The course's objective is to cover the theory behind classical econometrics and its applications in modern empirical analyses. The emphasis is mainly on the estimation of causal relations between economic variables.
About a third of the lectures will be devoted to empirical applications. They will require R, the statistical software that is one of the most used languages used by practitioners and researchers around the world.
About a third of the lectures will be devoted to empirical applications. They will require R, the statistical software that is one of the most used languages used by practitioners and researchers around the world.
- Teacher: GIUSEPPE RAGUSA
- Teacher: DAVIDE FIASCHI
- co-docente: FRANCESCO LAMPERTI
- co-docente: ANDREA ROVENTINI
- co-docente: Emanuele Russo
Students are expected to acquire - the tools and concepts to understand and represent individual behaviour both as consumption units, investors and firms, in certain, uncertain and strategic environments - the tools and concepts to understand and represent the working of single markets, in conditions of perfect and imperfect competition and the basic tools for intervention and regulation - the tools and concepts to understand and interpret the working of the whole economy, its properties and limitations - ability to solve problems conceerning individual and market behaviour - critical and selective capacity to apply the above tools to analyze, interpret and represent real phenomena from the microeconomic point of view - ability to autonomously read and understand advanced textbooks and academic articles at the frontier of economic literature in the field of microeconomics.
The student will be assessed on - his/her demonstrated ability to discuss the main course contents using appropriate terminology, proper concepts and rigorous thinking. - his/her demonstrated ability to solve simple problems concerning the main contents of the course, applying the appropriate tools.
The student will be assessed on - his/her demonstrated ability to discuss the main course contents using appropriate terminology, proper concepts and rigorous thinking. - his/her demonstrated ability to solve simple problems concerning the main contents of the course, applying the appropriate tools.
- co-docente: MARCO CATOLA
- co-docente: PIER MARIO PACINI
- co-docente: NERI SALVADORI
University of Pisa
Department of Economics and Management
Master of Science in Economics (joint with S S Sant’Anna)
Business and Society (BS)
ELISA GIULIANI
Semester II - 2020-2021
Link to Course
Course Name and Number:
332PP: Business and Society. BS
General course idea:
Since we are facing unprecedented sustainability challenges, several calls have been made to rethink or re-imagine capitalism. Contemporary world complexities include climate change, tax avoidance, pandemics, pollution, modern slavery, economic and social inequalities, sustainability challenges at large. This course's key aim is to constitute a "wakening call" for students on the need to address grand sustainability challenges in their future jobs as regulators, policy makers, analysts, managers etc.
The teaching style is topic-based, case-based, participatory and project oriented. Students taking this course should not see themselves as mere "absorbers" of codified concepts, but as living and thinking individuals, who will have to take complex business decisions and who are expected to learn, discuss and face the paradoxes and tensions that are inherent when business decisions have to be taken in highly uncertain and risky environments like the ones we are currently living in.
Required Readings:
All materials will be available on the E-learning course website.
Participants will be expected to keep abreast of contemporary developments in corporate social and environmental responsibilities, business and human rights, sustainability challenges by reading the relevant press (e.g. The Economist, Forbes, Fortune, Business Week, Foreign Affairs) and other newspapers or journals.
Course Description:
Core topics
• Shareholder value maximization vs. stakeholder theory
• Corporate wrongdoing and corporate social responsibility
• New business models for a more responsible capitalism
• Business and human rights
Special topics
• Economic inequality and tax evasion
• Finance and climate change/Responsible Investing
• Migrants and modern slavery
• Food waste
• Responsible innovation and circular economy
• EU Green Deal for a toxic free environment
• Global value chains and responsible/sustainable sourcing (e.g. in connection with conflict minerals in the ICT industry, agro-food value chains, textile and footwear).
Instructional Method:
The lectures are normally organized as follows:
• Wednesdays are full time teaching. Wednesdays’ lectures are meant to provide grounding in the core topics.
• Fridays are used to assess students’ progress (via online tests, questions and answers to students, and other activities), discuss students’ essays and essay writing guidelines, and to let student present their own assignments.
