each student in the first-year exams, including the number of “fail” and the number of “resits” each student has been given. Admissions to the third and the fourth years are based on the progresses of the research work. Rules on admission to the second and subsequent years, as well as all the other rules regulating the teaching and research activities of ECOSTAT are formalized by the PC and communicated to each student after enrollment.

Research activities

The Programme Committee (PC) approves the (minimum) number of papers which form a typical PhD dissertation, namely 2. These papers have to be self-contained, independent and potentially publishable on high-quality internationally refereed journals.

Supervision

In order to facilitate students in identifying a sound research project and a suitable supervisor, within the first part of the year the PC organizes a presentation of the research groups which are active among the PC and the Advisory Board (AB) members. Supervisors are asked to systematically monitor the progresses made by their supervisees and periodically report to the PC about the proceedings of their dissertations.

PhD students, especially from the second year, are strongly invited to attend the department seminars organized on a weekly basis at UniMiB. Students of both curricula are also invited to present the progress of their research work in specific seminars, which are part of the student’s evaluation process and, if possible, are jointly organized in order to enhance cross-fertilization between economists, statisticians and data scientists.

Admission to third and fourth year

Admission to the third and fourth year is formalized by the PC, based on the evaluation of the student’s research work. Admission to the third year takes also into account the performance of each student in the second-year exams.

Admission to external evaluation

Fourth-year students should present, by the end of the year, the final version of their dissertation in front of the PC. If possible, each presentation will be assigned a discussant. The admission to the external reviewers is formalized by the PC, based on the overall evaluation of the PhD thesis.

Thesis discussion

Based on the reports of the external reviewers, students are admitted to the discussion in front of the Evaluation Committee either with minor or major revisions. Students who have successfully defended their dissertation are awarded by the Evaluation Committee the title of “PhD in Economics and Statistics” (students enrolled in cycles XXXIV, XXXV and XXXVI) or the title of “PhD in Economics, Statistics and Data Science” (students enrolled from cycle XXXVII). Students can request to (and obtain from) the Administrative Offices of UniMiB an official document reporting the specific curriculum they have been enrolled in.

ECOSTATDATA takes care of the optimal placement of its students. On this respect, the Programme Committee is very active in: i) providing students with systematic and detailed information on the job market, domestic and international, academic and non-academic; ii) advising and assisting students who intend to apply for academic positions abroad.

Programme committee

Research groups.

The research activities which characterize the PhD programme in Economics, Statistics and Data Science (ECOSTATDATA) are carried out by an active and lively community of junior and senior researchers.

Within DEMS, researchers are organized in clusters , among which the most relevant for ECOSTATDATA are:

- Business, economic and social statistics (coordinator: Prof. Pelagatti)

- Empirical microeconomics and microeconometrics (coordinator: Prof. Manera)

- Experimental and behavioural economics (coordinator: Prof. Stanca)

- Macroeconomics and macroeconometrics (coordinator: Prof. Morana)

- Microeconomics: theory and applications (coordinator: Prof. Gilli)

- Statistics (coordinator: Prof. Ongaro)

- Strategy, organization and innovation (coordinator: Prof. Torrisi)

Detailed information about people involved in each cluster can be found here .

The other two main groups of researchers supporting the programme are affiliated to the Department of Statistics and Quantitative Methods (DiSMeQ) of UniMiB and to the Department of Statistics (DiSTAT), Catholic University of Milano.

Detailed information about the research activities carried on by the DiSMeQ members can be found here .

Detailed information about the research activities carried on by the DiSTAT members can be found here .

Ex-alumni - XXXIV cycle

Supervisor(s): Prof. Silvia Biffignandi, University of Bergamo

Ex-alumni - XXXV cycle

Supervisor(s): Prof. Francesca Greselin, University of Milano-Bicocca; Prof. Ricardas Zitikis, University of Western Ontario, CA

Milano PhD Workshop 2024

The ECOSTATDATA PhD students are happy to announce the second edition of the Milano PhD Workshop , that will be held at the premises of the University of Milano-Bicocca, September 23-27, 2024.

The event is jointly organized with the PhD students in economics of the major universities in the Milanese area.

The program of the event is under construction and will be available shortly.

For details you can contact the local organizers:

PhD students' seminar series 2023-2024

We are very happy to announce this new initiative: the ECOSTATDATA PhD Seminar Series!

This initiative aims to create a friendly environment where all PhD students at DEMS have the opportunity to present their own research or research proposal to obtain constructive feedback from peers and senior researchers.

Regular reminders before each presentation will be sent, and we really hope you will join this initiative. Your presence and support will be key to make this a success!

The Organizers

@Angelica Bertucci

@Ludovica De Carolis

@Matteo Ferraro

@Gregorio Ghetti

@Lorena Popescu

March 28, 2024 - Aula Seminari (U7 - 2104) 12:00

Speaker: Andrea Sorrentino

April 18, 2024 - Aula Seminari (U7 - 2104) 12:00

Speaker: Francesco Ferlaino

Field: Macroeconomics

May 09, 2024 - Aula Seminari (U7 - 2104) 17:00

Speaker: Luca Danese

Field: Bayesian Nonparametrics

May 16, 2024 - Aula Seminari (U7 - 2104) 12:00

Speaker: Angelica Bertucci

May 23, 2024 - Aula Seminari (U7 - 2104) 12:00

Speaker: Matteo Ferraro

May 30, 2024 Aula Seminari (U7 - 2104) 12:00

Speaker: Lucia Tommasiello

June 6, 2024 - Aula Seminari (U7 - 2104) 12:00

Speaker: Mattia Longhi

June 13, 2024 - Aula Seminari (U7 - 2104) 17:00

Speaker: Claudia Sartirana

June 20, 2024 - Aula Seminari (U7 - 2104) 17:00

Speaker 1: Ludovica De Carolis

Speaker 2: Jiefeng Bi

Field: Bayesian Statistics

Past events (selected) 2018-2024

The PhD in Economics, Statistics and Data Science (ECOSTATDATA), the Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS) at the University of Milano-Bicocca, joint with the Italian Society of Econometrics (SIdE), the Free University of Bolzano, the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), the International Association of Applied Econometrics (IAAE) and the Rimini Center for Economic Analysis (RCEA), have organized the 4th Italian Workshop on Econometrics and Empirical Economics (IWEEE 2024) - Climate and Energy Econometrics , at the Free University of Bolzano, during the period January 25-26, 2024.

The PhD in Economics, Statistics and Data Science (ECOSTATDATA), the Center for European Studies (CefES) and the Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS) at the University of Milano-Bicocca have organized the course Bayesian Structural VAR, held by Prof. Fabio Canova , BI Norwegian Business School, during the period November 9-14, 2023.

The PhD in Economics, Statistics and Data Science (ECOSTATDATA) and the Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS) at the University of Milano-Bicocca have organized the course Statistical Learning, held by Prof. Botond Szabo , Bocconi University, during the period October 5-27, 2021.

The PhD in Economics, Statistics and Data Science (ECOSTATDATA) and the Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS) at the University of Milano-Bicocca have organized the course Statistical Learning, held by Prof. Omiros Papaspiliopoulos , Bocconi University , during the period October 5-27, 2021. Detailed information on this course (instructor, objectives, programme, references, prerequistes) can be found here

The PhD in Economics, Statistics and Data Science (ECOSTATDATA), the Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS) at the University of Milano-Bicocca and the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milano, have organized the summer school on Frontiers of Energy Econometrics , at the Como Lake School of Advanced Studies, during the period September 13-17, 2021. Detailed information on the programme and the application procedure can be found on the summer school website: https://toee.lakecomoschool.org/

The PhD in Economics and Statistics (ECOSTAT) and the Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS) at the University of Milano-Bicocca have organized the course Statistical Learning, held by Prof. Rajen Shah , University of Cambridge, during the period October 5-30, 2020. Detailed information on this course (instructor, objectives, programme, references, prerequistes) can be found here.

The PhD in Economics and Statistics (ECOSTAT) and the Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS) at the University of Milano-Bicocca have organized and hosted the course Statistical Learning and Big Data, held by Prof. Sharon Rosset , Tel Aviv University, during the period October 7-18 2019. Detailed information on this course (instructor, objectives, programme, references, prerequistes) can be found here .

The PhD programme in Economics and Statistics (ECOSTAT) has sponsored the 1 st CefES International Conference on European Studies, to be held at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Building U6, on June 10th-11 th 2019. Details on this event can be found here .

The PhD programme in Economics and Statistics (ECOSTAT) has sponsored the International Conference on Econometric Models of Climate Change, held at the University of Milano-Bicocca on August 29th-30 th 2019. Details on this event can be found here .

Within the Seminar Series DEMS-ECOSTAT, Prof. Peter M Robinson (LSE), has presented the paper titled “Long-range dependent curve time series” (joint with Degui Li and Han Lin Shang). Prof. Robinson is one of the most famous econometricians worldwide and has been in the editorial boards of the most influential journals in econometrics and statistics, from Econometrica to the Journal of Econometrics, from the Journal of the American Statistical Association to the Annals of Statistics. Peter Robinson’s presentation is available here , while his paper is available here . This event has been held on February 14th 2019, 12.00am, at the Aula del Consiglio, U7, fourth floor, Piazza dell’Ateneo Nuovo 1, 20126 - Milano.

Within the celebrative events of the Twentieth Anniversary of the University of Milano-Bicocca, the Department of Economics, Management and Statistics, in collaboration with the School for Graduate Studies, has organized the International Conference on The Mathematics of Subjective Probability . This event was held on September 3rd-5th 2018, at Room U4/2, Piazza della Scienza 1, 20126 - Milano.

Within the celebrative events of its Twentieth Anniversary, the University of Milano-Bicocca, in collaboration with its School for Graduate Studies, has organized the Lectio Magistralis of Prof. Robert Engle (NYU University), winner of the 2003 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, on “A Financial Approach to Environmental Risk”. This event was held on June 22nd 2018, 10.00am, at the Auditorium Guido Martinotti U12, Via Vizzola 5, 20126 - Milano.

The Center for European Studies (CefES-DEMS-UNIMIB), the PhD program in Economics and Statistics (ECOSTAT-UNIMIB), and the Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS-UNIMIB) have organized the one-day international conference on Economic and Financial Implications of Climatic Change . Two plenary sessions on the economic and financial implications of climatic change have been organized on June 22 nd 2018, following Prof. Robert Engle’s talk, from 11.30am to 4.45pm, at the Auditorium Guido Martinotti U12, Via Vizzola 5, 20126 - Milano.

XXXVII cycle - Teaching activities - Year II (terms I - II) - reading groups

Reading groups (rg) offered in academic year 2022-23 (xxxvii cycle – ii year) for the curriculum in economics (eco):.

I term (October 2022 – December 2022)

- Social Network Theory (Instructor: Prof. F. Panebianco, Catholic University of Milano)

- Applications of Game Theory (Instructor: Prof. M. Gilli, University of Milano-Bicocca)

- Empirical Banking (Instructor: Prof. Elena Beccalli, Catholic University of Milano)

- Advanced Asset Pricing and Portfolio Management (Instructor: Prof. A. Tarelli, Catholic University of Milano)

- Empirical Corporate Finance (Instructor: Prof. E. Croci, Catholic University of Milano)

- Programming in Python (Instructor: Prof. L. Viarengo, Catholic University of Milano)

II term (January 2023 – April 2023)

- Spatial Models (Instructor: Prof. S. Colombo, Catholic University of Milano)

- Financial Frictions (Instructor: Prof. D. Delli Gatti, Catholic University of Milano)

- The Microeconomics of International Trade (Instructor: Prof. V. Gattai, University of Milano-Bicocca)

- Innovation and Industrial Evolution (Instructor: Prof. C. Garavaglia, University of Milano-Bicocca)

- Structural VAR Models (Instructors: Proff. V. Colombo, G. Rivolta, Catholic University of Milano)

- Applied Health Economics and Policy (Instructors: Proff. G. Turati, E. Cottini, L. Salmasi, Catholic University of Milano)

Note: the RG for the curriculum ECO are offered jointly with the PhD in Economics and Finance of the Catholic University of Milano (CUM). CUM is in charge of the timetable of each RG, whose updated version can be found here .

