Elective courses — Accounting, Banking, & Finance

Ph.D. students enrolled in the "Accounting, Banking, and Finance" track are required to select at least five elective courses to attend throughout the first and second years

ELECTIVE COURSES (ACCOUNTING, BANKING, AND FINANCE TRACK)

 

1. FIRST-YEAR ELECTIVE COURSES

 

A. FIRST TERM (NOVEMBER-DECEMBER)

 

Asset Management and Transition Risk (30 hours)

Main Instructor: Mascia Bedendo

Second Cycle Degree in Greening Energy Market and Finance (Department of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati"

 

Computer Programming (30 hours)

Main Instructor: Mauro Gaspari

Second Cycle Degree in Quantitative Finance (Department of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati")

 

Econometrics of Financial Markets (30 hours)

Main Instructor: Emanuele Bacchiocchi

Second Cycle Degree in Applied Economics and Markets (Department of Economics)

 

Economics of Financial Markets (30 hours)

Main Instructor: Massimiliano Marzo

Second Cycle Degree in Quantitative Finance (Department of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati")

 

B. SECOND TERM (FEBRUARY-APRIL)

 

Quantitative Research Methods (15 hours)

Main Instructor: Gabriele Pizzi

Course Description: The course provides Ph.D. students with advanced statistical tools for univariate and multivariate data analysis. The methods learned in class include the most common data analysis techniques in managerial studies and span from factor analysis to regression models, including univariate and multivariate analysis of variance and moderation and mediation analysis. At the end of the course, students will be able to understand the statistical basis of the methods learned in class, analyze data appropriately on SPSS, and interpret the output of the analyses.

 

Research Methods in Applied Economics (30 hours)

Main Instructor: Enrico Cantoni

Second Cycle Degree in Economics and Econometrics (Department of Economics)

 

2. SECOND-YEAR ELECTIVE COURSES

 

A. FIRST TERM (SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER)

 

Advanced Behavioral Economics (30 hours)

Main Instructor: Maria Bigoni

Second Cycle Degree in Economics (Department of Economics)

 

Advanced Panel Methods (30 hours)

Main Instructor: Maria Elena Bontempi

Second Cycle Degree in Economics (Department of Economics)

 

Big Data Analytics (18 hours)

Main Instructor: Matteo Farnè

Second Cycle Degree in Statistics, Economics and Business (Department of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati")

 

Financial Market Regulation (30 hours)

Main Instructor: Marco Lamardini

Second Cycle Degree in Quantitative Finance (Department of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati")

 

Fundamentals of Public Management (15 hours)

Main Instructor: Ileana Steccolini

 

Introduction to Python for Econometrics (30 hours)

Main Instructor: Davide Raggi

Second Cycle Degree in Economics (Department of Economics)

 

Qualitative Research in Accounting (15 hours)

Main Instructor: Emanuele Padovani

 

2. SECOND TERM (NOVEMBER-DECEMBER)

Industrial Organization: Theory and Applications (30 hours)

Main Instructor: Vincenzo Denicolò

Second Cycle Degree in Economics (Department of Economics)

 

Microeconometrics (30 hours)

Main Instructor: Chiara Monfardini

Second Cycle Degree in Economics and Econometrics (Department of Economics)

 

3. THIRD TERM (FEBRUARY-APRIL)

Financial Mathematics (30 hours)

Main Instructor: Silvia Romagnoli

Second Cycle Degree in Quantitative Finance (Department of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati")

 

Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence - Module 1 (15 hours)

Main Instructor: Matteo Amabili

Second Cycle Degree in Greening Energy Market and Finance (Department of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati")