Courses
Selected Graduate Coursework
Sciences Po Paris - MRes in Economics
Core Graduate Sequences
MICROECONOMICS I-II (Optimal Choice, Equilibrium, and Strategic Interaction)
Microeconomics I: Optimal Choice and Equilibrium
Graduate microeconomics covering individual choice, choice under uncertainty, revealed preferences, consumer and producer theory, general equilibrium, and comparative statics.
Microeconomics II: Thinking Strategically (Game Theory)
Graduate game theory with emphasis on Nash equilibrium, sequential and repeated games, and games of incomplete information, with applications to industrial organization, political economy, and public economics.
MACROECONOMICS I-III (Growth, Fluctuations, and Heterogeneity)
Macroeconomics I: Growth
Graduate macroeconomic growth theory, including Solow and endogenous growth models, development accounting, and the fundamental causes of long-run growth.
Macroeconomics II: Economic Fluctuations
Graduate macroeconomics of business cycles, monetary and fiscal policy, covering RBC and New Keynesian models.
Macroeconomics III: Finance, and Heterogeneity
Advanced macroeconomics focused on heterogeneous-agent models, macro-finance, asset pricing, and HANK frameworks, with dynamic programming and computational methods implemented in Julia.
ECONOMETRICS I-III (Probability, Estimation, and Causal Inference)
Econometrics I: Probability and Statistics
Graduate introduction to probability theory, statistical inference, and linear regression, including methods for point and interval estimation (least-squares, maximum likelihood, and method of moments), hypothesis testing (t-test, F-test, Wald, Likelihood ratio, and Lagrange multiplier), and asymptotic properties.
Econometrics II: Estimation and Inference
Advanced econometrics focusing on identification and inference in linear, nonlinear, and semiparametric settings under standard and nonstandard conditions, with cross-sectional data.
Econometrics III: Causal Inference with Cross-Sectional and Panel Data
Graduate causal inference covering randomized controlled trials, matching, instrumental variables, regression discontinuity designs, and difference-in-differences.
Field and Research-Oriented Courses
Economic History
Historical analysis of economic development, crises, and long-run structural change, combining theory, historical data, and institutional perspectives.
Urban and Regional Economics
Graduate seminar on the microeconomic foundations and empirical analysis of cities, agglomeration economies, spatial sorting, and urban inequality, culminating in a research-oriented project.
Topics in Political, Public, and Organizational Economics
Advanced topics in political economy, public finance, and institutional analysis, with student presentations and research-based written work.
International Trade
Graduate international trade theory and empirics, with emphasis on firm heterogeneity, gravity models, and the spatial organization of production and trade.
Labor Economics
Graduate course covering labor supply and demand, wage determination, unemployment, labor market institutions, and public policy, with emphasis on empirical evidence and institutional contexts.
Topics in Public and Environmental Economics
Graduate course covering optimal taxation, redistribution, environmental externalities, and climate policy, with emphasis on welfare analysis and empirical evaluation of public policies. Includes student presentations and written research reports based on academic papers.
Topics in Economic Research (Graduate Research Seminar)
Graduate seminar exposing students to frontier research across applied microeconomics, political economy, and economic history, through faculty presentations and student-led discussions.
Demography: Challenges and Policy Implications
Applied course examining demographic change, fertility, mortality, migration, and population aging, with emphasis on economic mechanisms and policy implications for inequality, labor markets, and development.
Computational and Technical Foundations
Computational Economics
Numerical methods, simulation techniques, and computational problem-solving in economics, with applications implemented in RStudio and Julia.
Programming Course: Git, R, Julia
Technical programming course focused on numerical methods and computational tools for economics, with applications implemented in RStudio and Julia, and emphasis on reproducible research workflows.
Introduction to Mathematics for Economics
Formal foundations course covering mathematical tools used in graduate economics, including optimization, constrained problems, and elements of linear algebra and real analysis.
Selected Upper-Division Coursework
University of California, Berkeley
Economic History and Political Economy
Economic Growth in Historical Perspective (ECON 135) - A
Economic growth analyzed through long-run historical processes, institutional change, and political economy.
Modern International Economy (HISTORY 160) - A+
Economic history of the twentieth century, with emphasis on globalization, crises, state-market relations, and structural transformation.
Contemporary Theories of Political Economy (POLECON 101) - A
Survey of major theoretical traditions in political economy, including institutional, Marxist, and comparative approaches to markets and states.
Empirical and Research Training
Introductory Applied Econometrics (ENVECON C118) - A+
Applied econometrics focused on hypothesis formulation, empirical strategy, regression analysis, and policy-relevant case studies using real-world data.
Topics in Economic Research (ECON 191) - A
Research-intensive course culminating in a 20-25 page original empirical paper; weekly exposure to frontier research through faculty seminars.