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PhD Programme in Economics33rd 34th 35th cycles

Guide A.Y. 2019-20

Department of Economics

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Contents Welcome

WELCOME p.3

PHD IN ECONOMICS p.4

Generalorganization p.4

Teachingprogramme2019-20andrequirements p.5

Review,pre-defenceandfinalexam p.9

RequirementofthePhDthesis,co-tutelle,academichonestyandresearchethics p.11

Teaching p.12

Mobility p.13

Partnerships p.14

ITN-ExSIDE p.15

DoctoralFacultyBoard p.16

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS p.20

Seminarseries&ResearchattheDepartment p.20

Facilities p.21

LINKS TO CA’ FOSCARI UNIVERSITY p.23

DearStudents,welcometothePhDprogrammeinEconomicsofCa’FoscariUniversityofVenice!

ThePhDprogrammeinEconomicsatCa’FoscariUniversityofVeniceisafour-yeardoctoralprogrammeanditstandsasacorecommitmentfortheDepartmentofEconomics,whichwasawardedthelabelofDepartmentofExcellencebytheMinistryofEducationandResearch(MIUR)witharelevantfunding.AgreatpartofthisfundingisusedtosupportthePhDprogrammeofEconomics.

ThePhDprogrammeprovidesstudentswithtoolsandinstrumentstoconductoriginalresearchtowardsadoctoraldissertationinvariousfieldsofspecialisationineconomicsandfinance.Theseincludemicro-andmacro-economictheory,econometrictheory,microeconometrics,appliedeconomics,publiceconomics,politicaleconomy,quantitativefinance,mathematicalfinance,operationsresearch,mathematicaleconomics,behaviouralandexperimentaleconomics.

ThePhDprogrammeisofficiallyrecognizedbytheItalianMinistryofEducationandResearch(MIUR)andhasbeenawardedthecertificateof“accreditamento”.Attheendoftheprogrammestudentsshouldhaveachievedanynecessaryskillstoperformhighlyqualifiedprofessionsineconomicsorfinanceinuniversitiesand/orpublicorprivateorganizations.

ThepolicyandtheactivitiesofthePhDprogrammeareplannedandorganizedbythePhDDoctoralFacultyBoardwhichismadeupbytheCoordinatoroftheprogrammeandbyothermembersnominatedbytheDepartmentofEconomics.

ThisdocumentprovidesaguidetotheorganizationandtheactivitiesofthePhDprogramme,andtoitspoliciesandprocedures.UsefulinformationontheDepartmentofEconomicsandCa’FoscariUniversityareprovidedonvariouswebsiteswhichareindicatedattheendofthisguide.YouarekindlyinvitedtovisitthewebsitesandgetfamiliarwiththeinformationusefulforyourattendancetoCa’FoscariUniversityasagraduatestudent.

YouasaPhDstudentarepartofaveryselectedworldwidespreadcommunityoftalentedstudents.Thisgivesyoutheopportunitytospendafewyearsstudyinginordertoreachthefrontierofthecurrentknowledgeineconomics,aimingtogobeyondthatlimit.Itisgoingtobeanintense,stressfulbutatthesametimegratifyingexperience.

OnbehalfoftheDoctoralFacultyBoard,welcomeaboard.

Giacomo PasiniCoordinatorofthePhDinEconomicsDepartmentofEconomicsCa’FoscariUniversityofVenice

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PhD in Economics

General organisationThePhDinEconomicsisafour-yearprogramme,entirelytaughtinEnglish.Itoffersadvancedtrainingineconomics,econometricsandfinanceandaimstoprovidehighlyselectedstudentswiththeabilitytoconductoriginalresearch,enablingthemtopursueacareerinacademiaorineconomicandfinancialorganizations.

Duringthefirstyear,studentsattendanintensiveprogrammesubdividedintofourtermsofadvancedcoursesineconomics,withexamsandassignments.Theprogrammestartsinmid-SeptemberandendsinJulywiththecomprehensiveexams.Duringthefirstyear,studentsarealsorequiredtoattendDepartmentseminarsandperformresearchactivitiesasindicatedbytheDoctoralFacultyBoard.Attheendofthefirstyear,onthebasisofgradesandoverallachievements,theBoarddecideswhethertoadmitstudentstothesecondyearoftheprogramme.

Atthebeginningofthesecondyear,untiltheChristmasbreak,studentsattendresearch-orientedcourses(withassignmentsandexams).Uponthecompletionofthecoursesprogramme,byDecember,studentshavetochooseanddiscusstopicsfortheirdissertationwiththemainsupervisorandpresentageneraloutlookattheirfirstMonitoringSession.Workonthedoctoralthesisissupervisedbytwosupervisors;atleastoneofthetwomustbeaffiliatedwithCa’FoscariUniversity.Afterhavingarrangedthetopicoftheirthesisandagreedonthemainsupervisor,second-yeardoctoralstudentsstarttoworkontheirresearchproject.AllstudentsareexpectedtoparticipateactivelyinDepartmentseminarsandotherresearchactivitiesorganisedbytheDoctoralFacultyBoard.Fromthesecondyearandbeyond,theyalsocarryoutteachingactivitiesforundergraduatecourses,organisedbytheDepartmentofEconomics.PhDStudentsareencouragedandfinanciallysupportedtoparticipateininternationalconferencesandworkshops.Fromthesecondsemesterofthesecondyearandbeyond,theycanorganiseaperiodofinternationalmobilitytoconductpartoftheirresearchataninternationalinstitution;suchperiodisagreedwiththesupervisorandmustbeapprovedbytheDoctoralFacultyBoard.

