February2017

2017-2018

PublicPolicyandDevelopment(PPD)

COURSESLISTANDDESCRIPTION

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Table of content: M1PPD:DetailedCurriculum

1. Microeconomics:MarketsandMarketFailures-TheoryandPublicpolicies

- Households&Firms 4 - CompetitionandRegulation 4

2. Macroeconomicpoliciesandpublicfinance

- MacroeconomicPolicies 5 - EconomicGrowth 5

3. Quantitativemethods

- Econometrics1 6 - Econometrics2 6 - Econometrics3 6 - STATAPracticeClass 6 - MeasurementofPolicyOutcomes:SocioeconomicVariablesandWell-being 7 - TeamworkinAppliedEconomics 7

4. PolicyDesignandEvaluation

- EconomicPoliciesandStrategiesforDevelopmentinaGlobalizedWorld 9 - SocialPolicies 9

5. Other

- CEPREMAPConferences 10 - EconomicHistory 10 - IntroductiontoPoliticalEconomy 10 - VocationalInternship 10 M2PPD:DetailedCurriculum

1. CommonCore

- EmpiricalmethodsforPolicyEvaluation 11 - PublicEconomics 11 - Master’sdissertation 12

M2PPD:Electivecourses

2. SocialPolicies

- AgeingandPublicPolicies 13 - EconomicsofEducation 13 - Economicsofwell-being 13 - HealthEconomics/HealthPolicy 14 - LaborEconomicsandSocialPolicy 14 - LabourMarketPolicies 14 - PublicFinance 15 - Risk,IncompleteContingencyMarketsAndMicroRisk,Finance,Insurance 153.

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GlobalPolicies

- Aid,DebtandInternationalFinance 16 - APrimerInInsuranceAndFinance 16 - DevelopmentEconomics 17 - EconomicGeography,SpatialInequalityAndRegionalDevelopment 17 - EconomicsOfCorruption 17 - EconomicsOfRegulationInDevelopingCountries 18 - InternationalMigration 18 - NationalGovernance 18 - PoliticalEconomy2:Conflict,Institutions,MediaAndGovernance 19 - SustainableDevelopmentandClimateChange 19 - Trade 20

4. EconomicHistory

- AdvancedEconomicHistory 21 - EconomicHistoryofInequality 21 - EconomicHistoryofDevelopmentintheColonialandPostcolonialEras 21 - HistoricalDemography 21 - StatesandSovereignDebts 22 - EconomicHistoryofLabor 22

5. QuantitativeMethods

- EconometricMethods 23 - MacroeconomicPolicy 23 - Micro-simulationofPublicPolicies 24 - Short-TermEconomicAnalysis 24

6. Other

- CEPREMAPConferences 25 - ElectiveEHESSseminar 25 - OptionalENScourse 25

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M1 PPD - Master’s Program: Detailed Curriculum The M1 year includes general microeconomics, macroeconomics and quantitative methods.Courses prepare students for quantitative policy analysis, in addition to classes focused onempiricalpolicydesignandevaluationanda seriesof conferencesbyCEPREMAPwith renownedacademics,expertsandinfluentialpolicy-makers.AllclassesarecompulsoryandtaughtinEnglish.Attendanceiscompulsory.

MARKETSANDMARKETFAILURES:THEORYANDPUBLICPOLICIES:

HOUSEHOLDS&FIRMS

COURSELOAD:36H

TUTORIALLOAD:14H

ECTS:7

PROF.O.VANDENEYNDE&F.LIBOIS TUTORIALTEACHER:P.DUTRONCPRESENTATION:SEMESTER1&2

Theaimofthiscourseisfirsttobringtostudentsthevarioustoolsofmicroeconomictheory.Itwill insistonprovidingstudentswithadeepunderstandingofarangeofmicroeconomicprinciplesandonfosteringtheirabilitytoapplythoseprinciplestopracticaleconomicpolicyandinternationaldevelopmentissues.Itwilldosobyalternatingtheteachingoftheoreticalconceptsanddiscussionandexamplesof theirapplication to theanalysisofpolicy issues.Thecoursewillcoverconsumertheoryandapplications,productiontheoryandapplications,choiceunderuncertainty,partialandgeneralequilibrium,externalityandpublicgoods,andmonopoly and pricing. It will include an introduction to game theory as well as someelements of contract theory. Applications will embrace public policy issues of bothindustrialized and developing economies. Theywill be chosen among topics as diverse ascomparison of living standards, impact of minimum wage policies, or the access toinsuranceforthepoor.