The following extra-RG are offered by ECOSTATDATA in the II term:

- Expected Utility and Decision Theory (Instructor: Prof. G. Cassese, University of Milano-Bicocca)

- Estimated DSGE Models (Instructor: Prof. Alice Albonico, University of Milano-Bicocca)

- Authority and Delegation (Instructor: Prof. Irene Valsecchi, University of Milano-Bicocca)

Note: the timetable of the extra-RG is available here .

Reading Groups (RG) offered in academic year 2022-23 (XXXVII cycle – II year) for the curriculum in Statistics (STAT):

I term (October 2022 – December 2022)

- The Dependent Dirichlet Process and Related Models (Instructors: Proff. F. Camerlenghi, B. Nipoti, University of Milano-Bicocca)

- Some Issues in Statistical Modelling (Instructor: Prof. R. Borgoni, University of Milano-Bicocca)

- Empirical Bayes in Bayesian Inference (instructor: Prof. S. Rizzelli, Catholic University of Milano)

- Automated Machine Learning & Neural Architectural Search (Instructor: Prof. A. Candelieri, University of Milano-Bicocca)

- Deep Learning (Instructor: Prof. M. Borrotti, University of Milano-Bicocca)

Note: the timetable of the RG for the curriculum STAT is available here .

Reading Groups (RG) offered in academic year 2022-23 (XXXVII cycle – II year) for the curriculum Big Data & Analytics for Business (BIDAB):

II term (January 2023 – April 2023)

- Databases for Structured and Unstructured Data – SQL (POSTPONED) (Instructor: Prof. F. Mercorio, University of Milano-Bicocca)

- Human-centered AI (Instructor: Prof. F.M. Zanzotto, University of Roma-Tor Vergata)

Note: the timetable of the RG for the curriculum BIDAB is available here .

XXXVIII cycle - Teaching activities - Year I (terms I - II - III - IV) - courses

The I term teaching activities start on 24 October 2022 and end on 23 December 2022. The I term exam session starts on 9 January 2023 and ends on 13 January 2023.

Note: the timetable of the I term courses is available here

The courses/modules offered during the I term for the curriculum Economics (ECO) are:

- Computational Statistics I (Instructor: Prof. G. Bertarelli, University of Pisa)

- Mathematics – Linear algebra (Instructor: Prof. N. Pecora, Catholic University of Milano)

- Mathematics I (Instructor: Prof. D. Visetti, University of Milano-Bicocca);

- Mathematics II (Instructor: Prof. F. Cavalli, University of Milano-Bicocca);

- Mathematics III (Instructor: Prof. M. Longo, Catholic University of Milano)

The courses/modules offered during term I for the curriculum Statistics (STAT) are:

- Mathematical Analysis (Instructors: Prof. C. Zanco, University of Milano; Proff. C.A. De Bernardi, E. Miglierina, Catholic University of Milano)

- Numerical Optimization (Instructor: Prof. L. Mascotto, University of Milano-Bicocca)

The courses/modules offered during term I for the curriculum Big Data & Analytics for Business (BiDAB) are:

- Programming in Python (Instructor: Prof. M. Cesarini, University of Milano-Bicocca)

- Architecture for Big Data Processing (Instructor: Prof. V. Moscato, University of Napoli)

- Architecture for Big Data Processing Lab (Instructor: Prof. G. Sperlì, University of Napoli)

The II term teaching activities start on 16 January 2023 and end on 5 April 2023. The II term exam session starts on 17 April 2023 and ends on 21 April 2023.

The courses/modules offered during the II term for the curriculum Economics (ECO) are:

- Econometrics I (Instructor: Prof. M. Manera, University of Milano-Bicocca)

- Econometrics I – Tutorials (Instructor: Dr. C. Cattaneo, European Institute on Economics and the Environment)

- Econometrics II (Instructor: Prof. M.L. Mancusi, Catholic University of Milano)

- Econometrics II – Tutorials (Instructor: Dr. E. Villar, Catholic University of Milano)

- Econometrics III (Instructor: Prof. A. Ugolini, University of Milano-Bicocca)

- Econometrics III - Tutorials (Instructor: Dr. D. Valenti, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei)

- Microeconomics I (Instructor: Prof. M. Mantovani, University of Milano-Bicocca)

- Microeconomics I – Tutorials (Instructor: Dr. F. Campo, University of Milano-Bicocca)

- Microeconomics II (Instructtor: Prof. M. Gilli, University of Milano-Bicocca)

- Microeconomics II – Tutorials (Instructor: Prof. M. Gilli, University of Milano-Bicocca)

- Microeconomics III (Instructor: Prof. L. Colombo, Catholic University of Milano)

- Microeconomics III – Tutorials (Instructor: Dr. D. Bosco, University of Milano-Bicocca)

- Microeconomics IV (Instructor: Prof. P. Bertoletti, University of Milano-Bicocca)

- Microeconomics IV – Tutorials (Instructor: Dr. G. Crea, University of Pavia)

Note: the timetable of the II term courses for the curriculum ECO is available here .

The courses/modules offered during the II term for the curriculum Statistics (STAT) are:

- Probability I & II (Instructor: Prof. F. Camerlenghi, University of Milano-Bicocca)

- Stochastic Processes (Instructor: Prof. B. Buonaguidi, Catholic University of Milano)

- R for Data Science (Instructor: Prof. A. Gilardi, University of Milano-Bicocca)

- Statistical Inference I (Instructor: Prof. A. Caponera, University of Milano-Bicocca)

Note: the timetable of the II term courses for the curriculum STAT is available here .

