SEM0151, M.A. in Economics, ESOMAS (Economics Department), UniTO 

Syllabus and last year's material

Prof. Ignacio Monzón

Third Floor, Office #3.21. Corso Unione Sovietica, 218 Bis - 10134 Torino

Office Hours: Drop by, or send me an email to set up an appointment.

Weekly meetings: Fridays from 1:30 to 4:00. Classroom Torino

Announcements

9 June: Welcome to Research Methods! We will not have class on Friday Sep 29th. 

Problem Sets

• PS #1: Selecting ideas. Getting a one-page idea. Due date: Oct 4th, 6pm, over Moodle (some examples from last year)

• PS #2: Let's play with data! Due date: Oct 11th, 6pm, over Moodle (some hints on how to do PS #2)

• PS #3: Can you find interesting data? Due date: Oct 18th, 6pm, over Moodle. 

• PS #4: Research proposal. Due date: Oct 25th, 6pm, over Moodle (some hints on how to do PS #4)

• PS #5: Preliminary results. Due date: Nov 1st, 6pm, over Moodle (some hints on how to do PS #5)

• PS #6: Complete draft. Due date: Nov 8th, 6pm, over Moodle.

• PS #7: Short presentation (slides). Due date: Nov 15th, 6pm, over Moodle.

You can find some data here!

Miscellaneous Resources

• Steve Pischke's resources for Economics PhD students

• “Writing as a Social Scientist”

Some Papers to Check 

• Benjamin W. Cowan, ``Forward-thinking teens: The effects of college costs on adolescent risky behavior,'' Economics of Education Review, Volume 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 813-825

• Claudio Deiana, Vikram Maheshri and Giovanni Mastrobuoni, "Migrants at Sea: Unintended Consequences of Search and Rescue Operations", Conditionally Accepted, American Economic Journal: Applied

• Ainoa Aparicio Fenoll, "The best in the class," Economics of Education Review, Volume 84, 2021, 102168

• Christos Genakos and Mario Pagliero, "Interim Rank, Risk Taking and Performance in Dynamic Tournaments", Journal of Political Economy, 120, 4, 2012