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FALL COURSE 2020

The PhD Program in Applied Economics joins the online course on Experimental Economics organized by the Phd Program in Economics and Management (DEM) - Università degli studi Aldo Moro di Bari (Italy). This course is open to MAREB and PhD students.

EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS (21h)

Prof.: John Hey (University of York)

Web: : https://www.york.ac.uk/economics/our-people/staff-profiles/john-hey/#profile-content

Dates: Nov 11th - Dec 22nd 2020

Preliminary schedule:

1. Introduction: the purpose of experiments and their role in contributing to knowledge

Nov 11th (10.00-13.00 UK time)

2. The initial stages: choosing a topic and designing an experiment

Nov 18th (10.00-13.00 UK time)

3. Calibrating the experiment; choosing parameters

Nov 25th (10.00-13.00 UK time)

4. Software for the implementation of an experiment; testing the software

Dec 2nd (10.00-13.00 UK time)

5. Running the experiment, online or in the laboratory

Dec 9th (10.00-13.00 UK time)

6. Analysing the data from the experiment and writing up the results

Dec 16th (10.00-13.00 UK time)

7. Submitting the paper for publication

Dec 22th (10.00-13.00 UK time)

This course will be broadcast on the platform Microsoft Teams

SUMMER COURSE 2020

The PhD Program in Applied Economics organizes a summer course in Non-linear estimation techniques. The course is open to MAREB (option in Applied Economics) and PhD students.

NON-LINEAR ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES (8h)

Prof.: Lola Gadea (University of Zaragoza)

Web: https://www.lolagadea.com/

Dates: June 18th and 19th 2020

More information about time schedule and the content of the course will be available soon

Syllabus

SUMMER COURSE 2019

The PhD Program in Applied Economics organizes a summer course in Policy Evaluation. The course is open to MAREB (option in Applied Economics) and PhD students.

Tools for policy evaluation (8h)

Prof.: Raquel Carrasco (UC3M)

Web: https://www.eco.uc3m.es/personal/rcarras/index_en.html

Dates: June 17 (11:30–14:00 and 16:00–17:30) and June 18 (10:30–13:00 and 15:00–16:30)

Course content: the course will focus on the econometric techniques to implement the most widespread tools for policy evaluation. The course will cover several topics, including difference-in-difference, propensity score matching and regression discontinuity among others.

Syllabus

The follow up assessment will take into account the attendance of the course.

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