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

Syllabus and last year's material

Weekly meetings: Mondays, 8:30am to 11:15am and Fridays, 2pm to 4pm. Classroom Vercelli

Prof. Ainoa Aparicio Fenoll

Third Floor, Office #3.19.  Corso Unione Sovietica, 218 Bis - 10134 Torino

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

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.

Announcements

27 Oct: There is no class on Monday Nov 4th. Due dates of problem sets remain the same.

14 Oct: All new versions of PS#6, PS#7, PS#8 and PS#9 are available online. Check them out!

14 Oct: We have updated the hints on how to do PS#5. Check them. 

Problem Sets

• PS #1: Selecting ideas. Getting a one-page idea. Due date: Sept 22nd, 11pm, over Moodle (some examples from previous years)

• PS #2: Let's play with data! Due date: Sept 29th, 11pm, over Moodle (some hints on how to do PS #2)

• PS #3: Can you find interesting data? Due date: October 6th, 11pm, over Moodle. 

• PS #4: Research proposal. Due date: October 13th, 11pm, over Moodle (some hints on how to do PS #4)

• PS #5: Preliminary results. Due date: October 20th, 11pm, over Moodle (some hints on how to do PS #5)

• PS #6: Structure of the draft. Due date: October 27th, 11pm, over Moodle.

• PS #7: Short paper. Due date: November 3rd, 11pm, over Moodle.

• PS #8: Draft of presentation. Due date: November 10th, 11pm, over Moodle.

• PS #9: Short presentation (slides). Due date: November 17th, 11pm, 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: Economic Policy. vol. 16, no. 2, May 2024

• 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