Theprogrammeendswithafinalexamconsistinginthethesisdefence(“viva”)infrontofaCommitteeofatleastthreeprofessorswithexpertiseinthefieldofthedissertation.TheCommitteedecideswhetherthestudentdeservesthetitleofDottorediRicercainEconomia(PhDinEconomics).

ThePhDProgrammemustbecompletedbytheendofthefourthyear.

Teaching programme academic year 2019-20

Courses/other activities Period

Welcome Day September16th2019

1st period – courses and exams 16.09.2019-26.10.2019

2nd period - courses and exams 4.11.2019–14.12.2019

3rd period - courses and exams 3.02.2020-14.03-2020

4th period - courses and exams 23.03.2020-9.05.2020

Department seminar series MondaysEconomicsSeminarSeriesWednesdaysInternalseminars

Reading Seminars part 1 January2020

Reading Seminars part 2 May2020

Participation in theJoint PhD Workshop Economics & Management

June2020

Comprehensive exams period 1-15July2020

Choice of thesis research project and main supervisor EndofDecember2020

1st year monitoring July16th2020

First year students – 35th cycle – mandatory activities

Organization of the courses

Withintheabove-mentionedgeneralguidelines,theactivitiesforstudentsenrolledinthethreecyclesofacademicyear2019-20areasfollow.

1st period

COURSES Professors

16.09.2019- 26.10.2019

Optimisation PaolaFerretti

Probability Theory MargheritaGerolimetto

Microeconomics I MicheleBernasconi

Macroeconomics I MichaelDonadelli

2nd period

COURSES Professors

4.11.2019 – 14.12.2019

Optimisation PaolaFerretti

Probability Theory MargheritaGerolimetto

Microeconomics I PietroDindo

Macroeconomics I MichaelDonadelli

3rd period

COURSES Professors

3.02.2020-14.03-2020

Microeconomics II PietroDindo

Macroeconomics II MicheleBoldrin

Econometrics GiacomoPasini

Experimental and Behavioral Economics

ValeriaMaggian

4th period

COURSES Professors

23.03.2020-9.05.2020

Microeconomics II AgarBrugiavini

Macroeconomics II MicheleBoldrin

Econometrics MonicaBillio

Experimental Economics II

LucaCorazzini

Microeconometrics IreneMammi

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Lectures for the courses Optimisation, Probability Theory, Microeconomics I and II,Macroeconomics I and II EconometricsarejointlyattendedbytheQuantitativeEconomicMasterstudents.PhDstudentscarryoutadditionalreadingsandexercisesthroughoutthecoursesessionspecificallypreparedforthembythecourseprofessor.Syllabusandscheduleforeachcourseareavailableonthepage“courses”ofthePhDineconomicswebsite.

Examination policy and Requirements PhD students must sit at the first exam session (primo appello) of Optimisation,Probability Theory,Microeconomics I and II,Macroeconomics I and II Econometricsat theendofeachteachingperiod.For thecoursesofExperimental Economics I and II and Microeconometrics, the examination policy is specified on the syllabus of thecourses.Noretakesareadmitted.In July 2020, PhD students are also required to sit in the comprehensive exams ofMicroeconomics, Macroeconomics and Econometrics. These exams are scheduledbetweenJuly1standJuly15th2020.Thecomprehensiveexamswillbeevaluatedwithapass/failpolicyandtheFacultywillexaminetheresults,togetherwitheachstudentatthemonitoringsessioninJuly.Theevaluationoffirst-yearPhDstudentsisbasedon:- Courseworkandresults- Participationtoresearchevents- GeneralacademicbehaviourTogain admission to the second year,astudentisexpectedtohaveregularlyattendedtheDepartmentseminarsandtohaveanaverageGPAover3.00(B)andapassgradeinallthecomprehensiveexams. Gradeequivalentsare:A=4.00,B=3.00,C=2.00,D=1.00,F=0.00,with+/-addingorsubtracting0.33.Theoverallevaluationalsotakesintoaccountgeneralacademicbehaviour.Readcarefullythesectionon“Academichonesty”.Attendancetoallcourses,seminarsandotheractivitiesoftheprogrammeiscompulsory.Repeatedunjustifiedabsencescanleadtodisqualificationfromtheprogramme.StudentsmustinforminadvancetheteacherandtheSecretariatabouttheirabsence.Participatingregularly toseminars isa requisiteof theprogramme.Firstyearstudentsare expected to attend most of the seminars organized by the Economic Department.Seminarsattendance isrecordedandreportedonofficialtranscriptsofstudents(%ofparticipationtodepartmentseminarsforfirstyearstudents:above95%,Verygood;95-75%,Good;75-55%Average,55%-40%Poor,lessthan40%,Verypoor).

Thesis supervisionStudentswilldecideandcommunicatetothecoordinator/SecretariattheirthesistopicandsupervisorbytheendofDecember2020.Mostof themembersof theEconomicsDepartmentfacultycanserveassupervisors.Duringthemonitoring sessionattheendofJanuary2021studentspresentaplanfortheirthesis,agreedwiththesupervisor.

