Università degli Studi di Torino

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ECONOMIA E COMPLESSITA’ 

Doctoral Programme in

ECONOMICS AND COMPLEXITY 

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HOW TO APPLY 

The competition for admission and scholarships is open to candidates of all nationalities who have obtained at least a University degree valid for enrolment in a PhD Programme in their own countries. Details of the call for academic year 2010/2011, and information on the dates of the selection examination, on the board of examiners and on previous academic years selection tests can be found at http://www.unito.it/unitoWAR/appmanager/istituzionale_en/phd?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=call_deadlines_application1

 

ENTRY TEST 

 

Reference textbooks:

·         Microeconomics
Hill H.R. Varian, Intermediate Microeconomics. A Modern Approach, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.

·         Macroeconomics:
Blanchard O.J., Macroeconomics, Prentice Hall

·         Mathematics:
A. Chiang, Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics, McGraw-Hill

·        Statistics:
T.H. Wonnacott, R.J. Wonnacott, Introductory Statistics, John Wiley & Sons 

Further suggested reading:

·        D. Besanko, D. Dranove, M. Shanley, Economics of Strategy, New York 2000 (Italian Translation: Economia dell'industria e strategie d'impresa, Torino , UTET 2001)

·        C. Napoleoni, F. Ranchetti, Il pensiero economico del '900, Einaudi, Torino, 2000

·        D. Parisi, Simulazioni, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2001

·        P. Ormerod, Butterfly Economics: A New General Theory of Social and Economic Behavior, Pantheon Books, 2000 (Italian Translation: L'economia della farfalla, INSTAR libri,  Torino,2003

·        J. A. Schumpeter, History of Economic Analysis, Oxford University Press, New York, 1954 (Italian Translation:  Storia dell'analisi economica, Bollati Boringhieri, Torino, 1990) 

§         Foreigners do not need to undergo written and oral examinations.

 

Entry test dates for residents in Italy Written test: October 21, 2010 - tbc  Oral test: The best performers on the written exams will be interviewed Venue: Collegio Carlo Alberto, via Real Collegio 30, Moncalieri.