PHD in Economics

Department

Department of Economics

Main research activities/topics/projects

The major features of the Phd Program and Department research is plurality of approaches, interdisciplinarity, combination of theory and applied/empirical research. The main research areas (in alphabetic order) are:

• Alternative theories of prices and output and the reappraisal of the surplus approach
• Development, food security, environmental sustainability
• Finance and banking
• Global markets: firms, sectors, and policies
• Industrial, regional and agricultural Policies: innovation, technology transfer, productivity, growth, and convergence
• Labour, welfare, and macroeconomic policies Macroeconomics – cycle and growth
• Macroeconomics – cycle and growth
• Monetary theory and institutions
• Public finance, fiscal policy, and inequality

Working language

English, Italian

Duration in months (min-max)

Master Research: 1-6

PhD sandwich: 1-12

Post Doc: 1-6