COMPETITIONANDREGULATION

COURSELOAD:12H

TUTORIALLOAD:6H

ECTS:3

PROF.D.SPECTOR TUTORIALTEACHER:P.DUTRONCPRESENTATION:SEMESTER2

Thisclassisabouttheapplicationofmicroeconomicreasoningtocompetitionpolicy.

It addresses the main fields of competition policy, namely anticompetitive agreements(collusion),unilateralexclusionaryconduct,andmergercontrol.Foreachofthese,thefocusisonanassessmentofactualcasesusingthetoolsofindustrialorganizationtheory.

The class will be kept as little technical as possible. However, models are sometimes aninescapablenecessity.Studentslackingfamiliaritywithsimplegametheoryareencouragedtoacquireit.

The subject is vast and this class can be only an introduction, leaving many importantsubjects aside. In order to better understand the context and how economic reasoning isappliedinpractice,studentsareencouragedtobrowsetheissuesoftheCompetitionPolicyNewsletterissuedbytheEuropeanCommission.

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MACROECONOMICPOLICIESANDPUBLICFINANCE

MACROECONOMICPOLICIES

COURSELOAD:36H

TUTORIALLOAD:18H

ECTS:7

PROF.J.SCHMIDT&J.-P.DANTHINE TUTORIALTEACHER:J.BOCCANFUSOPRESENTATION:SEMESTER1&2

The first part of this course will give a general introduction tomacroeconomics and willaddressissuessuchasfiscalpolicyandlabormarkets(lecturesbyJuliaSchmidt).Thesecondpartofthecoursewill treatmonetarypolicy issues(lecturesbyJean-PierreDanthine).Theaimofthecourseistogivestudentsanoverviewofmacroeconomicsandeconomicpolicies,with a focus on both advanced and emerging/developing economies. The course offers abroad overview of themost important topics inmacroeconomics. The lectures will makeregular references to thebasicmodels inmacroeconomics (ISLM,AS/AD,…),andpresentmoreadvancedmodels(i.e.modelsbasedonmicrofoundations).

ECONOMICGROWTH COURSELOAD:12H

TUTORIALLOAD:6H

ECTS:3

PROF.S.DOUGHERTY TUTORIALTEACHER:J.BOCCANFUSOPRESENTATION:SEMESTER2

Thiscoursecoversthetheoryofeconomicgrowth.Wewillpresentsomeaspectsofgrowthempirics,andfocusonspecifictopics,includingeconomicgrowthandinnovation,aswellassomeimplicationsofinequalityoneconomicgrowth.Becauseeconomiesinteractwitheachother,weshallalsoemphasizesomelinkagesbetweentradeandgrowth,aswellassomeprocessofeconomicdevelopmentthrough,forinstance,technologytransfers.AprerequisiteisDavidWeil’stextbook:

- D.N.Weil(2009)Economicgrowth,2nded.,Pearson.Thetwoessentialbookmanuscriptsforthiscourseare:

- P.Aghion&P.Howitt(2009)Theeconomicsofgrowth,MITPress.- C.I. Jones (2002) Introduction to economic growth, 2nd ed., W. W. Norton &

Company,Inc.

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QUANTITATIVEMETHODS:

ECONOMETRICS1 COURSELOAD:15H

TUTORIALLOAD:12H

ECTS:3

PROF.K.MACOURS TUTORIALTEACHER:M.FERNANDEZPRESENTATION:SEMESTER1

Linear econometrics model, tests and instrumental variables.Theobjectiveofthecourseisenablingstudentstocriticallyreadempiricalstudiesthatusedifferenteconometrictechniquestoaddresspolicyquestions, to identifysomeofthemostcommon econometric problems in these studies, and to understand the potentialconsequences and remedies. At the end of this course, the students should be able toanalyzedatausingthemostcommonestimationtechniquesandwiththehelpofstatisticalsoftware(STATA/R).

ECONOMETRICS2 COURSELOAD:15H

TUTORIALLOAD:12H

ECTS:3

PROF.M.GURGAND TUTORIALTEACHER:M.FERNANDEZPRESENTATION:SEMESTER1

The lecture covers the main micro econometric techniques that are used in policyevaluation: random experiments, matching, difference-in-difference, regressiondiscontinuity and instrumental variables, with particular emphasis on local averagetreatmenteffect.