In more general terms, the class will be conducted as a seminar. On Fridays (and occasionally on the other days too), selected students are expected to take an active role in leading discussion and providing critical commentary. Each class will involve discussion and dialogue as major elements in the learning strategy. Students may be asked to prepare for the class, by reading assigned materials in advance. Occasionally, the course will host invited speakers from the academia or the practitioners’ world.
Timetable and organization of lectures:
Class sessions are online in a dedicated channel (Link to Course)
Wednesdays 14:00-15:30
Fridays 17:30: 19:10
For more info check here: https://www.ec.unipi.it/didattica/orario-lezioni/
Office Hours: Due to Covid-19, physical meetings should be avoided. Consult me on Fridays.
Learning Assessments:
The course includes a combination of assessments, which are weighted to give a final mark.
Reading response presentation: 25%
Students individually or in pairs will be assigned a reading and will have the task of preparing a presentation on it. Presentations are not meant to repeat exactly the contents of the reading but rather offer a critical synthesis in which the student: 1) highlights the main points and examples in an organized manner, 2) clarifies key terms/concepts/ideas, and 3) formulates interesting points for debate. Presentations will take place during the synchronized class, should not exceed 30 minutes, and should be accompanied by a power point presentation or a handout. Each student will be graded individually.
Class participation: 10%
Students are required to participate verbally in class, and in completing tasks set in class, as the topics lend themselves to class discussions. Students will be graded on overall class participation (verbal contributions in class, and written contributions to online discussions and other tasks set in class) during the semester, but not on the accuracy of expressed views. The point is to engage, even if your information proves to be in error or if your views meet opposition in the discussion.
Essay* 65%
This is an individual assessment. Each student will be given a question/topic to answer/elaborate based on the course content and additional materials made available through E-learning.*
ADDENDUM ON ESSAYS (*)
Each Friday, students will receive training about how to write their essays and, also, they are expected to discuss progress on their assigned topic with the other students during class hours (see schedule below). All students are expected to provide feedback. A “critical friend” is assigned to each essay: a critical friend is a selected student (one for each essay) that will provide qualified feedback on the essay as it develops.
Essays’ timetable (any modification to this schedule, will be duly communicated)
Friday 12th March: Each student communicates via email (exclusively by writing to: business.society2021@gmail.com) the TOPIC of their essays. Topics needs to be approved and need to be related with at least one of the Special Topics.
Wed 25th March: Each student submits for approval to business.society2021@gmail.com: (a) a list of 10 to 15 key references which are to be used to ground discussion in the essay and (b) a research design of the proposed essay’s empirical work (PROPOSAL).
Friday 27th March. Students receive approval or comments for revision on the PROPOSAL.
Friday 16th April. Students present their literature review and proposed research questions. “Critical friends” provide feedback.
Friday 30th April and Friday 7th May: Students present their proposed methodology and preliminary results of their empirical analyses. “Critical friends” provide feedback.
Friday 14th May. Pitch day. Students are given 5 minutes each to present the key insights of their essays (key results, important insights, issues we should not forget, lessons that we will remember after the course ends).
Final drafts of the essays can be submitted between 10 and 5 days prior to each exam date. It is highly recommended to take the exam within a solar year since the end of the lectures. No exceptions in exam modalities for exchange students or students from other degree courses who are expected to align with the course schedule and rules. Students not attending class regularly, should write to elisa.giuliani@unipi.it to explain the reasons for their absence and agree on an ad hoc exam modality.
Additional instructions on Essays:
Essays should be written in Times New Roman 12, single space and submitted in PDF. Margins can be standard. Each essay should follow the guidelines given during the course, but at minimum they should include:
A frontpage including: TITLE, NAME OF STUDENT and MATRICOLA, ACADEMIC YEAR, EMAIL. An introduction (called Introduction), a theoretical section (called Theory or Conceptual Framework), a methodological/data section (called Methodology) and an empirical evidence section (called Empirical Results), a conclusive/discussion section (called Conclusions), followed by a list of references in alphabetical order (References) and, if necessary, an Appendix. Tables and Figures can be embedded in the main text and numbered sequentially. Pages MUST be numbered. Essays’ length is expected to be between 6,000 and 8,000 words including tables, figures and references (but excluding Appendixes).