The courses/modules offered during the II term for the curriculum Big Data & Analytics for Business (BIDAB) are:

- Probability (Instructor: Prof. A. Di Brisco, University of Piemonte Orientale)

- Statistical Inference I (Instructor: Prof. R. Ascari, University of Milano-Bicocca)

Note: the timetable of the II term courses for the curriculum BIDAB is available here .

The III term teaching activities start on 26 April 2023 and end on 7 July 2023. The III term exam session starts on 17 July 2023 and ends on 21 July 2023.

The courses/modules offered during the III term for the curriculum Economics (ECO) are:

- Macroeconomics I (Instructor: Prof. G. Femminis, Catholic University of Milano)

- Macroeconomics II (Instructor: Prof. A. Albonico, University of Milano-Bicocca)

- Macroeconomics III (Instructor: Prof. R. Masolo, Catholic University of Milano)

- Macroeconomics IV (Instructor: Dr. B. Barbaro, University of Milano-Bicocca)

- Computational Statistics II (Instructor: Prof. A. Pini, Catholic University of Milano)

- Research Methods (Instructors: Prof. T. Colussi, Catholic University of Milano; Prof. K. Aktas, University of Milano-Bicocca)

- Finance I – Empirical Corporate Finance (Instructor: Prof. A. Signori, Catholic University of Milano)

- Finance II – Asset Pricing Theory (Instructor: Prof. A. Sbuelz, Catholic University of Milano)

- Finance III – Banking (Instructors: Proff. M. Migliavacca, F. Pampurini, Catholic University of Milano)

Note: the timetable of the III term courses for the curriculum ECO is available here .

The courses/modules offered during the III term for the curriculum Statistics (STAT) are:

- Statistical Inference II (Instructor: Prof. A. Solari, University of Milano-Bicocca)

- Bayesian Statistics (Instructors: Prof. R. Argiento, University of Bergamo; Proff. B. Nipoti, T. Rigon, University of Milano-Bicocca)

- Data Management (CANCELLED)

Note: the timetable of the III term courses for the curriculum STAT is available here .

The courses/modules offered during the III term for the curriculum Big Data & Analytics for Business (BIDAB) are:

- Technology and Innovation Management (Instructors: Proff. S. Torrisi, L. D'Agostino, F. Di Pietro, M. Guerzoni, University of Milano-Bicocca)

- Machine Learning (Instructor: Prof. L. Malandri, University of Milano-Bicocca)

- Natural Language Understanding (CANCELLED)

- Social Media Analytics (Instructor: Prof. R. Boselli, University of Milano-Bicocca)

Note: the timetable of the III term courses for the curriculum BIDAB is available here .

The IV term teaching activities start on 4 September 2023 and end on 20 October 2023. The IV term exam session starts on 23 October 2023 and ends on 27 October 2023.

Note: the timetable of the IV term courses is under construction and is currently shared with all the ECOSTATDATA students, who can monitor online any updates/modifications.

The courses/modules offered during the IV term for the curriculum Statistics (STAT) are:

- Statistical Learning (POSTPONED)

- Statistical Modelling I (Instructor: Prof. F. Castelletti, Catholic University of Milano)

- Statistical Modelling II (Instructor: Prof. F. Greselin, University of Milano-Bicocca)

- Statistical Modelling III (Instructor: Dr. S. Verzillo, European Commission - Joint Research Center)

- Statistical Modelling IV (Instructors: Prof. F. Pennoni, University of Milano-Bicocca; Prof. F. Bartolucci, University of Perugia)

The courses/modules offered during the IV term for the curriculum Big Data & Analytics for Business (BIDAB) are:

- Statistical Inference II (Instructor: Prof. R. Ascari, University of Milano-Bicocca)

- Explainable AI for Business Value (Instructor: Prof. F. Mercorio, University of Milano-Bicocca)

- Deep Learning and Computer Vision for Business (Instructor: Prof. E. Frontoni, Polytechnic University of Marche, TBC)

XXXVIII cycle - Teaching activities - Year II (terms I - II) - reading groups

Reading groups (rgs) offered in academic year 2023-24 (xxxviii cycle – ii year) for the curriculum economics (eco):.

I term (October 2023 – December 2023) and II term (January 2024 – April 2024)

Note: the RGs for the curriculum ECO are offered jointly with the PhD in Economics and Finance of the Catholic University of Milano. Detailed information on each RG and its timetable can be found here .

Reading Groups (RGs) offered in academic year 2023-24 (XXXVIII cycle – II year) for the curriculum Statistics (STAT):

I term (November 2023 – December 2023) and II term (January 2024 – April 2024)

Note: the timetable of the RGs for the curriculum STAT is shared online (via Google Calendar) with students officially enrolled in the PhD program.

- RG Approximate Bayesian Computational Methods (Instructor: Dr. A. Fasano, Catholic University of Milano)

- RG Automated Machine Learning & Neural Architectural Search (Instructor: Prof. A. Candelieri, University of Milano-Bicocca)

- RG Spatio-temporal Data (Instructors: Prof. R. Borgoni, Dr. P. Maranzano, University of Milano-Bicocca)

- RG Some Issues on Statistical Modelling (Instructor: Prof. R. Borgoni, University of Milano-Bicocca)

- RG Deep Learning (Instructor: Prof. M. Borrotti, University of Milano-Bicocca)

Reading Groups (RGs) offered in academic year 2023-24 (XXXVIII cycle – II year) for the curriculum Big Data & Analytics for Business (BIDAB):

I term (November 2023 - December 2023) and II term (January 2024 – April 2024)

Note: the timetable of the RGs for the curriculum BIDAB is shared online (via Google Calendar) with students officially enrolled in the PhD program.