ECONOMETRICS3 COURSELOAD:15H

TUTORIALLOAD:12H

ECTS:3

PROF.P.KETZ TUTORIALTEACHER:A.TONDINIPRESENTATION:SEMESTER2

Thiscoursecomplementsthetwoeconometricclasses(lineareconometricsandevaluationeconometrics) dealing with specification and identification issues arising when data arediscrete and when samples are not randomly selected from the initial population. Thisallowsustointroducesomeslightlytechnicaltools(conditionalmaximumoflikelihood)andalso to get a concrete grasp of the tradeoffs empirical econometricians face, betweensimple, robust models like the linear probability model, and more satisfactory, but alsosometimeslessrobustmodels.Thefourthlecturegivesanintroductiontopaneldatamodels.The last session drives the students through a real data application on sample selectivitybias.

RPRACTICECLASS COURSELOAD:8H

TUTORIALLOAD:N/A

ECTS:N/A

PROF.M.FERNANDEZ TUTORIALTEACHER:N/APRESENTATION:SEMESTER1

The aim of this class is to give some basic knowledge of R software for statistical andeconometricanalysis.Thisclassisdividedin2sessions(2hourseach).RPracticeclassispartoftheEconometricscoursework.

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MEASUREMENTOFPOLICYOUTCOMES:SOCIOECONOMICVARIABLESANDWELL-BEING

COURSELOAD:24H

TUTORIALLOAD:12H

ECTS:4

PROF.D.COGNEAU&J.GRENET TUTORIALTEACHER:P.CHAROUSSETPRESENTATION:SEMESTER1

How do we assess the effectiveness of measures taken to pursue social objectives? Thiscourseaimstodiscussthequantitativemeasurementofthemainsocioeconomicvariablesused in theevaluationofpublicpolicy, inbothdevelopedanddevelopingcountries.Theseinclude GDP, poverty and inequality, employment and unemployment, health andeducation, segregation, environmental indicators. First, the course surveys the conceptualdebatesarounddefinitionsof variables:wealthandgrowth,povertyand inequality, laborproductivity,education,healthetc.Second,itdevelopstheaxiomaticarguments(withtheirvaryingdegreesofmathematicalreasoning)thatmayleadonetochooseanindicatoroveranother. Special attention is given to the issues raised by agent heterogeneity andmultidimensionalwelfare.Then,thecoursewillanalyzehowthosetheoreticalindicatorsarematerializedandcalculatedonactualdata,suchascanbeobtainedfromnationalaccounts,administrativesourcesorsamplesurveys.Acentralgoalofthecourseistoenablestudentsto better understand several controversial issues, inwhichmeasurement problems play amajor role: is poverty declining or rising?What about unemployment? How do differentcountriescompare,intermsofdevelopment,livingconditionsoreducation?

TEAMWORKINAPPLIEDECONOMICS

COURSELOAD:20H

TUTORIALLOAD:N/A

ECTS:3

PROF.A.RIEGERT&B.GARBINTI TUTORIALTEACHER:N/APRESENTATION:

The objective of the teamwork is to apply econometricmethods on economic questions.Studentswillhave to reproducesomeof the resultsofapaperandproposeanextension,usingthesamedatasetsastheoriginalauthors.Eachteammustsubmitareportof10to20pageslong,includingtheresulttablesbutnotcountingtheappendixthatwillcontaintheStatacodeusedtogofromtheoriginaldatasetstotheresults.

Thescheduleforacademicyear2016/2017isasfollows:

• 1)StudentsformteamsandchoosesubjectsinNovember• 2)A firstmeeting isheldwith the teachersonNovember25th (30minutespergroup).At

thisstage,youmusthavehadalookatthepaper,haveretrievedthedataset,openeditandhaveabroadunderstandingofitsstructure.

• 3) By mid December you must send a short text (max. 5 pages) presenting the subject,includingashortliteraturereview,descriptionofthedata,andthequestionyou'regoingtoaddress.

• 4)By February 3th, youmust senda first draft of your paper (about 10pages). It shouldinclude an introduction, description of the data, descriptive statistics, present the themethodology and reproduce the main results. There should also be a discussion of theextensionyou'replanningtodo.

• 5)OnFebruary10th,therewillbeasecondhalf-ourmeetingwiththeteachers inordertodiscussthefirstdraftofthepaperandpreparethefinalpartofthework(extensionofthepaper).

• 6) ByMarch 3th, youmust send a provisional but complete version of your paper to theteachers.

• 7)OnMarch10th,therewillbeafinalone-hourmeetingwiththeteachers,includinga15-minute presentation by the team followed by 15 minutes of questions, which will be a

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SEMESTER1&2

rehearsalofthefinaloralexam.Theremaining30minuteswillbeusedtodiscussboththepresentationandthepaperitselfinordertomakefinaladjustmentsbeforesendingthefinalpapertothejury.

• 8)OnMarch 28th youmust send the final version of your paper to the teachers and thesecretariat.

