Texts and references for the preparation of the interview – phd 40th cycle

Candidates can study on the suggested texts and references or on equivalent texts. For the interview, candidates may choose two of the following four areas.

Microeconomics

• Varian Hal R. (1992), Microeconomic Analysis. (3rd Ed), Norton & C., N.Y. Capp. 1-5; 10, 13, 14, 16, 18.

Macroeconomics

• Macroeconomics by Olivier J. Blanchard , Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006.
• (alternatively) Macroeconomics by Rudiger Dornbusch, Stanley Fischer , and Richard Startz , McGraw-Hill Education , 2017.
• (alternatively) Birch, P., Hans, J. (2010). Introducing Advanced Macroeconomics: Growth and Business Cycles. McGraw-Hill Higher Education.

Econometrics and statistics

• Stock, James H., and Mark W. Watson. Introduction to econometrics. Pearson, 2020
• (alternatively) Lucchetti R. Basic Econometrics 

http://www2.econ.univpm.it/servizi/hpp/lucchetti/didattica/basic.pdf

• Lütkepohl H. & M. Krätzig Applied Time Series Econometrics Cambridge University Press 2004 – Chs 2-3

Finance and financial economics

• Saltari E. Di Pietro M., 2019, Introduzione all’Economia Finanziaria, Esculapio, Cap 1-7
• Tirole J.,2006, The Theory of Corporate Finance, Princeton University Press, Cap 1-6