WiSe 23/24: Master's programmes
Master Public Economics (ab WiSe 22/23)
0353c_MA120-
Macroeconomic Analysis
0258eA1.2learning objectives:
Students have in-depth methodological and content knowledge of basic macroeconomics. They know advanced approaches and are familiar with their application. They are able to differentiate between quantitative models. They are able to interpret results and master formal derivations. They have an intuitive understanding of macroeconomic relationships and can recognize and make limitations and extensions to the approaches presented.
course content:
Basics of macroeconomics in the field of growth theory (e.g. Solow model, Ramsey model) and in the field of business cycle theory (e.g. real business cycle approach, New Keynesian model) as well as modern methods of macroeconomics (e.g. dynamic optimization).
language of instruction:
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English
workload
180 hours (6 ECTS)
duration / frequency
one semester / every other semester-
10140101
Lecture
Macroeconomic Analysis (V) (Britta Gehrke)
Schedule: Do 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2023-10-19)
Location: Hs 104a Hörsaal (Garystr. 21)
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10140102
Practice seminar
Macroeconomic Analysis (Ü) (Erik Dasenbrock)
Schedule: Mi 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2023-10-18)
Location: Hs 105 Hörsaal (Garystr. 21)
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10140101
Lecture
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Academic Practice
0258eA1.4learning objectives:
Students will be enabled to present their own research results in a scientific manner and to represent them to a critical professional audience. They will become familiar with common presentation and discussion practices in economics research work. They will be able to present their own methodological approaches for discussion and critically question conclusions derived from their own research. The aim here is the subsequent processing of critical-constructive contributions in their own research work.course content:
Current research questions in topics of theoretical and empirical economics.language of instruction:
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English
workload
180 hours (6 ECTS)
duration / frequency
one semester / every semester-
10143951
Colloquium
Academic Practice (C) (Natalia Danzer, Dieter Nautz)
Schedule: Do 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2023-10-19)
Location: 202 Sitzungsraum / Kaminzimmer (Boltzmannstr. 16-20)
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33751a
Colloquium
Research Colloquium Economy of Latin America (Barbara Fritz)
Schedule: Di 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2023-10-17)
Location: K02 Seminarraum (Keller), Rüdesheimer Str. 54-56, 14197 Berlin
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10143951
Colloquium
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Economics of the Welfare State
0353cA1.2learning objectives:
Students will be familiar with advanced approaches to modern public economics and economics of the “second-best”. They are able to apply formal models in these fields. Thus, they are able to independently analyze current fundamental problems of the welfare state and can assess the economic role of the central institutions of the welfare state.
course content:
Methodological and substantive foundations of the economics of the welfare state, such as the insurance function of the welfare state, market failure in insurance, state protection of work income, redistribution through income taxation, public provision of private goods, poverty reduction.
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English
workload
180 hours (6 ECTS)
duration / frequency
one semester / every other semester-
10173301
Lecture
Economics of the Welfare State (V) (Ulrich Schneider)
Schedule: Mo 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2023-10-16)
Location: Hs 104 Hörsaal (Garystr. 21)
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10173302
Practice seminar
Economics of the Welfare State (Ü) (Ulrich Schneider)
Schedule: Di 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2023-10-17)
Location: Hs 104 Hörsaal (Garystr. 21)
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10173301
Lecture
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Applied Microeconometrics
0353cA1.3learning objectives:
Students are familiar with approaches and methods for analyzing the individual behavior of individuals, private households and firms using microdata (cross-sectional and panel data), as used in empirical finance, labor market and industrial economics and quantitative business administration, among others, and are able to apply them. They are able to analyze and critically discuss these approaches and methods and to interpret estimation results in a well-founded manner. Likewise, relevant methods can be applied in independent investigations.
course content:
Modern, advanced methods of microeconometrics with a focus on application-related problems and independent application of corresponding procedures.
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English
workload
180 hours (6 ECTS)
duration / frequency
one semester / every other semester-
10173401
Lecture
Applied Microeconometrics (V) (Natalia Danzer)
Schedule: Do 08:00-10:00 (Class starts on: 2023-10-19)
Location: Hs 104 Hörsaal (Garystr. 21)
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10173402
Practice seminar
Applied Microeconometrics (Ü) (Denise Barth)
Schedule: Mi 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2023-10-18)
Location: Hs 104 Hörsaal (Garystr. 21)
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10173401
Lecture
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Optimal Taxation 0353cA1.4
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International Public Economics 0353cA1.5
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