• 9)OnApril7thyouwillpresentyourworkinfrontofthejuryfor15minutes,followedby15minutesofquestions.Theteacherswillbepresentalongsidethejuryduringtheoralexam.

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POLICYDESIGNANDEVALUATION

ECONOMICSPOLICIESANDSTRATEGIESFORDEVELOPMENTINAGLOBALIZEDWORLD

COURSELOAD:24H

TUTORIALLOAD:N/A

ECTS:3

PROF.F.BOURGUIGNON TUTORIALTEACHER:N/APRESENTATION:SEMESTER1

This course covers the international aspects of contemporary economic development andpovertyreductionindevelopingcountries,includingthevariousdimensionsofglobalization(trade, migration, capital movements and external financing, knowledge transfer, globalpublic goods ...), the potential conflicts of interest between developing and developedcountries, the need for global governance and the present role of internationalorganizations.CourseOutline:

1) Introduction2) Chapter1 :Theoryandempiricsofeconomicgrowthasappliedtodevelopment:a

reminder3) Chapter2:TradePolicies4) Chapter3:Migration5) Chapter4:EducationandSocialPolicies6) Chapter5:Governance,InequalityandDevelopment7) Chapter6:OfficialDevelopmentAssistance(Aid)8) Chapter7:GlobalGovernance,InternationalOrganizationsandDevelopment9) Conclusion

SOCIALPOLICIES COURSELOAD:24H

TUTORIALLOAD:N/A

ECTS:3

PROF.M.RAVALLION&P.PESTIEAU TUTORIALTEACHER:N/APRESENTATION:SEMESTER2

Part1:EvaluationAntipovertyPolicies(Prof.Ravaillion’sPart).This is a 12-hour introductory course about the design, analysis and evaluation of publicpolicieswith“socialobjectives”indevelopingcountries.Lecture 1: Principles and methods of impact of evaluation. This lecture will provide anoverviewofthetheoryandmethods.Lecture2:Evaluating socialpolicies.After introducingsomegeneralprinciples, the lecturewilldiscussaseriesofcasestudiesonspecificsocialpolicies.Lecture3:Poorareadevelopment.Thislecturewillturntostudyingthelonger-termimpactsofpoliciesthattrytohelplaggingpoorareas.Thebulkofthelecturewillbeacasestudyofonesuchpoorareaprogram.Lecture4:Tradereforms.Thefocuswill turntoaneconomywidepolicyreform.Twocasestudiesofspecificreforms.Lecture 5:Making evaluationmore relevant. This lecturewill bring together lessons fromthepreviouslectures,andmakerecommendationsforfutureevaluations.Part2:EconomicsofSocialProtection(ProfPestieau’sPart):Thisshortcoursewillprovidean introduction to the economics of social protection. It will focus on four themes: (i)designing sustainable social programs, (ii) assessing theperformanceof social protection,(iii)privateversussocial insuranceand(iv) thesocialdesirabilityof tagging,workfareandin-kindtransfers

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OTHER

CEPREMAPCONFERENCES COURSELOAD:24H

TUTORIALLOAD:N/A

ECTS:3

COORDINATOR:T.BREDA TUTORIALTEACHER:N/APRESENTATION:SEMESTER1&2

The CEPREMAP conferences are single-conferences or mini-courses performed byeconomistsfromFrenchorinternationaladministrationsorinstitutions.Theywillpresentapolicy question and how their institutions manage it and propose prescriptions.Thevalidationtakesintoaccountateam-workandyourindividualattendanceatthecompletecycleofconferences

ECONOMICHISTORY

COURSELOAD:24H

TUTORIALLOAD:N/A

ECTS:3

PROF.T.PIKETTY TUTORIALTEACHER:N/APRESENTATION:SEMESTER1

Theobjectiveof thiscourse is topresentan introductiontoeconomichistory,withspecialemphasisontheinteractionbetweencapitalaccumulation,theglobaldistributionofincomeandwealth,andgrowth.Tovalidatethecourse,studentsarerequiredtoattendandactivelyparticipatetoalllectures;totaketheexam.Slidesavailablehere:http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/en/teaching/10/17

INTRODUCTIONTOPOLITICALECONOMY

COURSELOAD:24H

TUTORIALLOAD:N/A

ECTS:3

PROF.E.ZHURAVSKAYA TUTORIALTEACHER:N/APRESENTATION:SEMESTER2

The course introduces students to the central concepts and research questions in thecontemporaryfieldofPoliticalEconomywithaspecialfocusonempiricalapplications.Fullsyllabus:file:///Users/p.marmin/Downloads/Syllabus_PPD_2017.pdf

INTERNSHIP

COURSELOAD:-

TUTORIALLOAD:N/A

ECTS:9

COORDINATOR:F.GUBERT TUTORIALTEACHER:N/APRESENTATION:

MAY-AUGUST

Each year, aninformation session on internshipstakes place in October / November.Internshiphastobeofatleasttwomonths,notmorethanfour,betweenMayandtheendofAugust.TheM1internshipiscarriedoutunderthesupervisionofPrFloreGubert.