Citations to the relevant sources:
All sources must be cited, including not only print books and scholarly articles, but anything you borrow to craft your assignment. This includes primary sources, such as letters, diaries, documents, music, and films. It includes online sources, secondary sources, such as online books, online articles, websites, instructor’s lectures, and open source websites with no identifiable author, like Wikipedia. If you didn’t write it (or create it), cite it.
You can choose your citation style (APA is the recommended one), the one important point is that once you have chosen your style you should be consistent and do not mix styles. To know more about citation styles consult here: https://pitt.libguides.com/citationhelp
See also this standard approach for citations as an example.
For more insights about how to avoid plagiarism see here: https://www.extension.harvard.edu/resources-policies/resources/avoiding-plagiarism
Academic Integrity:
The Code of Ethics of the University of Pisa addresses cheating, fabrication of submitted work, plagiarism, handing in work completed for another course without the instructor’s approval, and other forms of dishonesty. Students are advised that all their submitted essays or reports will be checked for plagiarism through a dedicated software.
See PDF file attached.
Department of Economics and Management
Master of Science in Economics (joint with S S Sant’Anna)
Business and Society (BS)
ELISA GIULIANI
Semester II - 2020-2021
Link to Course
Course Name and Number:
332PP: Business and Society. BS
General course idea:
Since we are facing unprecedented sustainability challenges, several calls have been made to rethink or re-imagine capitalism. Contemporary world complexities include climate change, tax avoidance, pandemics, pollution, modern slavery, economic and social inequalities, sustainability challenges at large. This course's key aim is to constitute a "wakening call" for students on the need to address grand sustainability challenges in their future jobs as regulators, policy makers, analysts, managers etc.
The teaching style is topic-based, case-based, participatory and project oriented. Students taking this course should not see themselves as mere "absorbers" of codified concepts, but as living and thinking individuals, who will have to take complex business decisions and who are expected to learn, discuss and face the paradoxes and tensions that are inherent when business decisions have to be taken in highly uncertain and risky environments like the ones we are currently living in.
Required Readings:
All materials will be available on the E-learning course website.
Participants will be expected to keep abreast of contemporary developments in corporate social and environmental responsibilities, business and human rights, sustainability challenges by reading the relevant press (e.g. The Economist, Forbes, Fortune, Business Week, Foreign Affairs) and other newspapers or journals.
Course Description:
Core topics
• Shareholder value maximization vs. stakeholder theory
• Corporate wrongdoing and corporate social responsibility
• New business models for a more responsible capitalism
• Business and human rights
Special topics
• Economic inequality and tax evasion
• Finance and climate change/Responsible Investing
• Migrants and modern slavery
• Food waste
• Responsible innovation and circular economy
• EU Green Deal for a toxic free environment
• Global value chains and responsible/sustainable sourcing (e.g. in connection with conflict minerals in the ICT industry, agro-food value chains, textile and footwear).
Instructional Method:
The lectures are normally organized as follows:
• Wednesdays are full time teaching. Wednesdays’ lectures are meant to provide grounding in the core topics.
• Fridays are used to assess students’ progress (via online tests, questions and answers to students, and other activities), discuss students’ essays and essay writing guidelines, and to let student present their own assignments.
In more general terms, the class will be conducted as a seminar. On Fridays (and occasionally on the other days too), selected students are expected to take an active role in leading discussion and providing critical commentary. Each class will involve discussion and dialogue as major elements in the learning strategy. Students may be asked to prepare for the class, by reading assigned materials in advance. Occasionally, the course will host invited speakers from the academia or the practitioners’ world.
Timetable and organization of lectures:
Class sessions are online in a dedicated channel (Link to Course)
Wednesdays 14:00-15:30
Fridays 17:30: 19:10
For more info check here: https://www.ec.unipi.it/didattica/orario-lezioni/
Office Hours: Due to Covid-19, physical meetings should be avoided. Consult me on Fridays.
Learning Assessments:
The course includes a combination of assessments, which are weighted to give a final mark.
