Programme d'études 2002-2003 > Ecoles doctorales > ECO

Ecole doctorale en économie (graduate school in economics)

Organisation et composition

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The Graduate School in Economics of the UCL is based on two research centers : the Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) and the Institut de Recherches économiques et sociales (IRES). These research institutes publish extensively in the top scientific journals.

The Masters program (taught in English) has an enrollment of about 40 students and the Graduate School expects to welcome some 30 doctoral students.

Courses and seminars can be chosen within the joint course offering of the UCL and of two nearby universities : the University of Brussels (ULB) and the University of Namur (FUNDP). An extensive choice is thus offered to students, including a variety of lectures given by visiting foreign scholars. Lectures cover the lastest scientific developments (current research, partly unpublished).

The programme emphasises student involvement, development of communication skills and inquiry into epistemological issues.

Graduates find employement in international carreers, either in higher education or in financial organizations.

Organisation of the Graduate School

Participating entities :

CORE : Centre for operational research and econometrics,

IRES : Institut de recherches économiques et sociales,

ETES : Chaire Hoover d'éthique économique et sociale.

Graduate advisor : Prof. Raouf Boucekkine & Michel De Vroey (IRES)

Graduate School Committee : Profs. Luc Bauwens (CORE), Raouf Boucekkine (IRES), Claude d'Aspremont (CORE), David de la Croix (IRES), Heracles Polemarchakis (CORE), Henri Sneessens (IRES), Jacques Thisse (CORE), Bruno Van der Linden (IRES), Michel De Vroey (IRES)

Objectives

The school aims at offering doctoral students a choice of advanced courses in various fields of economics. The idea is twofold: to confront students with the latest developments in their own field of research and to expose them to recent developments in at least one other field of research. The choice of courses is enlarged thanks to a collaboration with the University of Brussels (ULB) and the University of Namur (FUNDP). Beyond courses, that collaboration also opens the possibility of joint supervisions of thesis and the organisation of a yearly meeting of doctoral students from the three institutions.

Programme management

The Graduate School Committee is responsible for the course programme, which is decided on a yearly basis, and for the implementation of the doctoral programme procedures at UCL. There is also a Coordination Committee involving representatives of the three participating institutions.

Research themes

Research in economics at UCL covers the following fields:

- general equilibrium and games,

- industrial organisation, economic geography and international trade,

- growth and fluctuations,

- public policy: health, education, environment and natural resources,

- financial institutions and markets,

- labour markets, social policy and social economics,

- economic history and history of economic thought,

- ethics and social choice,

- econometric methods.

Admission and registration

Access to the Doctoral school is granted to students who have obtained a Master in economics at UCL with honour. Access is also granted on a case by case basis to students holding a similar degree, possibly with the addition of some Master courses.

Evaluation

Each course entails an evaluation. That evaluation is made on a pass/fail basis.

Diploma and certification

The programme leads to a degree of "doctor in economics" which specifies the courses followed.

INTER-UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL IN ECONOMICS

The departments of economics of the University of Louvain (UCL), the University of Brussel (ULB) and the University of Namur (FUNDP) offer advanced courses and seminars based on ongoing research and recent working papers. These courses and seminars are offered to Ph.D. student in their first year. At UCL, students are required to take four courses. The evaluation is made on a pass/fail basis. Precise schedules are available from:

Mrs. Bernadette Lavry

tel: 32/10/47-3954

For the academic year 2000-01, the following courses will be offered:

At UCL at Louvain-le-Neuve :

ECON 3902 Game Theory Prof. Shlomo WEBER ECON

3905 Public Economics Game theory and Political Economics Profs. Henry TULKENS and Shlomo WEBER

ECON 3903 Microeconomics Incentives and mechanism design Prof. Claude d'ASPREMONT

ECON 3907 Social Economics Non profit organizations and social policy Prof. Marthe NYSSENS, in collaboration with Jacques DEFOURNY (University of Liège)

ECON 3908 Financial Economics Financial markets: dynamic capital structure and incomplete markets Profs. Ron ANDERSON and Olivier SCAILLET

ECON 3911 Critical Analysis Critical issues: rationality, equilibrium and social institutions Profs. Christian ARNSPERGER and Philippe DE VILLE

At FUNDP at Namur :

(second term)

FUNDP3001 Development Economics II (code aux FUNDP : ECON 3062) Prof. Jean-Marie BALAND

FUNDP3001 Advanced topics in monetary theory ( code aux FUNDP : ECON 3063) Prof. Paul REDING

At ULB at Brussels:

Students are allowed to take second year courses in the Doctoral Program in Economics and Statistics (DPES.)

This program is organized by ECARES (European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics).

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