The list of the institutionsthat have welcomed the PPD students,the past years isavailablehere.Youwillbemarkedontheinternshipreport.

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M2 PPD - Master’s Programme: Detailed Curriculum TheM2year offers in-depthandapplied courses that coverpressingpolicyquestionsat thenational andglobal level, along with state of the art best practices in policy evaluation. Apart from three mandatoryclasses,thecurriculumisindividualized.Eachstudentmusttakeandpasselectivecoursesworthatleast27ECTSfromamongmorethantwentyclassesoffered.Studentsmustcompleteamaster’sthesis(“mémoire”)supervisedbyaPPDfacultymember,optionallyco-supervisedbyaprofessionalfromapublicinstitution.

COMMONCORE–COMPULSORYCLASSES

EMPIRICALMETHODSFORPOLICYEVALUATION

COURSELOAD:24H

ECTS:3

PROF.S.T.LY,W.PARIENTE,A.RIEGERT PRESENTATION:SEMESTER1

This course will provide an in-depth presentation of the theory and practice of empiricalpolicy evaluation. It will distinguish between two approaches: First, methods based on‘natural’ experiments, whereby some reform or outside event has features such asexogeneity or discontinuity, that allows to form otherwise comparable groups, that arerespectivelyaffectedandunaffectedby thepolicy toevaluate. Second,methodsbasedon‘controlled’ fieldexperiments, inwhichthepopulationsubmittedto thepolicy is randomlydetermined, so that it is strictly comparable toa controlledgroup. Thesemethodswill bepresented by practitionerswhowill get into the details of implementation and provide anumberofapplications.

Thiscourse iscomposedof twomodules: (Module I includingparts1and2andModule IIincludingparts3and4).Eachmodulewillbeconcludedwithanexam.Theaverageoftwomoduleswill constitute the finalmark.ForModule I (SonThierry Ly) the take-homeexamwillconsistinwritingarefereereportonanempiricalpaper.ForModuleII(W.Pariente,A.Riegert) thetake-homeexamwillbebasedonapracticalcaseofarandomizedcontrolledtrial: studentswill have to answer questions regarding theway the evaluation should beconveyedand,inparticular,themethodologicalchoices.

PUBLICECONOMICS

COURSELOAD:36H

ECTS:4.5

PROF.A.BOZIO,J.GRENET&T.PIKETTY PRESENTATION:SEMESTER1

Theobjectiveof thiscourse is topresentan introductiontopubliceconomics,withspecialemphasis on the history of taxation, public spending and state formation, normativetheories of government intervention and redistribution, and the incidence of tax andtransferpolicies,bothindevelopedcountriesandinthedevelopingworld.Courseoutline(session:

- Toolsforwelfareanalysis- TaxationofGoodsandServices- LabourIncomeTaxation- NormativeandIntertemporaltheoriesofsocialandfiscaljustice- WealthandPropertyTaxesoverTime&acrossCountries- OptimalTaxationandaccumulationofcapitalandwealth- CorporateTaxation- Externalities- SocialInsurance

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MASTER’STHESIS COURSELOAD:-

TUTORIALLOAD:-

ECTS:24

THESUPERVISORMUSTBEAMEMBEROFPSE PRESENTATION:SEMESTER1&2

TheM2master’sthesisiscarriedoutunderthesupervisionofaresearchsupervisor.Studentsareencouragedtocontactaninstructorworkingontopicsofinteresttothestudentandtodiscusspossibledissertationtopics.Everyyear,instructorsalsoproposetopicsthatstudentsmaywishtowriteon.Thefinalchoiceofamaster’sdissertationsupervisormusttakeplace,atthelatest,inJanuaryoftheM2year.Amaster’sdissertationproposal(3pagesmaximum),approvedandsignedbyaresearchsupervisor,mustbesubmittedtotheprogram’sadministration.AllPPDinstructorsandPSEmemberscanserveasresearchsupervisorsforthemaster’sdissertation.Ifyoursubjectjustifiesitandwiththeapprovalofthedirectoroftheprogram,youmaychooseasupervisorfromoutsidetheprogram.Inthiscasetherapporteur(referee)thatyouwillchoseforthedefensemustbeateacherfromthePPDcourse.Themaster’sdissertationcountsfor40%ofthefinalgrade(24ECTS).

IMPORTANT!Themaster’sdissertationisgradedonascaleof0to20.Thedefenselastsroughly45-60minutesbeforeajurycomposedofthemaster’sdissertationandarapporteur.Afterthedefense,thedefensejuryproposesagradeforthedissertationthatistransmittedtothemaster’soffice.However,thefinalgradeisattributedandvalidatedONLYbytheendoftheyearjury(thatwillmeetonSeptember2016)onthebasisofthegradeproposedbythedefensejury,thedissertation,and,forgradesof16andhigher,thejuryreport.Thejuryreportforgradesequalorhigherthan16iscompulsory

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ELECTIVECOURSESImportant:Studentsmustchooseelectiveadvancedcoursesfor28.5credits.Attheendoftheyear,ifastudentvalidatedmorethan28.5credits,onlythebestgradeswillappearonthefinaltranscript.Pleasenotethatifastudentvalidated30creditsattheendoftheyear,themaster’sofficewillhavenootherchoicethantakingoutthe1.5coursefromthetranscript,evenifitisnotthelessergrade.

SOCIALPOLICIES

AGEINGANDPUBLICPOLICIES

COURSELOAD:24H

ECTS:3

PROF.A.BOZIO PRESENTATION:SEMESTER2

Thecourseaimstoprovidestudentswithanunderstandingoftheeconomicsofpensions.Attheendofthecourse,studentsshould:•haveaknowledgeofthestructureofpensionsystemsinatleastonecountry;•befamiliarwithbasiceconomicconceptsandmethodsrelatingtodemography,socialinsurance,pension;• have an understanding of some of the key behavioral effects of mandated publicpensionsystems,includingthoseonlaboursupply,savingandconsumption;•haveanunderstandingofthemainnormativeanalysisofsocialinsurance;•beabletoanalyze,usingrelevanteconomicconceptsandmethods,anumberofissuesin pensionpolicy, suchas the relativemerits of different formsof pension systemsandreformoptions.

ECONOMICSOFEDUCATION

COURSELOAD:36H

ECTS:4,5

PROF.L.BEHAGHEL,M.GURGAND&J.GRENET PRESENTATION:SEMESTER1

This course provides an introduction to the economic analysis (both theoretical andempirical) of the investment in and provision of education.Thetheoreticalbackgroundthatexplainsindividualandpublicinvestmentineducationisreviewedand linked to empirical evidence.One importantapplication is theanalysis ofthe returns to education both at the micro and macro level.Finally the coursewill analyze theproductionandprovisionof education. Examplesarethe importanceof inputs suchas teachersand class size, the roleof incentivesand theanalysisofpeereffects.Each course will consist of a general introduction by the instructors, followed bypresentationofpapersbystudents.

ECONOMICSOFWELL-BEING

COURSELOAD:18H

ECTS:1,5

PROF.A.CLARK&C.SENIK PRESENTATION:SEMESTER2

Availablesoon.

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HEALTHECONOMICS/HEALTHPOLICY COURSELOAD:36H ECTS:4,5PROF.B.APOUEY,PY.GEOFFARD&L.ROCHAIX PRESENTATION:SEMESTER1

This “Health economics/Health policy” module will be devoted to analysing the maindeterminantsofrecenttrendsinhealthstatus,theimpactofrecentreformsinhealthcaresystems and their social and economic consequences. It aims at both presenting therangeofissuesaddressedinhealtheconomics,fromefficiencytoequity,fromindividualchoicestopublicdecision,frommicroeconomicdecisionstoglobalhealthandhighlightingtheirhealthpolicyimplications.Thecoursewillpresentrecentmethodologicaldevelopmentsinhealtheconomics,basedoneconometrics andmicro-simulations techniques. Itwill aimat showing thepotentialforapplicationinthehealthcarefield,ofmodelsandtoolsdevelopedinotherfieldssuchaslaboureconomics,behaviouraleconomicsorindustrialeconomics.Thecoursewillalsoincludeashortpresentationoftheeconomicevaluationtechniques.Sessionswillincludeformallectures,aswellasinteractivesessionsduringwhichstudentswill present academic articles related to the course content. For some of the sessions,visitingresearchersatPSEwillbeinvitedtoparticipate.Inaddition,thecoursewillincludeactive participation in the behavioural economics seminar at PSE (Thursdays, 11.00 –12.00)aswell as seminarsorganisedby the research chair inhealtheconomicsatPSE:Hospinnomics.Topicscovered1-Introduction(Pierre-YvesGeoffardandLiseRochaix)2-Thedemandforhealth,healthcareandforprevention(Pierre-YvesGeoffard)3–Healthinequalities(BénédicteApouey)4–Economicevaluationofpublichealthinterventions(LiseRochaix)5-Healthbehaviour(Pierre-YvesGeoffard)6-Healthcarefinancingandinsurance(Pierre-YvesGeoffard)7-Measuringindividualandcollectivepreferences(LiseRochaix)8-Providers’paymentschemes(LiseRochaix)9-Healthcareproductionandorganizations’performance(LiseRochaix)10-Drugsandmedicaldevicesassessmentsandpricing(LiseRochaix)

LABORECONOMICSANDSOCIALPOLICY

COURSELOAD:36H

ECTS:4.5

PROF.T.BREDA&E.MAURIN PRESENTATION:SEMESTER1

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LABOURMARKETPOLICIES

COURSELOAD:24H

ECTS:3

PROF.P.ASKENAZY PRESENTATION:SEMESTER1

Duringthepastdecades,thestruggleagainstunemploymentremainedatthetopoftheagendaofpolicymakers.Thehistoricaland institutionalperspective focuseson thekeyconnections between new facts, new theories or paradigms of the labor market, andultimatelyimplementedmicroandmacropolicies,inFranceandothercountries(US,UK,Germany...),includingdevelopingcountries.Thereisnofinalexambutstudentshavetoprepareapresentationonspecifictopics(incaseofaffluence,smallgroupsareconstituted).

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PUBLICFINANCE

COURSELOAD:24H

ECTS:3

PROF.A.DERUENNES PRESENTATION:SEMESTER2

PublicfinancehasarisenasakeyissueinEurope,asfarasreachingasoundbudgetaryposition is a major requirement of the Stability and Growth Pact. This question is notsomekindof“bureaucratic”concern:thecurrentdebtburden,implyingmassivetransfersto future generations, seems to be now a popular question in the public opinion. Thenecessityofmonitoringpublicfinanceisnotindebatebuttheanalyticframeworkisnotquiteclearandthereisnoagreementontheinstrumentstomeettheobjective.Themainquestionsare:whatarethepertinenttargets?Whatisthepropertermforaction(short,medium, long term)?What is themost successful, cuttingexpenditureor raising taxes?How canwedealwith the trade-off between efficiency and equitywhen implementingreforms?Thepurposeof this course is togive some theoretical, empiricalandpracticalmaterialtothesequestions,inlinewithrecentdevelopmentsofeconomicanalysisinthefieldofpublicfinance.

RISK,INCOMPLETECONTENGENCYMARKETSANDMICRORISK,FINANCE,INSURANCE

COURSELOAD:24H

ECTS:3

PROF.F.GUBERT

PRESENTATION:SEMESTER1

Thiscourseprovidesanoverviewofthemicrofinanceindustry:itsorigins,evolution,theoreticalunderpinnings,andempiricalevidence.Throughlecturesandcasestudies,itfocusesonboththepracticesofexistingmicrofinanceinstitutionsandonthebasicissuesandpolicydebatesinmicrofinance.

Thiscourseisstructuredinthreeparts.Thediscussionstartswiththeinter-relationshipsbetweenrisk,povertyanddevelopmentinthepresenceofincompletecontingencymarkets.Greatcareistakeninthissectiontoexplainthevariousreasonsforinsuranceandcreditmarketfailure(enforcement,imperfectinformation,etc.).Parttwofocusesontheroleandscopeofmicrofinanceinstitutionsinbothdevelopedanddevelopingcountries.Itcoversthebestpracticesofsuccessfulorganizationsandconfrontsthetheoreticalissuesthatinformthosepractices(joint-liabilitylending,progressivelending,etc.).Casestudiesandanalysisofmicrofinanceexperiencesindifferentsectorsandgeographicalareasfuelthediscussion.Partthreefinallyprovidestoolsforevaluatinginterventionsaimedatfacilitatingaccesstocreditandinsuranceindifferingeconomies.Whatistherealimpactofexistingcreditschemesonpovertyandincomeinequalityinthelongrun?Aretherealternativeinstitutionalarrangementsfortheprovisionofsuchloansandavenuesforstateinterventionthataremoreeffectiveinreachingtheverypoorhouseholdsthathaveremainedoutsidetheclienteleofmostexistingmicro-creditprograms?Answerstothesequestionsareprovidedusingthemostrecentcontributionstotheempiricalliterature.