English language - C1 levelAverygoodlevelofEnglishlanguageknowledge(oralandwritten)isrequiredtoallPhDstudents to be able to write a PhD thesis and to present in international conferences.The PhD students are expected to carry out C1 English courses throughout their PhDprogrammeinordertomeettherequiredqualitylevelofEnglishwrittenandoralfluency.



Second-year courses 16.09.2019-26.10.2019and4.11.2019–14.12.2019

Reading seminars and research courses with invited faculty

JanuaryandJune2020


Mid-year monitoring with the Doctoral Faculty Board January30th2020

Participation in theJoint PhD Workshop Economics & Management

June2020

2nd year final monitoring with the Doctoral Faculty Board July16th2020

Second year students – 34rd cycle – mandatory activities

Examination policy and Requirements Theevaluationofsecond-yearPhDstudentsisbasedonthefollowingactivities:- Courseworkandresults- Participationtoresearchevents- Researchprogress- GeneralacademicbehaviourAttendancetoallcourses,seminarsandotheractivitiesoftheprogrammeiscompulsory.Repeatedunjustifiedabsencescanleadtodisqualificationfromtheprogramme.StudentsmustinforminadvancetheteacherandtheSecretariatabouttheirabsence.Asfarastheevaluationisconcerned,studentsareexpectedtoachieveanoverallmeanofBwiththepossibilityofdiscardingtheexamwiththelowestgrade.Togainadmissiontothirdyear,astudentmustbepositivelyevaluatedbythePhDDoctoralFacultyBoardonalltheactivities:courseworkandresults,participationtoseminarsandresearch events, teaching activities, evaluation by supervisor and research progress.Students should be regularly in contact with the supervisor and possibly with thecoordinatorofthePhDtodiscussandinformthemontheirprogressintheprogramme.Theoverallevaluationalsotakesintoaccountgeneralacademicbehaviour.Readcarefullythesectionon“Academichonesty”.

Second-year students are expected to progressively integrate into the research lifeof the Department of Economics, to participate and contribute to the discussion inthe Department seminars, including the 1-to-1 meeting opportunities with invited speakers.Theyareexpectedtoattendmost,ifnotall,seminars.Seminarsattendanceisrecordedandreportedonofficialtranscripts(%ofparticipationtodepartmentseminars

Organization of the courses

1st period

COURSES Professors

16.09.2019- 26.10.2019

Advanced Econometrics

RobertoCasarin

Computational economics

PaoloPellizzari

Applied Public Economics

FrancescaZantomio

2nd period

COURSES Professors

4.11.2019 – 14.12.2019

Advanced Microeconomics

MarcoLiCalzi

Finance LorianaPelizzon

Household Finance

SerenaTrucchi

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Third year students – 33rd cycle – mandatory activities




Mid-year monitoring with the Doctoral Faculty Board January30th2019

Participation in the Joint PhD Workshop Economics & Management

June2020

3rd year final monitoring with the Doctoral Faculty Board July16th2020

Pre-defence, review and final exam

1. PRE-DEFENCEa) Pre-defence takes place during the last year of the PhD programme within June; b) It consists in an internal seminar withintheDepartmentofEconomicsSeminar;c) Seminarorganizerswillindicateonprogrammeandemailsthattheseminarqualifies

aspre-defence.

2. ADMISSION TO FINAL EXAM PROCEDUREa) During July’s monitoring session, the Doctoral Faculty Board nominates the

internal refereeforthecandidate.Submissionofdraftforinternalreferee.ThereviewlastsuntilSeptember1st.

b) Within first week of September:DoctoralFacultyBoarddecideswhethertoadmittofinalexamprocedureortorejectwithnotitle.Decisionisbasedon

a.Report/opinionofthesupervisor b.Report/opinionofinternalrefereec) If the student is admitted, Doctoral Faculty Board names two external referees.

RefereescannotbefromCa’FoscariUniversity,butcanbefromotherItalianuniversities.Theymustbemembersofafaculty.

3. FIRST STEP IN FINAL EXAM PROCEDURE: REFEREES AND REVIEWa) Within 1st of October:Submissionofadvanceddraftforexternalreferees.Thereview

lastsabout40days.b) Within 15th of November:Reportbyreferees

• External referees write two separate reports, and suggest either 1 month or 6monthsfortherevision.(comparabletominor/majorrevisionforaninternationaljournal).

c) Internalrefereetakesthefinaldecision:• 1monthtorevisethethesisbasedontherefereesreport.[Ammesso all’esame finale]• Or6additionalmonthstoimprovethethesis.[Prolungamento]

4. SECOND STEP IN FINAL EXAM PROCEDURE: DEFENCEa) If admitted to final exam:

• Within December 15th: submission of final version including the modificationssuggestedbyreferees.