- RG Natural Language Processing (Instructor: Dr. A. Seveso, University of Milano-Bicocca)

- RG Generative AI (Instructor: Dr. Navid Nobani, University of Milano-Bicocca)

XXXIX cycle - Teaching activities - Year I (terms I - II) - courses

The I term teaching activities start on 23 October 2023 and end on 22 December 2023. The I term exam session starts on 8 January 2024 and ends on 12 January 2024.

Note: the timetable of the I term courses is shared online (via Google Calendar) with all students officially enrolled in the PhD program.

- Microeconomics I (Instructor: Prof. Marco Mantovani, University of Milano-Bicocca)

- Mathematical Analysis I-II-III (Instructors: Prof. J. Somaglia, Polytechnic of Milano; Proff. C.A. De Bernardi, E. Miglierina, Catholic University of Milano)

- Architecture for Big Data Processing & Lab (Instructors: Proff. V. Moscato and G. Sperlì, University of Napoli)

The II term teaching activities start on 15 January 2024 and end on 27 March 2024. The II term exam session starts on 8 April 2024 and ends on 12 April 2024.

Note: the timetable of the II term courses is shared online (via Google Calendar) with all students officially enrolled in the PhD program.

- Microeconomics II (Instructor: Prof. M. Gilli, University of Milano-Bicocca)

- Microeconomics III (Instructors: Prof. L. Colombo and Dr. M. Magnani, Catholic University of Milano)

- Microeconomics IV (Instructors: Prof. P. Bertoletti, University of Milano-Bicocca, and Dr. G. Crea, University of Pavia)

- Econometrics I (Instructors: Prof. M. Manera, University of Milano-Bicocca, and Dr. C. Cattaneo, European Institure on Economics and the Environment)

- Econometrics II (Instructors: Prof. A. Ugolini, University of Milano-Bicocca, and Dr. D. Valenti, Polytechnic of Milano)

- Econometrics III (Instructors: Prof. M.L. Mancusi and Dr. E. Villar, Catholic University of Milano)

The courses/modules offered during the II term for the curriculum Statistics (STAT) are:

- Probability I-II (Instructor: Prof. F. Camerlenghi, University of Milano-Bicocca)

- Stochastic Processes (Instructor: Prof. B. Buonaguidi, Catholic University of Milano)

- Statistical Inference I (Instructor: Dr. A. Caponera, Luiss Guido Carli University)

- R for Data Science (Instructor: Dr. A. Gilardi, Polytechnic of Milano)

The courses/modules offered during the II term for the curriculum Big Data & Analytics for Business (BiDAB) are:

- Probability (Instructor: Prof. A. Di Brisco, University of Insubria)

- Statistical Inference I (Instructor: Dr. R. Ascari, University of Milano-Bicocca)

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Application deadline: April 26th, 2024 - 11.59 pm (CEST)

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For the academic year 2024/2025 a total of 7scholarships for full-time PhD students are available:

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Candidates are asked to specify their interest in applying for one of the different types of scholarships. For the position in EDLE both Economics and Law backgrounds are welcome; the statement of purposes should include a short research project and information on the candidates’ specific skills and experience that makes them comparably well suited for the position.

Each scholarship amounts to € 16.243,00 gross per year for four years and is paid on a monthly basis. This amount is increased by 50% during visits abroad of no less than 1 month and no more than 18 months. The full-time scholarships will be assigned to the best applicants on a competitive basis.

All admitted students will also have an endowment in research funds (around € 1624,30 per year).

Further financial support takes the form of teaching assistantships with official calls from the University, and research assistantships (usually coming from professors’ own research funds).

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We welcome candidates from any country, gender, and age holding a Master Degree (second cycle of higher education) , or who are in line to complete it no later than October 31st, 2024 . Such a degree must be one of the following:

an Italian laurea specialistica/magistrale (3+2-year system);
an Italian university degree – pre-reform system (4 years).
a second cycle degrees obtained abroad, recognized as equivalent to the above mentioned.

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Coordinator: Link identifier #identifier__126651-1 Saverio Maria Fratini Vice-Coordinator: Link identifier #identifier__77680-2 Alessia Naccarato

Since its establishment, the Link identifier #identifier__51739-3 Department of Economics hosted different Ph.D. Programs. The current Ph.D. program in Economics started in 2014 (XXX Cycle). Our Ph.D. offers the opportunity to research many areas of Economics by relying on a large number of faculty members who are very active in different fields and follow a plurality of theoretical approaches with a strong emphasis on empirical analysis.

We have a long and consolidated tradition of post-graduate teaching and research in Economics and our Program also rests upon long-standing research and teaching cooperation with other prestigious Italian and foreign universities ( Link identifier #identifier__88957-4 University of Massachusetts at Amherst , Link identifier #identifier__145423-5 London School of Economics and Political Science ). Furthermore, renowned international professors from top institutions and professional economists working in international organizations are invited for Link identifier #identifier__175579-6 lectures and Link identifier #identifier__156931-7 seminars , allowing students to meet outstanding scholars and start creating connections. The Department of Economics has strong links with many Italian and international research centers ( Link identifier #identifier__179645-8 Centro Rossi-Doria , Link identifier #identifier__118063-9 Centro Sraffa , Link identifier #identifier__72556-10 Institute for New Economic Thinking ) and organizations ( Link identifier #identifier__17638-11 Food and Agriculture Organization , Link identifier #identifier__47809-12 International Fund for Agricultural Development ), and we encourage our students to spend part of their time at top-quality foreign universities and international institutions to further strengthen their education.