Reading response presentation: 25%
Students individually or in pairs will be assigned a reading and will have the task of preparing a presentation on it. Presentations are not meant to repeat exactly the contents of the reading but rather offer a critical synthesis in which the student: 1) highlights the main points and examples in an organized manner, 2) clarifies key terms/concepts/ideas, and 3) formulates interesting points for debate. Presentations will take place during the synchronized class, should not exceed 30 minutes, and should be accompanied by a power point presentation or a handout. Each student will be graded individually.
Class participation: 10%
Students are required to participate verbally in class, and in completing tasks set in class, as the topics lend themselves to class discussions. Students will be graded on overall class participation (verbal contributions in class, and written contributions to online discussions and other tasks set in class) during the semester, but not on the accuracy of expressed views. The point is to engage, even if your information proves to be in error or if your views meet opposition in the discussion.
Essay* 65%
This is an individual assessment. Each student will be given a question/topic to answer/elaborate based on the course content and additional materials made available through E-learning.*
ADDENDUM ON ESSAYS (*)
Each Friday, students will receive training about how to write their essays and, also, they are expected to discuss progress on their assigned topic with the other students during class hours (see schedule below). All students are expected to provide feedback. A “critical friend” is assigned to each essay: a critical friend is a selected student (one for each essay) that will provide qualified feedback on the essay as it develops.
Essays’ timetable (any modification to this schedule, will be duly communicated)
Friday 12th March: Each student communicates via email (exclusively by writing to: business.society2021@gmail.com) the TOPIC of their essays. Topics needs to be approved and need to be related with at least one of the Special Topics.
Wed 25th March: Each student submits for approval to business.society2021@gmail.com: (a) a list of 10 to 15 key references which are to be used to ground discussion in the essay and (b) a research design of the proposed essay’s empirical work (PROPOSAL).
Friday 27th March. Students receive approval or comments for revision on the PROPOSAL.
Friday 16th April. Students present their literature review and proposed research questions. “Critical friends” provide feedback.
Friday 30th April and Friday 7th May: Students present their proposed methodology and preliminary results of their empirical analyses. “Critical friends” provide feedback.
Friday 14th May. Pitch day. Students are given 5 minutes each to present the key insights of their essays (key results, important insights, issues we should not forget, lessons that we will remember after the course ends).
Final drafts of the essays can be submitted between 10 and 5 days prior to each exam date. It is highly recommended to take the exam within a solar year since the end of the lectures. No exceptions in exam modalities for exchange students or students from other degree courses who are expected to align with the course schedule and rules. Students not attending class regularly, should write to elisa.giuliani@unipi.it to explain the reasons for their absence and agree on an ad hoc exam modality.
Additional instructions on Essays:
Essays should be written in Times New Roman 12, single space and submitted in PDF. Margins can be standard. Each essay should follow the guidelines given during the course, but at minimum they should include:
A frontpage including: TITLE, NAME OF STUDENT and MATRICOLA, ACADEMIC YEAR, EMAIL. An introduction (called Introduction), a theoretical section (called Theory or Conceptual Framework), a methodological/data section (called Methodology) and an empirical evidence section (called Empirical Results), a conclusive/discussion section (called Conclusions), followed by a list of references in alphabetical order (References) and, if necessary, an Appendix. Tables and Figures can be embedded in the main text and numbered sequentially. Pages MUST be numbered. Essays’ length is expected to be between 6,000 and 8,000 words including tables, figures and references (but excluding Appendixes).
Citations to the relevant sources:
All sources must be cited, including not only print books and scholarly articles, but anything you borrow to craft your assignment. This includes primary sources, such as letters, diaries, documents, music, and films. It includes online sources, secondary sources, such as online books, online articles, websites, instructor’s lectures, and open source websites with no identifiable author, like Wikipedia. If you didn’t write it (or create it), cite it.
You can choose your citation style (APA is the recommended one), the one important point is that once you have chosen your style you should be consistent and do not mix styles. To know more about citation styles consult here: https://pitt.libguides.com/citationhelp
See also this standard approach for citations as an example.