• Defencesession:frommid-Januarytomid-March.• Thedefencecommitteeismadeupbytheinternalreferee,atleastoneofthetwo

externalreferees,andathirdmember.b) If 6 additional months required (prolungamento):

• Within March 1st: Internal referee and supervisor evaluate the progress in the

RequirementsTheevaluationofthethirdyearPhDstudentsisbasedonthefollowingactivities:- Participationtoresearchevents- ResearchprogressDuringtheirthirdyear,studentstaketheroleofTeachingAssistantsforundergraduatecourses and are required to serve as Proctors to the Department’s faculty. Detailedinformationisinthe“Teaching”section.TheyarealsoexpectedtofullyintegratethemselvesintoresearchattheDepartmentofEconomics,toparticipateandcontributetothediscussionintheDepartmentseminars,including the 1-to-1 meeting opportunities with invited speakers, and to present their own work at least once in the internal seminars series.Seethe“pre-defence,review and final exam” section for details. Third year students are expected to attendmost,ifnotall,Departmentseminars.Seminarsattendanceisrecordedandreportedonofficialtranscriptsofstudents(%ofparticipationtodepartmentseminarsforthirdyearstudent: above 95%,Very good; 95-75%, Good; 75-55%,Average, 55%-40% Poor, lessthan40%,Verypoor).Third-yearstudentsarestronglyencouragedtoparticipateininternationalworkshopsandconferencestopresenttheprogressesoftheirwork.Allactivitiesmusttobeagreedwith

forthirdyearstudent:above95%,Verygood;95-75%,Good;75-55%Average,55%-40%Poor,lessthan40%,Verypoor).Duringtheirsecondyear,studentstaketheroleofTeachingAssistantsforundergraduatecourses and are required to serve as Proctors to the Department’s faculty. Detailedinformationisinthe“Teaching”section.

Thetwomonitoring sessions(JanuaryandJuly)consistinashortpresentationtotheDoctoralFacultyBoardontheactivitiescarriedout,withupdatesontheresearchprojectandforthcomingactivities.StudentswhoareabroadonauthorisedstayscancarryoutthemonitoringsessionsthroughSkype.

Besides a possible period of visiting abroad, second-year students are encouragedto participate in workshops, conferences, and other research activities organised byvariousnationalandinternationalinstitutions.Allactivitiesmustbeagreeduponwiththesupervisor and approved by the Doctoral Faculty Board. Information on administrativeprocedureslinkedtothisactivityisavailableinthe“Mobility”section.

Bytheendof thesecondyear,studentsareassignedasecondsupervisor.Thesecondsupervisorisjointlychosenbythefirstsupervisorandthestudent;she/heneedsnottobeaffiliatedtoCa’FoscariUniversity.

thesupervisorandapprovedbytheDoctoralFacultyBoard.Informationonadministrativeproceduresconcerningtheseactivitiesareavailableinthe“Mobility”section.Third-year students are monitored twice during the year by the PhD Doctoral FacultyBoard.Inthemonitoringsessions,third-yearstudentsareaskedtoexplainhowthethesisisdevelopinganddiscussplansandscheduletocompletethedissertation.StudentswhoareabroadonauthorisedstayscancarryoutthemonitoringsessionsthroughSkype.

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revisionofthethesisandproposetotheDoctoralFacultyBoard: • Toadmittofinalexamprocedure • Torejectthestudentwithnotitle

• Ifthestudent isadmittedtothefinalexamprocedure,therevisedversionofthethesisissenttothesameexternalreferees.

• Within March 20th:Submissionofadvanceddraft for referees.Thereview lastsabout40days.

• Within May 2nd:Reportbyreferees.Atthisstage,theycansuggestfurtherchangestobeimplementedwithin30daysanddiscussedduringthedefence.

• Within May 31st:submissionoffinalversionincludingthemodificationssuggestedbyreferees

• Defence session: from July 1st to September 15th.• Thedefencecommissionismadeupbytheinternalreferee,andtwomembers(can

betherefereesbutnotcompulsory).

NB: datescanvaryslightly.Definitedatewillbecommunicatedwhenofficiallyscheduled.

Informationontheadministrativestepsoffinalexam,includingtheformatofthethesis,areavailableonthededicatedwebsites:

a) Submission of final exam request to the Administrative offices of Ca’ Foscari and Evaluation of thesis by external referees

http://www.unive.it/pag/7729/[ITA] http://www.unive.it/pag/20435/[ENG]

b) Thesis submission and anti-plagiarism verification http://www.unive.it/pag/7744/[ITA] http://www.unive.it/pag/20433[ENG]

Requirement of the PhD thesis

Atypicaldissertationconsistsofthreechapters.Co-authorshipisadmittedprovidedthatthedissertationcanbefullyrecognizedasapersonalworkofthecandidate.Thequalityofthedissertationmustbehighenoughtoentertheinternationaljobmarketforeconomists.

Academic honesty and research ethics

The PhD programme in Economics at Ca’ Foscari University is committed to academichonesty and research ethics. Plagiarism of any kind, from copying in an exam to avoidquotingthesourcesofyourfindingsisnotaccepted.The PhD thesis is verified by an anti-plagiarism software before the consignment intotheUniversity’sthesisarchivesandallprofessorsoftheprogrammecarryoutfrequentcontrolsonpapersandessaysproducedbyPhDstudentsthroughouttheyear.TheDoctoralFacultyBoard,accordingtothegravityoftheinfringementsoftherulesonacademichonestyandresearchethicswilldecidesanctionsuptotheexclusionfromthePhDprogramme.