Key features: • Full scholarship (36 months) and research funds for admitted students • Close interaction with universities and research centers located in Rome • Links to top international universities and research networks • Participation in national and international research

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We welcome applicants seeking to conduct postgraduate research in any of the research areas in which the faculty members of the Ph.D. are currently active. An indicative list includes the following ones:

Industrial, regional and agricultural Policies: innovation, technology transfer, productivity, growth, and convergence
Public finance, fiscal policy, and Inequality
Labour, welfare, and macroeconomic policies
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Alternative theories of prices and output determination and the reappraisal of the surplus approach
Macroeconomic models for business cycle and modern economic growth
Development, food security, sustainability
Global markets: firms, sectors, and policies
Quantitative and computational methods in economics and finance

For information on the call for applications and selection procedures, please contact the secretary of the Ph.D. in Economics:

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We have organized an online meeting to introduce you to our PhD Programme. During this meeting we presented the PhD programme in Economics and Management of the University of Padova and we talked about admissions, structure, faculty, courses, activities, placement.

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We offer a full-time, four-year advanced doctoral programme for outstanding students who want to achieve an ambitious training in one of our two curricula : Economics or Management . For each curriculum, the PhD training varies and takes place during the first year . Most classes take place in Padova, while some courses are organised jointly with the University of Verona. By the end of the first year all students have identified a supervisor, the topic of their thesis, and present their first “summer” paper.

During the second, and third year, students work exclusively on their thesis under the close supervision of two faculty members and enjoy a vibrating research environment .

During the fourth year, students are expected to conclude their thesis and go to the academic job market . The department supports students actively in this endeavor. Over the years, our graduates have achieved placements in prestigious universities such as the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, University of Warwick, University of Exeter Business School, University of Concordia, Tuck School of Business, EUI, IESE, ESADE, Trinity College, University of Copenhagen, University of New South Wales, University of Groningen, and several Italian Universities. Other have joined important institutions such as the Bank of Italy, the OECD, and the World Bank.

At least 3 months of the PhD is spent in a research institution abroad . Over the years, our PhD students visited outstanding universities such as, for example, Columbia University, London School of Economics, New York Stern School of Business (US), Penn University, University of Chicago, University of Toulouse and University of Georgia. Others have taken advantage of the exchange agreements of our institution with international partners like Boston University and the University of Michigan.

The presentation of our program is available here .

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Welcome to the PhD in Economics of the Universities of Milan and Pavia . The PhD in Economics is an inter-university research-based training programme dedicated to prepare excellent economists.

We provide advanced training in fundamental skills in theoretical, applied and empirical economics, and we supervise doctoral students who want to develop research projects that add new knowledge in Economics, and who want to acquire the competences needed for a career in policy making at the national and international level.

Objective and learning outcomes

The programme aims at preparing outstanding scholars for professional careers in Universities, Government, or research departments of private and public institutions.

The successful candidate, after three years of advanced study and research closely supervised by Faculty members, will be able to:

Propose economic policies to address practical economic situations, relevant real-world economic issues and evaluate their effectiveness;
Ask relevant research questions;
Design a research strategy;
Use up-to-date modelling and empirical approaches;
Present the results in articles publishable in international scientific journals.

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Students develop these skills by doing research in one of eight research areas in which our Faculty is at the frontier of economic research:

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Main features and aims A short presentation of the PhD program is available here: Presentation .

The program provides methods of scientific research leading to an advanced profile in the fields of economics and finance. The program aims to train academic and professional figures able to autonomously perform research in economics and finance. PhD graduates are endowed with critical and problem-solving skills, in which to matter are the ability to identify and frame a problem in a general context, analyze it, manage and process data through a statistical approach, interpret the findings and communicate concrete suggestions. The program is four years long and each cycle offers at least four scholarships. Students have access to a dedicated room and other facilities of the Department of Economics, in addition to personal research funds. Training activities, divided in two separate tracks (“Economics” and “Mathematics and Data Analytics for Finance”), are entirely held in English and described below.

Moreover, the program co-organizes on a regular basis workshops, winter and summer schools as educational activities and interaction opportunities for students. The list of recent activities is available here: List of workshops . The program also encourages thesis co-supervision agreements with foreign universities and research bodies as well as professional doctorates; please see the guidelines (in Italian) . The program also promotes the visit of external PhD students from foreign universities. Details on the available options are reported in this document: Information for external PhD students .

The University of Verona is among the top hundred world universities with less than 50 years in the rankings of the Times Higher Education. The Department of Economics is permanently among the first Italian departments for scientific production in the CUN 13 Area of Economic Sciences and Statistics. In the ranking produced by RepEc, the Department ranks in the top 10% of the Italian distribution and in the top 25% of the world distribution of research departments and institutions in economics. It was recently awarded by MUR as “Excellence Department 2023-2027”.

For further information, please contact the program coordinator, Prof. Alessandro Bucciol ( [email protected] ).

Training and research plan In the first year, PhD students attend advanced courses, offered in collaboration with the University of Padua, both compulsory on general topics and elective on more specific topics. The list of courses offered is available here: List of courses . In the second year, PhD students start working on their thesis and are encouraged to shape a personalized study curriculum based on their research interests, also attending courses offered outside from the PhD program. In the third and fourth years, PhD students mainly devote themselves to research activities with the support of the supervisors. A study and research stay in a foreign university or research institution for a period of six-twelve months usually takes place in this period. The experience abroad is financially supported with a 50% raise in the scholarship.

The final thesis must contain original scientific production, able of reaching publication of at least three articles in highly reputable scientific journals and this way contribute to create a competitive curriculum vitae according to the most rigorous international standards.

Professional profiles and employment opportunities PhD graduates in Economics and Finance may undertake positions at universities, research institutes, consulting firms, further public and private companies working in the industrial, credit and insurance sectors. Students close to complete the program benefit from the support of a tutor advising them on the most appropriate path to undertake.

Having been created in 2021, the program does not have statistics on the employment opportunities of the PhD graduates yet. Graduates from the predecessor program in “Economics and Management” have covered top job positions, choosing in 70% of the cases the academic career (e.g., Harvard Business School, London School of Economics) and in the remaining 30% of the cases the business world (e.g., Cattolica Assicurazioni, GSK Italia).