For more insights about how to avoid plagiarism see here: https://www.extension.harvard.edu/resources-policies/resources/avoiding-plagiarism
Academic Integrity:
The Code of Ethics of the University of Pisa addresses cheating, fabrication of submitted work, plagiarism, handing in work completed for another course without the instructor’s approval, and other forms of dishonesty. Students are advised that all their submitted essays or reports will be checked for plagiarism through a dedicated software.
See PDF file attached.
- Teacher: ELISA GIULIANI
- co-docente: GIANLUCA BIGGI
The course provides the basic elements of Value, Capital, Growth and Accumulation within Classical and Post-Keynesian Economics.
The course will be held partially on a seminar basis. Students will be evaluated also on the basis of their presentation to seminars, but the issues dealt with on a seminar basis will not be compulsory even if the students who have not delivered a talk in a seminar have to choose a number of issues for the exam.
Students must be familiar with the standard tools of microeconomics, elementary algebra, and elementary mathematical analysis. Some knowledge of models of economic growth is recommended, but is not required.
Students will be evaluated also on the basis of their presentation to seminars, but the issues dealt with on a seminar basis will not be compulsory even if the students who have not delivered a talk in a seminar have to choose a number of issues for the exam. The compulsory part includes: pricing; income distribution (wages, profits and rent); theory of growth of a closed economy, of a small open economy, of the world economy both for Classical and Post-Keynesian Economics.
Syllabus
Ricardo Theory of Growth and Accumulation: The one-sector model; The two-sector model; The small open economy; The Wold Economy.
Theory of Production: Production with capital and labour without land; Capital theory and criticism of Neo-Classical theory of distribution.
Post-Keynesian Theory of Growth and Distribution: Origin; Dual and Neo-Pasinetti Theorems; Existence of a Two-class economy; Public Sector and International Trade.
Bibliography
Neri Salvadori, Ricardo’s theory of growth and accumulation. A modern view, London: Routledge, 2020.
Kurz, H.D. & Salvadori, N. (2001) Production Theory: An Introduction”, Indian Economic Journal, 2001. Reprinted in Kurz, H.D. & Salvadori, N. (2003). Classical Economics and Modern Theory: Studies in Long-period Analysis, London and New York: Routledge; pp. 238-255.
Kurz, D. H. and N. Salvadori, Theory of production, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995; Chapters 2, 3, and 14.
Panico C. & Salvadori, N. (a cura di) (1993), Post Keynesian Theory of Growth and Distribution, Aldershot (U.K.): Edward Elgar.
Commendatore P., S D'Acunto, C Panico (2003), Keynesian Theories Of Growth, in N. Salvadori (a cura di) The Theory of Economic Growth: A ‘Classical’ Perspective. Cheltenham (U.K.): Edward Elgar; pp. 103-160.
Assessment methods
The students who have delivered a seminar within the course will be evaluated on the basis of their performance plus a short exam on the part of the course which is taught though traditional lectures by the professor. The students who have NOT delivered a seminar within the course will be evaluated on the basis of a longer exam with the addition of two further issues to be chosen by the students from an issue topic pool.
The course will be held partially on a seminar basis. Students will be evaluated also on the basis of their presentation to seminars, but the issues dealt with on a seminar basis will not be compulsory even if the students who have not delivered a talk in a seminar have to choose a number of issues for the exam.
Students must be familiar with the standard tools of microeconomics, elementary algebra, and elementary mathematical analysis. Some knowledge of models of economic growth is recommended, but is not required.
Students will be evaluated also on the basis of their presentation to seminars, but the issues dealt with on a seminar basis will not be compulsory even if the students who have not delivered a talk in a seminar have to choose a number of issues for the exam. The compulsory part includes: pricing; income distribution (wages, profits and rent); theory of growth of a closed economy, of a small open economy, of the world economy both for Classical and Post-Keynesian Economics.
Syllabus
Ricardo Theory of Growth and Accumulation: The one-sector model; The two-sector model; The small open economy; The Wold Economy.
Theory of Production: Production with capital and labour without land; Capital theory and criticism of Neo-Classical theory of distribution.