Publishing

PhD webpage and ARCA catalogueEvery PhD student must regularly update his/her personal page with the informationrelatedtohis/herPhDcareer(conferencesattended,teaching,etc.)It is also mandatory to include in the institutional Open Access Ca’ Foscari researcharchive (ARCA) any publication (conference proceedings, working papers, article injournals,chapterofbooketc.).Auser’sguideisavailableontheARCAdedicatedwebsite.ORCID CODE - http://orcid.orgEvery student is required to register to ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID -http://orcid.org)andcommunicatehis/herORCIDcodetotheSecretariatafterhe/shewillberegularlyregisteredatCa’FoscariUniversityasPhDstudent.

Doctor Europaeus label

TheDoctorEuropaeustitleisanadditionallabelattachedtotheResearchDoctorateDegreeissuednationwide.Fulldescriptionandinformationcanbereadonthefollowingwebsite:www.unive.it/pag/7882/[ITA]www.unive.it/pag/20450/[ENG]AstudentinterestedinapplyingfortheDoctorEuropaeuslabelmustbesuretohavealltherequirementsandmustinformtheSecretariatoftheProgrammewithinthefinalmonitoring.

Co-tutelle and double degrees

Forinformationonco-tutellesanddoublesdegrees,pleaseconsultthewebpages:www.unive.it/pag/7882/[ITA]www.unive.it/pag/20450/[ENG]

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Teaching or equivalent activities (40 hrs)

The University PhD regulation requires that every PhD student carries out during eachacademicyear40hoursofunpaiddifferentformsofteachingassistantshiporequivalentactivities.ThisdecisionwastakenbytheRectorandwasapprovedbytheBoardofthePhD.Anyotherpaidteachingactivitycanbecarriedoutoncethe40hoursarecompleted.Teachingorequivalentactivitiescanbedeclinedasfollow:

-TeachingAssistantship(esercitazioni) forcoursesat thebachelorormaster levels+relatedofficehours.ThePhD/DepartmentmakesacallforinterestinMayeveryyearto inform the PhD students on which courses require a teaching assistant.The PhDstudentwillmakearequestandtheDepartmentwillassignstheTAinJune.TeachingAssistantsarerequiredtocontacttheprofessorresponsibleforthecoursetoagreeonwhatisexpectedandfillinanonlineregisterattheendoftheTA;TAswillreceiveanevaluationoftheirperformance.TheTeachingAssistantisrequiredtoteach5exercisesessionsof1h30’eachin5consecutiveweeksoffer2hours/weekofofficehoursforstudentsduringthecourseandatleast2hoursbeforeeachexamsession(moreorless14officehoursintotal)andserveasproctorduringthefourexamsessionsthroughouttheacademicyear.

-Proctoring:Along their second, third and fourth year, students are required to serveas proctors to the Department’s Faculty. Students will be required to apply to callsupon professors’ requests for assistance (usually exam supervision).This activity ismandatoryforallstudentsandisunpaid;

-Holdingseminarsororganizingseminars;-Laboratoriesforcoursesatthebachelorormasterlevels;-TutorshipforMasters’studentsonhowtowriteaMaster’sthesis;-Examcorrection;-Onlinetutorship.

Administrative regulations and procedures

In addition to the fulfilment of the requirements indicated above for each cohort, PhDstudentshavetobefullyawareandcomplywiththePhDprogrammesgeneralregulationsof Ca’ Foscari University, reported in the University PhD Regulation available at http://www.unive.it/pag/8256/Normsandproceduresareprovidedparticularlyaboutenrolment insubsequentyears,suspensions,withdrawalsandexclusionsfromtheprogramme,scholarshipsandgrants,workingwhileonthePhDprogrammeandotheraspectsofthePhDstudent’scareer.

Mobility

1. Study abroad periodStudyandresearchperiodsinaforeigninstitutionmustbediscussedwiththesupervisorand authorised by the Doctoral Faculty Board well in advance before departure. Studyabroadperiodsmustbecompatiblewithteachingobligations,potentialconflictsmustbediscussedwiththePhDCoordinator.Astudentwhoisplanning–withsupervisor’sagreement-toleaveforthestudy/researchabroadperiodisrequiredtoinformviaemailtheCoordinatorandtheSecretariatoftheProgramme (supervisor must be included in the communication) at least 2 monthsbeforeexpecteddeparture.Thestudentwillprovidecompleteinformationondestination,duration and research agenda of the period abroad. The Coordinator/Doctoral FacultyBoardwillapprove/rejecttherequest.Iftherequestisaccepted,thestudentmustfillintheStudyabroadrequestontheonlineplatform.Duringtheperiodabroad,thescholarshipisincrementedby50%.Abroadperiodispossibleuptoamaximumof18months.Pleasereadinstructionsaboutscholarshipincrementonthededicatedwebsite:http://www.unive.it/pag/7719[ITA]http://www.unive.it/pag/20459/[ENG]Noticketpurchaseoranyotherpersonalarrangementsmustbedonewithouttheonlineauthorization.

2. Mobility for international conferences/summer schools Starting from the second year, PhD students are granted an annual sum equivalent tothe10%oftheannualscholarshiptobespent forresearchpurposes.Thissumcanbecumulated from second to third to fourth year but should be spent within the 14th ofSeptemberofthefourthyear.Astudentwhoisplanning–withsupervisor’sagreement-toattendaninternationalconferenceorasummerschoolisrequiredtoinformviaemailtheCoordinatorandtheSecretariatoftheProgramme(supervisormustbeincludedinthecommunication).Thestudentwillprovidecompleteinformationontheconferenceorsummerschool.TheCoordinator/DoctoralFacultyBoardwillapprove/rejecttherequest.Scholarship50%incrementcanalsobeaskedforconferenceparticipationabroad.If the request is accepted, the student must fill in the mission request on the onlineplatform.Pleasereadinstructionsaboutexpensereimbursementmobilityonthededicatedwebsite:http://www.unive.it/pag/7719[ITA]http://www.unive.it/pag/20459/[ENG]NoticketpurchaseoranyotherpersonalarrangementsmustbedonewithouttheonlineauthorizationbytheCoordinator.It is important to read and fully understand the regulation on expenses reimbursement. Please read the handbook which is available on the above stated website.

