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TOPICS IN APPLIED ECONOMICS - CANALE A
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TOPICS IN APPLIED ECONOMICS - STREAM A
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Academic year 2020/2021
- Course ID
- SEM0132
- Teacher
- Corrado Andini (Lecturer)
- Year
- 2nd year
- Teaching period
- First semester
- Type
- Elective
- Credits/Recognition
- 6
- Course disciplinary sector (SSD)
- SECS-P/02 - politica economica
- Delivery
- Formal authority
- Language
- English
- Attendance
- Optional
- Type of examination
- Oral
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Sommario del corso
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Course objectives
By taking this course, the students will improve the skills needed to perform an empirical study in the field of applied economics. The course will be based on readings related the research output of the instructor. It will cover topics in energy economics, industrial organization, public economics, macroeconomics, education economics, economic geography and labour economics. The data analyzed during the lectures will have cross sectional, time series as well as panel dimension. Examples of works using matched longitudinal data will also be presented. The methods discussed will include mean regression, quantile regression, instrumental variables, generalized method of moments, static and dynamic panel-data models, structural vector autoregressions and quasi-natural experiments. In terms of complexity, the models and the techniques presented during the lectures will range from intermediate to advanced.
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Results of learning outcomes
As a result of the learning process, the students will be able to use empirical models of intermediate and advanced complexity to address research questions in applied economics. The students will also be able to develop a critical, comparative and quantitative analysis of current issues in applied economics, with special emphasis on policy-relevant issues.
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Course delivery
The teaching methodology is mainly based on the oral and written transmission of knowledge from the instructor to the students during the contact hours and the class lectures. The lectures are taught online via Webex. The link to each lecture and associated recording is available in Moodle.
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Learning assessment methods
The assessment of the learning process is based on a verbal (spoken) exam via Webex.
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Support activities
Student-support activities take place via Skype. Please contact the instructor by e-mail for scheduling purposes.
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Program
Introduction
- Empirical modelling and issues in applied economics
Energy economics
- Renewable sources, electricity production and fuel imports
Industrial organization
- Efficiency and market power in the mobile-voice industry
- Merger simulation in the mobile-voice industry
- Competitive behaviour in the mobile-voice industry
Public economics
- Unemployment and welfare assistance
Macroeconomics
- Unemployment and competitive disinflation
- Unemployment persistence
- Financial development and growth: part 1
- Financial development and growth: part 2
Education economics
- Schooling and wage inequality
- Return and risk in education
- Schooling and wage persistence: part 1
- Schooling and wage persistence: part 2
Economic geography
- Social capital and growth: part 1
- Social capital and growth: part 2
Labour economics
- Fixed exchange-rate policy and wages
- Trade liberalization and wagesSuggested readings and bibliography
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The references are provided during the lectures.
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Note
The ways in which the teaching activity is provided could change, depending on the limitations imposed by the current health crisis. In any case, the e-learning option is provided during the whole academic year.Le modalità di svolgimento dell'attività didattica potranno subire variazioni in base alle limitazioni imposte dalla crisi sanitaria in corso. In ogni caso è assicurata la modalità a distanza per tutto l'anno accademico.- Oggetto:
