Course Description

This advanced course is designed to help PhD students to familiarize with quantitative, computational and numerical methods used in both micro- and macro-economics.

Dedicated MS students who have solid research question in mind and have good background in programming are also welcome to join the course. Main goals of the course are the following:

Introducing students to a variety of quantitative methods used in current economic research.

Mastering methods relevant to students’ research through “learning by doing”.

Help students to start working on their quantitative research and improving their presentation skills.

Ultimately, our main goal is to help students to develop their own research idea along this course.