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The PhD programme is open to a limited number of students. The requirement is to pass a public selection process entailing the evaluation of academic qualifications, as well as of oral and/or written exams.

The Call for application for 40th cycle (a.y. 2024/2025) is now online. Deadine for application is Thursday, 23rd May 1PM (Italian Time).

For further information, please contact the PhD Office ( [email protected] )

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The partnership with Eurizon Asset Management is defined as "Dottorato Industriale". The "Dottorato Industriale" is a method of collaboration between the University and labour market, defined by the Ministerial Decree of 14 December 2021 n. 226. This type of collaboration allows companies to train , strengthening their skills , their permanent employees as part of a PhD course. The company interested in the "Dottorato Industriale" must be engaged in research activities, possibly attested by patents and technical-scientific publications. The training is developed jointly by the company and the Faculty of the PhD programme involved and includes both the attendance of university courses and research activity. The doctoral student is supervised by two supervisors , one in the academia and one within the company.

Educational aims

The PhD programme offers advanced training in the areas of economic and financial sciences, with a particular specialisation in quantitative and qualitative analysis of the numerous aspects and issues within financial-economic systems, at both a microeconomic level (how markets, economic organisations and businesses function, and predictions on their trends and prospects) and a macroeconomic level (issues regarding economic cycles and unemployment, and the impact of specific social and economic factors).

The programme is taught entirely in English.

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Microeconomics;
Macroeconomics;
Economic theory;
Public economics;
Labour economics;
Health economics;
Economics of ageing;
Experimental economics;
Computational economics;
Regional economics;
Econometrics;
Bayesian econometrics;
Financial econometrics;
Financial economics;
Quantitative finance;
Mathematical economics;
Economic statistics.

Professional profiles

Professional profiles obtainable by the program are typically those needed to work in academic departments, mainly in economics and finance; national and international organizations conducting economic research for various purposes, like Ministries, national and super-national Central Banks, financial and economic bodies of the EU, international organizations like OECD, World Bank, etc.; financial private institutes, like banks, insurance companies, investment and retirements funds; other public and private organizations requiring expert knowledge in economics, like those offering service professions in consulting, market research, management, economic journalism.

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From 3 to 7 June 2024 a new edition of Research Communication Week is coming, the Ca' Foscari initiative created to raise awareness and provide tools and soft skills in research communication. Discover the 5 workshops on scientific posters, social media, storytelling and public speaking: limited places, registration by 3 April. Webinars also available soon.

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The PhD in Economics is a 4-year programme designed for highly qualified and motivated students who wish to acquire the research and analytical skills of the international scientific community in Economics. The Programme is offered in close cooperation with UCA-University of Cote d’Azur (Nice, France), and an agreement for exchange of students and faculty is also in place with the University of Strasbourg (France) and IMT-School Lucca. Students attend one year and a half of intensive course work, part of which (2-3 months) is hosted at the UCA. After the training period, students will proceed to supervised research work, yielding an original dissertation to be discussed in a final, public examination. It is expected that students produce articles publishable in international journals. PhD students are exposed to the vivid research environment and participate to various ongoing research activities of the Institute of Economics at Scuola Sant’Anna (seminars, conferences, research projects). The Programme is also part of a large international network of institutions and scholars, supporting exchanges of research students and faculty.

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The training covers traditional domains of economic analysis (micro, macro, econometrics) but also offers the unique opportunity to study and get involved in research fields often neglected in standard PhD Courses. In line with the core research interests and expertise of the Institute of Economics at Sant’Anna and associate institutions, Advanced and Field topics encompass: evolutionary perspectives on economic change, firm-industry dynamics, economics of innovation, agent-based computational economics, economic networks and complexity, economic history and history of economic thought, and a broad range of quantitative tools for the analysis of big-data and economic dynamics. PhD students have access to research facilities (software, hardware, data) available via the Scuola library, the Institute of Economics, and the computational infrascture of the Department of Excellence EMBEDS.

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The Programme is primarily intended for students willing to pursue an academic career but also provides professional research skills to work in public and private research institutions. Former PhD candidates now work as postdoctoral research fellows, assistant professors, etc. in well-reputed Italian and international universities (e.g., Paris-Sorbonne, Utrecht University, University of York, New School New York, Cornell University, University of Bielefeld, Sciences Po, University of Strasbourg), research institutions (e.g., UN-ECLAC, ECB, Bank of Italy, STATEC-Luxembourg, OECD-Paris, JRC-Seville, Italian Ministry of Economic and Finance), and in the private sector (e.g., UBS).

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Global Scholar Emma Abrams explores sustainable solutions through UD’s environmental and resource economics major

Many people may not realize how tightly bound economics and environmental problems are. Because of their seemingly fated interconnectivity, the University of Delaware environmental and resource economics major is an interdisciplinary tractor beam for undergraduate students like sophomore Emma Abrams. The UD Global Scholar is using her education to create a sustainable future.

The coursework places a strong emphasis on the environment and sustainability, honing in on the economic aspects of pressing environmental issues.

“The first time I heard of a major in environmental and resource economics was when I toured UD,” Abrams said. “It was exactly what I was looking for in a program. It would give me the knowledge and confidence I need to make policy decisions about the environment.”

Christina McGranaghan , assistant professor in the Department of Applied Economics and Statistics , feels that this program allows students to attain a unique perspective on environmental policy and economics.

“Students acquire quantitative skills that give them a holistic view of the environmental problems we face,” said McGranaghan, who is Abrams’ academic advisor. “Understanding these problems and the policy angles that exist are crucial skills students take away from this program.”

Abrams is taking advantage of UD’s many undergraduate research opportunities through the Delaware Environmental Institute (DENIN) Environmental Scholars Program . She is currently working with McGranaghan and her graduate student Laura Taylor on a project specifically about minimizing social pressure in coastal buyback programs.

