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Previous Academic Years

ACADEMIC. YEAR 2009-2010

All courses are open to graduate students from the three PhD Programmes within the “V. Pareto” Doctorate School of Economics, to invited scholars and other graduate students.

 1^st  year Courses

January – June 2010             Organised by the PhD School (see here)

·         Quantitative Methods

·         Microeconomics I and II

·         Macroeconomics I and II

·         Econometrics I and II

September – December 2010           Organised by ECC

History of Economics I
Roberto MARCHIONATTI , University of Torino
20 hours; 
 December 3     (9.00-12.00 and 14.00-16.00)
 December 9     (9.00-12.00 and 14.00-16.00)
 December 10   (14.00-17.00)
 December 15   (9.00-12.00 and 14.00-16.00)
 December 21   (9.00-12.00 final discussion)

• Simulation Models I
  Pietro TERNA, University of Torino
  15 hours;
  October 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22, 9.00–12.00 - Department of Economics S. Cognetti de Martiis Sala Seminari; detailed programme to follow from the convenor
  Programme 
  

• Economics of Innovation I
  Cristiano ANTONELLI, University of Torino
  4 hours;
  30/9 9.00-13.00 Department of Economics S. Cognetti de Martiis Sala Seminari; detailed time table and programme to follow from the convenor 
  

Seminars in the Economics of Innovation, Knowledge and Entrepreneurship

6 October 2010:
John Walsh, Georgia Institute of Technology and ICER
Open Innovation and Patent Value in the US and Japan: Evidence from the RIETI Georgia Tech inventor survey 
[16:30 Collegio Carlo Alberto]

20 October 2010:
Ugo Fratesi, Politecnico di Milano
Regional innovation and competitiveness in a dynamic representation 
[16:30 Dipartimento di Economia S. Cognetti de Martiis, Sala Seminari]

3 November 2010:
Cornelia Meissner, City University London
Academic Patenting in the UK. A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis. 
[16:30 Collegio Carlo Alberto]

10 November 2010:
Sotaro Shibayama, Georgia Institute of Technology
Prevailing Academic Entrepreneurship Changes the Norms and Transaction Forms of Academic Cooperation
[16:30 Politecnico di Torino]

17 November 2010:
Margherita Russo, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Innovation policies and networks in Italy: The case of mechanical engineering
[16:30 Dipartimento di Economia S. Cognetti de Martiis, Sala Seminari]

1 December 2010: 
Federica Rossi, University of London
University-Industry linkages: The case of Piedmont 
[16:30 Dipartimento di Economia S. Cognetti de Martiis, Sala Seminari]  

15 December 2010:
Cristina Rossi-Lamastra, Politecnico di Milano 
International growth of high-tech start ups
[16:30 Politecnico di Torino]

(For changes and updated version of the seminar programme: http://www.de.unito.it/web/member/segreteria/seminars.htm)

2^nd year Courses and Seminars

January – June                      Organised by ECC

COURSES

• Economics of Complexity: A General Introduction,
  David LANE , University of Modena and Santa Fe Institute
  20 hours: January 11 - 15
  the course takes place at the Collegio Carlo Alberto  
  Programme

• Cognitive Economics,
  Salvatore RIZZELLO, University of Eastern Piedmont
  15 hours;
  February 19, 09.00 – 12.00
  February 22, 9.00 – 12.00
  February 26, 09.00 – 12.00
  March 1, 9.00 – 12.00
  March 5, 09.00 – 12.00

• Simulation models II (Applied Agent Based Simulation (ABS) models)
  Organised by Pietro TERNA, University of Torino
  30 hours, February 3-16
  Venue and time: Dep. of Economics, via Po 53, 9:00 - 12:00 and 2:00 - 4:00, except February 5th
• February 3 - Michele SONNESSA: Simulation of maintenance problems using NetLogo
• February 5 - Simona CANTONO: An agent based model of autocatalytic feedback loops between bottom-up, top-down and peer-to-peer distress diffusion pathways, 8:30 -1:30.
• February 8 - Lisa SELLA and Gianna VIVALDO: Techniques of data analysis for agent based models
• February 10 - Ugo MERLONE: Agent based models and organization analyses
• February 11 - Riccardo BOERO: Empirically founded economic agent-based models
• February 16 – Matteo RICHIARDI: Agent-based models vs. equation-based models: Analysis of the results, estimation of the parameters, validation of the model.

• Simulation models III (Theoretical ABS)
  Organised by Pietro TERNA, University of Torino
  8 hours, February, 12- March, 4
  
• February 12 - Sorin SOLOMON - http://shum.huji.ac.il/~sorin/ 
  Dep. of Economics, via Po 53, 9:00 - 13:00
  
• March 4 - Nigel GILBERT - http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/staff/ngilbert/index.html  
  Facoltà di Economia, C.so Unione Sovietica 218bis, aula 31-III piano, 9:00 - 13:00
  

• History of Economics II
  Magda  FONTANA and Stefano FIORI, University of Torino
  16 hours
• Stefano FIORI, April 27, 16.30 – 19.30; April 28, 9.30-12.00, 14.30-17.00
• Magda FONTANA, May 24, 25, 26 and 27,  9.30-11.30

SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS  

• Economics of Innovation II
  Convenor: Aldo Geuna, University of Torino
  20 hours, since January
  in collaboration with BRICK (Bureau of Research on Innovation, Complexity and Knowledge)
  Programme
  
  
• Workshop  on  Economics in relation to other discipline
  March 2010
  Collegio Carlo Alberto