麻豆社

Argomenti dell'insegnamento
Module 1: Firms in international trade (heterogeneous firms, export decisions, trade policies, productivity, quality). Module 2: Firms, hierarchies, and knowledge management.

Modalit脿 di insegnamento
鈥� Frontal lectures 鈥� In class presentations by students

Obiettivi formativi
PhD programme: The courses aim to train researchers with strong quantitative and theoretical skills, capable of analyzing economic and financial phenomena. Candidates鈥� dissertations are expected to adhere to the highest standards of scientific rigor and to demonstrate innovative features that make them suitable for publication in leading international peer-reviewed journals. The programme therefore seeks to contribute to the international scientific debate in economics and finance. To this end, candidates will be encouraged to employ state-of-the-art methodologies and to adopt a multidisciplinary approach. The advanced training provided by the programme, together with the research methods required to complete the dissertation, prepares candidates both for an academic career and for high-level professional positions involving policy analysis and policymaking. Course 29128: 鈥� Acquire the skills to interpret empirical findings and relate them to relevant theoretical frameworks. 鈥� Gain methodological tools to refine and strengthen their Ph.D. research proposals in line with the approaches covered in the course.

Obiettivi formativi e risultati di apprendimento (ulteriori info.)
鈥� Develop a solid understanding of modern methods for counterfactual analysis using observational data. 鈥� Critically assess different areas of application of these techniques.

Modalit脿 d'esame
Individual presentation in which each student will have the opportunity to deepen the analysis of their Ph.D. research topic. The presentation should clearly define a specific research question, identify potential data sources, outline the appropriate empirical methodology, and discuss the main estimation challenges anticipated in the project.

Criteri di valutazione
Student evaluations will be based on several criteria: 鈥� The clarity with which they explain the research question (25%). 鈥� The appropriateness of the empirical methods proposed to address it (25%). 鈥� The originality and creativity in identifying potential data sources (25%). 鈥� Their critical ability to anticipate potential estimation challenges and suggest solutions for addressing them (25%).