Programme Overview
Master programme “Economics and Economic Policy” is a successor of master programmes “Applied Economics” and “Economics: Research Program”, but it is evolving in response to current demands of the labor market. Perspective students will choose an educational track according to their research interests and career expectations.
Students are expected to customize their curricula by choosing one of the three educational tracks:
- Applied Economics Track
- Economics Research Track
- Behavioral Economics Track
- Quantative Methods in Economics and Finance
Procedures of students’ assignment to academic tracks of Economics and Economic Policy master’s degree programme
Successful portfolio for admission and funding webinar with Elena Podkolzina
1. Applied Economics Track (Firms and Markets, Public Sector, and Economic Policy)
Scientific Supervisor: Leonid Polishchuk
Language: either Russian or English (knowledge of Russian language is not required)
Main Information about the Track
Special courses
Public Spending
Corporate Governance
Microeconometrics of Qualitative Data
Industrial Organization and Competition Policy
2. Economics Research Track
Scientific Supervisor: Olga Kuznetsova
Language: English (knowledge of Russian language is not required)
Main Information about the Track
Special courses (micro)
Microeconomics: Applications
Industrial Organization: Empirical Research
Special courses (macro)
Monetary Economics
DSGE Modelling
3. Behavioral Economics Track
Scientific Supervisor: Alexis V. Belianin
Language: English (knowledge of Russian language is not required)
Main Information about the Track
Special Courses
Behavioral economics
Behavioral policy
4. Quantitative Methods in Economics and Finance
Scientific Supervisor: Elena V. Kossova
Language: Russian (knowledge of Russian language is required)
Main Information about the Track
Special Courses
Time Series Analysis
Microeconometrics of Panel Data
Russian Macroeconomic Dynamics Estimation
Webinar with scientific supervisor of the track (in Russian)
Webinars with track supervisors
Economics and Economic Policy master program: Applied Economics Track
Economics and Economic Policy master program: Economics Research Track
Timecodes:
4:00 Mentors of the Track
10:40 General Structure of the Programme
24:47 Advantages of the Track
31:40 Dual Degree Programs
43:42 Macroeconomics and Cental Banks
49:07 Questions & Discussion