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Partnerships

EDEEM: European Doctorate in Economics Excellence and MobilityEDEEM - European Doctorate in Economics Excellence and Mobility is an internationalnetwork of doctoral programmes in economics. The consortium consists of sevenpartners: Universiteit van Amsterdam (Netherlands), Universität Bielefeld (Germany,Coordinator), Université catholique de Louvain, UCL (Belgium), Universidade Novade Lisboa (Portugal), Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, EHESS (France),UniversitéParis1Panthéon-Sorbonne(France)andUniversitàCa’FoscariVenezia.

Ca’ Foscari-University of Groningen PhD Exchange Seminar Series in EconomicsThe Ca’ Foscari-University of Groningen PhD Exchange Seminar Series in Economicsis organized by the Departments of Economics of Ca’ Foscari University Venice andUniversityofGroningen,theNetherlands.Theaimoftheexchangeseminarseries istogivePhDstudentstheopportunitytopresenttheirworkintheearlystagesoftheircareeratahighprofileevent,andtoreceive in-depthfeedbackontheirresearch.DeadlineforpapersubmissionisusuallyinFall.

Courses/other activities Period/Modality



1 doctoral course (attendance and exam) Coursetobeagreedwiththesupervisor

Elective activities Activitiestobeagreedwiththesupervisor

Research Seminar Presentationindepartmentseminars

Doctoral Seminar Presentationwithin2PhDreadingseminarstobeagreedwithsupervisor

Final monitoring with the Doctoral Faculty Board July16th2020

Department activities for ExSIDE research fellows

BOMOPAVThisisajointinitiativeoftheDepartmentsofEconomicsoftheUniversitiesofBologna,Modena-Reggio Emilia, Padova, and Ca’ Foscari Venice. The BOMOPAV is a one-dayworkshop,whichtakesplaceinspringofeachyear,thelocationrotatesamongthepartneruniversities.The meeting involves presentations by two young researchers of each Department,which are discussed by (more) senior researchers of another Department. Presentersare selected by direct invitation by the scientific committee of the workshop, VenicepresentersareusuallyPhDcandidatesclosetotheirdefenceorPhDgraduatespreparingforthejobmarket.

Innovative Training NetworkExpectations and Social Influence Dynamics in Economics (ExSIDE)

StartedinSeptember2017,theEUfundedITNproject“ExpectationsandSocialInfluenceDynamicsinEconomics”(ExSIDE)projectpursueswithtwonewincomingPhDstudentsfromLouvainandAmsterdam.ExSIDEcombinesaninterdisciplinaryresearchagendawithaninnovativeEuropeanjointdoctoraltrainingprogram,whichprovidesdoctoralfellowswithabroadrangeofexpertiseandskillsneededforathoroughanalysisofexpectationformationprocessesandtheirroleinEconomics.

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Prof. Michele Bernasconi

E-mail: [email protected]

Research fields: Economicsandpsychology,Experimentaleconomics,Publicfinance.

Prof. Monica Billio, HeadoftheDepartmentofEconomics


Research fields:Dynamiclatentfactormodels,Simulationbasedinferencetechniques,Volatilityandriskmodelling,Switchingregimemodels,Volatilitytransmissionandcontagion,Businesscycleanalysis,Hedgefunds,Systemicrisk.

Prof. Antonella Basso


Research fields: Performanceofmutualfunds,SRIandethicalfinance,DEAmodelsforefficiencyevaluation,performanceofmuseums,creditrisk,optionpricing,MonteCarlosimulation,latticemodelsforstandardandexoticoptions,Americanoptions,stochasticdominance.

Prof. Agar Brugiavini


Research fields: Pingmodelsandempiricalanalysisoftheeconomicsofageing,Femalelabour-forceparticipation,Life-cyclesavings,SHARE.

Prof. Stefano Campostrini


Research fields: Applicationofstatisticsassupporttodecisionmakingprocesses,particularlyconcerninghealthandsocialpoliciesandintervention.

Prof. Roberto Casarin


Research fields: Financial,Bayesianandcomputationaleconometrics.Inparticular:Bayesianinference,MonteCarlomethods,MCMC,Particlefilter,Timeseries,Latentvariablemodels,Markov-switching,Stochasticvolatility,Graphicalmodels,Bigdata,machinelearning.

DOCTORAL FACULTY BOARD

Prof. Luca Corazzini


Research fields: BehavioralPublicChoice,ExperimentalEconomics,DeterminantsofLifeSatisfaction.

Prof. Marco Corazza


Research fields: Portfolioselectionandmanagement,ArtificialIntelligenceandMachineLearningforfinance,Bio-inspiredoptimizationmethodologies,Multicriteriadecisionsupportsystems,Fractalapproachtofinance.

Prof. Danilo Cavapozzi


Research fields: Appliedmicroeconomics,microeconometrics,laboreconomics,householdportfoliochoice,economicsofageing.

Prof. Sergio Currarini


Research fields: Formationofsocio-economicnetworks,Effectsofsocialnetworksonbehaviourandwelfare,Segregationpatternsinnetworkswithheterogeneousagents,Coalitionformationandpoliticaleconomy.

Prof. Pietro Dino Enrico Dindo


Research fields: MarketSelectionHypothesis,AssetPricing,GeneralEquilibrium,EvolutioninGamesandMarkets,RandomDynamicalSystem.

Prof. Margherita Gerolimetto


Research fields: Statisticalmethodsforcross-sectiondataanalysis,Timeseries.

Prof. Piero Gottardi


Research fields: Equilibriumcorporatefinance,Firms’investmentandfinancingindynamiceconomies.

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Prof. Marco LiCalzi


Research fields: Organizationaleconomics,Categoricalreasoning,Target-baseddecisions

Prof. Stefano Magrini, ViceCoordinatoroftheDoctoralFacultyBoard


Research fields: Regionaleconomics,Regionalgrowthandconvergence,Analysisofspatialdata,Localpolicy.

Prof. Elena Meschi


Research fields: Laboureconomics,Education,Trade,Appliedmicroeconometrics.

Prof. Giacomo Pasini, CoordinatorofthePhDDoctoralFacultyBoard


Research fields:Microeconometrics,Socialinteractionsandnetworks,Healthandageingeconomics,Laboreconomics,Householdfinance.

Prof. Loriana Pelizzon


Research fields: Riskmanagementandcapitalrequirements,Creditderivatives,Creditrisk,Systemicrisk,Financialcrisisandcontagion,Assetallocationandportfolioselection,Householdportfolios,Mutualfundsperformance,Hedgefunds,Corporategovernance.

Prof. Paolo Pellizzari


Research fields: Computationaleconomics/finance,MonteCarlosimulationandcomputer-intensivemethods,Agent-basedmodels,Boundedrationality,Tobintax,Taxevasion.

Prof. Francesca Zantomio


Research fields: Microeconometricsappliedtopublic,Healthandlaboureconomics;Publicprogrammesevaluation;Ageingandlong-termcare;Poverty,Inequalityandtax-benefitredistribution.

Prof. Noemi Pace


Research fields: Appliedmicroeconomics,HealtheconomicsandExperimentaleconomics.

Lisa Negrello PhDSecretariat


Office hours: Mon-Fri10.00-13.00

Staff

Prof. Daniela Maggioni


Research fields: Appliedinternationaleconomics;Trade,Productivityandinnovation;FDI;Economicgeography;Migration;Tradeandlabouroutcomes.

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Facilities for PhD students

PhD Rooms

Department of Economics PhDstudentshaveaccesstothePhDroomwhichislocatedintheEconomicscampus.AccesstotheroomisgrantedonlytoPhDstudentswhoareallresponsibleforitsgoodcare.TheSecretariatprovidesthefrontofficewiththelistofauthorisedstudents.ThePhDroomwillremainopenuntiltheclosureintheevening,whenpersonnelofthefrontofficewillclosethedoorsat19.00.Rules of conduct regarding the PhD roomPleasekeepthePhDroomcleanandtidy.Takecareofyourbelongings.Premisesmustbeleftby 19.00 at the latest.

ICT infrastructures

PCs and wifiThePhDroomhasafewPCsthatcanbeusedbystudents.However,werecommendyouuseyourownlaptopbyusingeithertheuniversity’swirelessconnectionorthewireconnectioninthePhDroom.Seethefollowingwebsiteformoreinformation.http://venus.unive.it/wifi/index.php?&cmd=home&os=&lang=en

Photocopy machinesAnetworkedphotocopymachineisavailableinthePhDroom.PhDstudentwillusethepersonalcredentialsgivenatthebeginningoffirstyeartoprintorcopy.Everystudenthasacountedpaperquota(1000copies/year).Rules of conduct regarding the Photocopy machinesPhotocopiesmustbemadeonbothsidestoavoidwaistofpaper.Remembertopickupyourcopiesfromthemachineswheneveryouprint.Takeintoaccounttheuseofpaperbeforeprinting.

Libraries

Campus Library – BECRightnexttotheDepartmentofManagementissituatedtheCampusLibrary–BEC.Youcanhaveaccesswithyourmultiservizicard.Ifyouneedtoaccessthelibrarybutyoustilldonothavethecard,youcanaskthefrontdeskpersonnelofthelibraryforatemporaryaccesscard.Ifyouneedabookwhichisnotavailableinthelibraryyoucanaskthelibrarytobuyit.PleaserefertoProfessorEnricaDeCian([email protected])formoredetails.

Department of Economics

The Doctoral Programme in Economics is run within the Department of Economics.TheDepartmentoffersundergraduateprogrammesbothatbachelorandMaster’slevels(mostofwhichinEnglish)andtwoPhDprogrammes.

