Overview

The PhD program in Econometrics and Empirical Economics provides advanced specialization in Econometrics, Applied Economics and Empirical Finance to students whose goal is a successful career in a research-oriented organization.

Students are chosen through a highly competitive selection process. About half of the students receive tuition waiver and a 3-year scholarship. An Italian language course is available in the Fall Term for foreign students enrolled in the program in order to better prepare them for living in Italy.

Students in the program have a substantial record of publications in top scholarly journals, such as Econometrica, the Journal of Econometrics, the Journal of Economic Theory, the Economic Journal, the European Economic Review, the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, the Journal of Applied Econometrics, Econometric Theory, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, the Journal of Time Series Analysis, the Journal of Forecasting, Health Economics, Economics Letters, Empirical Economics, the Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, and the Stata Journal.