Post-Keynesian Theory of Growth and Distribution: Origin; Dual and Neo-Pasinetti Theorems; Existence of a Two-class economy; Public Sector and International Trade.
Bibliography
Neri Salvadori, Ricardo’s theory of growth and accumulation. A modern view, London: Routledge, 2020.
Kurz, H.D. & Salvadori, N. (2001) Production Theory: An Introduction”, Indian Economic Journal, 2001. Reprinted in Kurz, H.D. & Salvadori, N. (2003). Classical Economics and Modern Theory: Studies in Long-period Analysis, London and New York: Routledge; pp. 238-255.
Kurz, D. H. and N. Salvadori, Theory of production, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995; Chapters 2, 3, and 14.
Panico C. & Salvadori, N. (a cura di) (1993), Post Keynesian Theory of Growth and Distribution, Aldershot (U.K.): Edward Elgar.
Commendatore P., S D'Acunto, C Panico (2003), Keynesian Theories Of Growth, in N. Salvadori (a cura di) The Theory of Economic Growth: A ‘Classical’ Perspective. Cheltenham (U.K.): Edward Elgar; pp. 103-160.
Assessment methods
The students who have delivered a seminar within the course will be evaluated on the basis of their performance plus a short exam on the part of the course which is taught though traditional lectures by the professor. The students who have NOT delivered a seminar within the course will be evaluated on the basis of a longer exam with the addition of two further issues to be chosen by the students from an issue topic pool.
- Teacher: NERI SALVADORI
- Teacher: GIORGIO FAGIOLO
- co-docente: Gianluca PALLANTE
- co-docente: ANDREA ROVENTINI
The aim of this course is to introduce students to the main topics of economic methodology, linking philosophical issues with practical problems that economists face in the confrontation of models with data. The course focuses on forms of explanation in economics; foundational issues of probability, statistical and causal inference; the role of models and their appraisal; issues in decision theory and the methodology of experimental economics.
- Teacher: ALESSIO MONETA
- co-docente: PIETRO GUARNIERI
The aim of the course is to provide students with an in-depth and critical knowledge of the European rules on company law, trade-mark law and competition Law and with an introduction to the Banking Union, to the Capital Markets Union and to the European rules on sustainable growth. If students complete the course successfully, they should be able to explain the main concepts that underpin european economic law and to comprehend the policy issues that arise regarding the harmonization of company law and the regulation of the european companies, as well as european competition law and trade-mark law.
Students do not need a specific economic background.
Considering the characteristics of the course, attendance is highly recommended.
Students do not need a specific economic background.
Considering the characteristics of the course, attendance is highly recommended.
- Teacher: GABRIELLA IERMANO
- Teacher: MONICA PRATESI
Module I - Pompeo Della Posta (3 CFU)
The I Module of the course aims to enable students to understand and critically analyse the essential aspects of economic development and the current phase of globalization both in its real and monetary aspects, that is related to trade and trade policies, labour markets and to the role of exchange rates and capital markets respectively.
Module II - Davide Fiaschi (3 CFU)
Module II will introduce to the concept of economic development and its relationship with other concepts generally associated in economic literature as economic growth, well-being, socio.economic mobility and happiness. A part of the course will be also used to discuss the main empirical evidence related to economic development and its uneven spread over time and across countries/regions. We finally focus on two issues, sustainable development and conflict, to the root of economic development.
The I Module of the course aims to enable students to understand and critically analyse the essential aspects of economic development and the current phase of globalization both in its real and monetary aspects, that is related to trade and trade policies, labour markets and to the role of exchange rates and capital markets respectively.
Module II - Davide Fiaschi (3 CFU)
Module II will introduce to the concept of economic development and its relationship with other concepts generally associated in economic literature as economic growth, well-being, socio.economic mobility and happiness. A part of the course will be also used to discuss the main empirical evidence related to economic development and its uneven spread over time and across countries/regions. We finally focus on two issues, sustainable development and conflict, to the root of economic development.