Seminar SeriesSeminarsattheDepartmentofEconomicsareorganizedonaweeklybasis,everyMondayat12.30,hostinginternationalspeakersfromItalian,EuropeanandworldwideUniversitiesandresearchinstitutions.On Wednesdays, at 12.30, internal and informal seminars are organized. These sessionsarededicatedtoDepartmentresearchers’presentations,includingPhDstudentswhoareencouragedtopresenttheirworksinthisinternalseminarseries.Todoso,PhDstudentsareaskedtocontacttheseminarseriesorganizerstoscheduletheirpresentation.InformationonDepartment’sseminarsandeventsareavailablehere:http://www.unive.it/data/31916/

Research in the DepartmentTheresearchinterestsofthePhDFacultyaredescribedinthededicatedsectionofthePhDwebsite.Furthermore,ifyouwanttoexplorethemainareaofresearchoftheDepartment,youcanchecktheDepartment’swebsiteundertheResearchsectionwhereyoucanalsofindthecompletelistofpublications,byyearorbysubject.The Department has also an active series of journals and working papers. For moreinformation,pleasecheckthewebsite:http://www.unive.it/pag/16882PhDstudentsareencouragedtopublishtheirpapersintheDepartment’sworkingpapersseries.Tolearnhow,pleasecontactthePhDSecretariat.

Useful readings for PhD students in EconomicsCard,David,andStefanoDellaVigna.2013.“NineFactsaboutTopJournalsinEconomics”JournalofEconomicLiteraturevol.51,pp.144-161.

Cawley,John.2015.“AguideandadviceforeconomistsontheUSjunioracademicjobmarket:2014-15edition”.Atwww.aeaweb.org/joe/

Creedy,John.2006.“Frommanuscripttopublication:abriefguideforeconomists”,AustralianEconomicReviewvol.39,pp.103-113.

Hamermesh,Daniel.1992.“TheYoungEconomist’sGuidetoProfessionalEtiquette”JournalofEconomicPerspectivesvol.6,pp.169-179.

Hamermesh,Daniel.2013.“SixDecadesofTopEconomicsPublishing:WhoandHow?”JournalofEconomicLiteraturevol.51,pp.1-11.

Rubinstein,Ariel.2013.“10QA:ExperiencedAdvicefor“Lost”GraduateStudentsinEconomics”TheJournalofEconomicEducationvol.44,pp.193-196.

Thomson,William.2011,AGuidefortheYoungEconomist,2nded.Cambridge,MA,MITPress.

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Links to Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

ThefollowingarespecificpagesofCa’Foscariwebsiteinwhichyouwillfindusefulinformation.• CA’ FOSCARI PHD OFFICE www.unive.it/pag/252/[ITA] www.unive.it/pag/25684/[ENG]

• POSTGRADUATE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE www.unive.it/data/strutture/111618[ITA] www.unive.it/pag/20069/[ENG]

• ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES FOR PHD STUDENTS www.unive.it/pag/7717/[ITA] www.unive.it/pag/20463/[ENG]

• INTERNATIONAL WELCOME DESK – FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS www.unive.it/welcome

• HOUSING OFFICE AND CANTEENS www.unive.it/pag/19768

• MULTISERVICE CARD www.unive.it/pag/16409/

• MEDICAL ASSISTANCE/LOCAL PHYSICIAN www.unive.it/pag/12525/

Ca’ Foscari PhD Office and Postgraduate Administrative Sector (UfficioPostlauream)aretheofficesinchargeofthemanagementofPhDstudentsfromanadministrativepointofview(fromenrolmentthroughoutgraduation).

Ca’ Foscari Libraries – SBACa’Foscaristudentshaveaccesstoalluniversity’slibraries:BEC:EconomicsBALI: ForeignlanguagesandliteratureBAS:SciencesBAUM:HumanitiesCFZ: CulturalFlowZoneForcompleteinformationonservices,locationandopeninghours:www.unive.it/pag/9756/

The SBA website provides important information on publishing (diffusion, visibility andimpactofyourresearch,copyright,peerreview,etc.Checkthe“perchipubblica”sectionofthewebsitewww.unive.it/pag/9756/

Online resources

Ca’Foscaristudentshaveaccesstoanenormousquantityofmaterials:• Ca’FoscariDigitalLibrary• ElectronicJournalsCatalogue• Datasets• Thesis’archives• Othercataloguesandjournalsonline

Formoreinformationontheonlineresources:www.unive.it/pag/10393/

SCSCF (Sistema di Calcolo Scientifico Ca’ Foscari or Ca’ Foscari Scientific Computing System)

The SCSCF is a multi-core computer for parallel computing, massive simulations andscientificcomputingingeneral.Thefacilityhas128coresthatcan,ifproperlyprogrammed,run in parallel with high-performance networking hardware, back-up systems and widestorage capabilities. To access SCSCF contact Paolo Pellizzari ([email protected]) orRobertoCasarin([email protected]).

Email

OnceyouareenrolledasaPhDstudent,youwillreceiveanemailaccount([email protected]) which will be the only email address used by the Central Administration tocommunicateonanofficialbasiswithyou.Youwillapply [email protected]:http://www.unive.it/pag/11398 You need this email in order to be listed among the PhD students of the EconomicsDepartment. Please communicate your [email protected] address to the PhDSecretariatassoonasyouget it.Onceyouhavethisemailaddress,youwillfeed your personal webpage withyourCV,publicationsandphoto.

PhD in EconomicsDepartment of Economics

Ca’ Foscari University of VeniceSan Giobbe Campus – Cannaregio 873

30121 Venicewww.unive.it/phdeconomics

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