Homes in areas that suffer from frequent storms or flooding can become eligible for buyouts. Most of these programs are voluntary and offer homeowners the fair market value of their home. Homeowners can choose to accept the offer and move away or to reject the offer and stay in their home. If the homeowners move, the land is converted into open space in perpetuity and typically used to create wetland buffers to protect other residential areas.

In some states, the government offers financial incentives that encourage multiple homeowners in one area to move together. This means that if people move with their neighbors, everyone who moves will receive a larger amount of money.

“With the project Emma is involved in, we’re studying how homeowners feel about these incentives,” McGranaghan said.

By offering group incentives, some members of the community may feel pressured to take the offer, even if they do not want to move. This social pressure that’s created can feel like coercion, which is undesirable in explicitly voluntary programs like coastal buybacks.

Emma Abrams (left) works closely with graduate student Laura Taylor on minimizing social pressure in coastal buyback programs.

“Our project tests group coordination incentives with the goal of minimizing social pressure, for example by giving people a fallback option if the whole group doesn’t want to move away,” Taylor said.

“This is cool for me to get to work on since I am from Charleston, South Carolina, and watch buyback programs happen firsthand,” Abrams added.

For students in the environmental and resource economics major, reaching out to professors and participating in undergraduate research is very common and encouraged.

“Our department has a lot of expertise in economics experiments; there are a lot of opportunities for students to participate in research and get hands-on experience,” McGranaghan said.

“From personal experience, I felt like the undergraduate program made a school with upwards of 24,000 students feel small,” said Taylor, who also obtained her undergraduate degree at UD. “Every professor in the department is so supportive, and I became close with professors even as an undergraduate.”

On top of her involvement with undergraduate research, Abrams is involved with many different programs that enhance her degree.

By spending a semester in New Zealand through UD’s World Scholars Program , Abrams was acquainted with topics related to environmentalism, sustainability and agriculture. The coursework ranged from economics, geology and environment and society.

“We talked a lot about citizen participation in decision-making around environmental problems and natural disasters,” Abrams said. “We also all took a Māori culture class that impacted me as a person and how I think about sustainability and environmental justice.”

Outside of her coursework, Abrams secured an internship with Emerger Strategies, a sustainable business consulting firm, where she helps businesses reduce their carbon footprint and minimize waste.

She also serves as the policy and outreach chair for Sunrise Movement, an environmental justice organization on campus. Student members focus on endorsing political candidates in Delaware whose campaigns value sustainability and green energy.

“During the 2022 election cycle, all of the state candidates we endorsed ended up winning, which was a huge success for us,” Abrams said.

Today, it can be easy to fall victim to feeling helpless when it comes to the compounding challenges of climate change and other environmental issues, but students like Abrams are determined to do something about it.

“I appreciate my program because it has a concrete and quantifiable impact on the environment and climate change,” Abrams said. “There is also just so much opportunity that that program offers which is why I chose UD to begin with and why I continue to love the program.”

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EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (April 10, 2024) – The Willie A. Deese College of Business and Economics at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is the No. 1 business school among America’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), according to U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate Colleges” rankings, released Tuesday.

The Deese College has now appeared in the Top 100 for four consecutive years, coming in at a tie for No. 79 with the University of Detroit Mercy, a private, Roman Catholic campus. Clark Atlanta University (No. 93, tie) is the only other ranked HBCU. Howard, with which N.C. A&T was tied last year, is unranked this year.

Among North Carolina schools, A&T only trails Duke University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University. The college is named for A&T alumnus Willie A. Deese, who served prominently as president of global manufacturing for the pharmaceutical giant, Merck. Now retired, Deese continues to play a prominent role at his alma mater.

“We’re delighted that our Deese College continues to factor so prominently nationally among graduate business schools,” said Lisa Owens-Jackson, Ph.D., interim dean of the Deese College. “Our ranking this year is an honest reflection of the quality of our MBA programs, the excellence of our students and our graduates’ career placement success.”

A&T’s fast-growing master’s and doctoral programs in computer science moved into a tie for No. 163 nationally, up eight positions from last year. A&T ranks No. 7 nationally in graduation of African American master’s graduates in computer science and No. 1 among HBCUs.

Other nationally ranked A&T graduate programs remain in the same positions as last year, owing to multiple factors at U.S. News & World Report . The magazine encountered data issues with its Best Engineering Programs list and has postponed new rankings until that is resolved.

Ranked programs in rehabilitation counseling, biological sciences, earth sciences and mathematics maintained their 2023 positions, as U.S. News has not published new rankings data for those disciplines. Master’s and doctoral rehabilitation counseling programs in the College of Education continue to be A&T’s most highly ranked graduate programs, coming in at No. 46 (tie) nationally.

With nearly 1,700 master’s and doctoral students, A&T continues to grow at the graduate student level. As America’s most affordable doctoral research university, it offers outstanding academic quality at an exceptional price and strong connections to industry. According to U.S. News’ most recent salary rankings, graduates earn the second-highest starting salaries of any campus in the University of North Carolina System.

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Title: Marital Investment when Disaster Strikes: Evidence from Indonesia

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Organisers: Derrick and Dipima

Abstract: This paper examines the impact of flood exposure on marital investment in Indonesia. By combining household survey data with highly precise satellite data, I leverage the geographical variation in flooding incidents across sub-districts of Indonesia and the within-sample variation in the timing of marriages to assess the impact of flood exposure on household socio-economic factors and three crucial aspects of marriage: (i) the number of marriages, (ii) the average age at marriage, and (iii) the average bride-price paid at marriages. Employing a two-way fixed effects model, this paper compares marital outcomes between couples residing in flood-affected sub-districts and those in unaffected sub-districts to shed light on how large-scale income shocks, brought about by climate change, shape marital arrangements and outcomes in a low-income context. Finally, this paper discusses mechanisms through which the increased prevalence of flooding, driven by the acceleration of climate change, may have long-lasting ramifications.

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