- Teacher: POMPEO DELLA POSTA
- co-docente: DAVIDE FIASCHI
Lecturer: MARTINELLI Arianna, TAMAGNI Federico
ECTS: 6
Description:
The course introduces to recent developments in theory and empirics of firm dynamics and to its interplay with innovation patterns in shaping aggregate outcomes such as growth, productivity and international trade. The course has a strong applied focus, providing students with solid knowledge of the empirical evidence concerning key firm-level characteristics (size, growth, productivity and innovation) and industry-level dynamics, with the final aim to develop an informed view about the ability of theories to match with stylised facts.
Course outline:
1. The dynamics of firm productivity: empirics and stylised facts
2. Firm size and firm growth: empirics and stylised facts
3. The role of entry, exit and firm age in industry dynamics
4. Firm heterogeneity and firm-industry dynamics: review of alternative theories
5. Productivity, firm growth and industrial dynamics: empirics of market selection
6. Measuring innovative activity of firms
7. Sectoral patterns of innovation
8. Innovation and firm-growth
Textbooks: lecture notes and reading list to be provided in class
Final evaluation: oral examination
IMPORTANT: LECTURES ARE SCHEDULED IN BLENDED, MODE WITH INTERESTED STUDENTS ALLOWED TO COME IN PERSON TO CLASSES ORGANISED @SCUOLA SANT'ANNA. BLENDED OR FULL REMOTE TEACHING WILL THEN FOLLOW, DEPENDING ON EVOLUTION OF COVID-19 EMERGENCY.
ALL STUDENTS INTERESTED IN THIS COURSE PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL TO: federico.tamagni@santannapisa.it
FOR UPDATED CALENDAR of CLASSES see:
http://mse.ec.unipi.it/courses/second-year/
ECTS: 6
Description:
The course introduces to recent developments in theory and empirics of firm dynamics and to its interplay with innovation patterns in shaping aggregate outcomes such as growth, productivity and international trade. The course has a strong applied focus, providing students with solid knowledge of the empirical evidence concerning key firm-level characteristics (size, growth, productivity and innovation) and industry-level dynamics, with the final aim to develop an informed view about the ability of theories to match with stylised facts.
Course outline:
1. The dynamics of firm productivity: empirics and stylised facts
2. Firm size and firm growth: empirics and stylised facts
3. The role of entry, exit and firm age in industry dynamics
4. Firm heterogeneity and firm-industry dynamics: review of alternative theories
5. Productivity, firm growth and industrial dynamics: empirics of market selection
6. Measuring innovative activity of firms
7. Sectoral patterns of innovation
8. Innovation and firm-growth
Textbooks: lecture notes and reading list to be provided in class
Final evaluation: oral examination
IMPORTANT: LECTURES ARE SCHEDULED IN BLENDED, MODE WITH INTERESTED STUDENTS ALLOWED TO COME IN PERSON TO CLASSES ORGANISED @SCUOLA SANT'ANNA. BLENDED OR FULL REMOTE TEACHING WILL THEN FOLLOW, DEPENDING ON EVOLUTION OF COVID-19 EMERGENCY.
ALL STUDENTS INTERESTED IN THIS COURSE PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL TO: federico.tamagni@santannapisa.it
FOR UPDATED CALENDAR of CLASSES see:
http://mse.ec.unipi.it/courses/second-year/
- Teacher: FEDERICO TAMAGNI
- co-docente: ARIANNA MARTINELLI
- Teacher: MAURO SODINI
- co-docente: ANDREA CARAVAGGIO
- co-docente: LAURA CAROSI
- Teacher: MONICA PRATESI
Topics in Macroeconometrics aim is to endow students with a working knowledge of the modern econometric methods used in macroeconomics and, to some extent, in finance.
Topics range from classic time series concepts such as linear univariate and multivariate processes (ARMA, VAR) to techniques that have only recently entered the applied macroeconomist' toolbox (Bayesian VAR and Factor Models).
Topics range from classic time series concepts such as linear univariate and multivariate processes (ARMA, VAR) to techniques that have only recently entered the applied macroeconomist' toolbox (Bayesian VAR and Factor Models).
- Teacher: GIUSEPPE RAGUSA
- Teacher: ANGELA PARENTI
- co-docente: PAOLO FRUMENTO