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GLOBALPOLICIES

AID,DEBTANDINTERNATIONALFINANCE

COURSELOAD:24H

ECTS:3

PROF.L.CHAUVET&M.RAFFINOT PRESENTATION:SEMESTER2

Thiscourseintroducestotheanalysisofinternationalcapitalflowsandofthesustainabilityof developing countries’ debt. It also provides an analysis of the debate over aideffectiveness.Therelativeeffectivenessofalternativesourcesofdevelopmentfinancingwillalsobeanalyzed.Thefirstfoursessionswillbedevotedto internationalaidwhilethefourremainingcourseswilldealwithinternationalfinanceanddebt.

APRIMERININSURANCEANDFINANCE

COURSELOAD:12H

ECTS:1.5

PROF.C.THIMANN PRESENTATION:

SEMESTER2

Insurersarethesecondmainpillarinthefinancialsystem,nexttobanks.Insurersemploy1million people in the European Union; they hold €10trillion financial assets and havevirtuallyeveryhouseholdandeverycorporationasacustomer.

Insurersareoftenwronglyequatedwithbanksbuthaveafundamentallydifferentbusinessmodel.Theirfunctionistomanageriskacrosscustomersatanypointintimeandbypoolinglong-termsavingsover time.One commonalitywithbanks is that insurersare large scaleinvestorsinfinancialmarketsandserveasfinancialintermediaries,buttheydonotengageinlending,theydon’tmanagepayments,andtheirliabilitiesarenotshort-termbutmostlylong-term.Theroleofinsurersinthefinancialsystemandtheirexposuretosystemicriskisthereforefundamentallydifferent,andtheyareregulateddifferentlyandmostlyseparatelyfrombanks.

Insurershavean importantrole intheeconomy.Theyallowrisktakingandtherebyfosterinnovationandgrowth;theycanactasstabilisersinthefinancialsystemduetotheirlong-term investments and they create social financial networks through themutualisation ofrisks.

This course gives a concise and rigorous insight into the purpose, role and regulation ofinsurance.Keyitemsinclude:

• Theessenceofinsuranceanditsdelimitationfromotherfinancialactivities.• Theanalyticalfoundationof insurance:riskanduncertainty;adverseselectionand

moralhazard;mutualisation,diversificationandthelawoflargenumbers.• Interactionof insurancewiththeeconomyandthe financialsystem:theeconomic

andfinancialroleofinsurance.Therôleofcapital,liquidityandleverage.• Insuranceproducts,servicesandmarkets:abriefoverview.• TheregulationofinsuranceatEuropeanandinternationallevel:keypolicyissues.

Itisrelevantforstudentswhohaveakeenandcomprehensiveinterestinfinance,financialstabilityand financial regulationandwhoareaware that focusingon thebankingsystemalonecoversonlypartoftherelevantissuesinthearea.Itisalsorelevantforstudentswithamacroeconomic interestwhowanttounderstandthekeyroleof long-termsavingsandinvestmentandthestabilisationthisalsohasforreducingshort-termuncertainty.

And finally, the course is interesting for research purposes and for students who like tocombinemathematicsandquantitativequestionswithfinance,andwhoareaimingtoseekwork in the financial sector in the future. The course consists of four three-hour lecturesusinganinteractivemethodandcombinestheorypolicyandpractice.

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DEVELOPMENTECONOMICS

COURSELOAD:36H

ECTS:4.5

PROF.S.LAMBERT&A.SUWA-EISENMANN PRESENTATION:

SEMESTER1

This course aims at giving a set of general knowledge in development economics and atsurveyingthefoundationofcurrentresearchinthefield.Attheendofthiscourse,studentswillhaveacquired factual knowledgeofdevelopment issues,masteringofanalytical toolsandunderstandingofspecificempiricalchallenges.

Students are required to master the main notions of micro and macro economics,internationaltradeaswellaseconometrics.

ECONOMICGEOGRAPHY,SPATIALINEQUALITYANDREGIONALDEVELOPMENT

COURSELOAD:24H

ECTS:3

PROF.S.MESPLESOMPS,G.SPIELVOGEL PRESENTATION:SEMESTER2

EconomicGeographyisconcernedwithfundamentalquestionsaboutthelocationofeconomicactivity:whatcauseseconomicactivitytobeunequallydistributedacrossspace?Canlocationpatternsbeexplainedbygeneralrules?Whatlocationspecificitiesexplaintheexceptionstotheserules?Whatarethepublicpoliciesthatimpacteconomicspatialinequalities?Thecoursewillfocusmainlyonintra-countryspatialeconomicinequalityandwilldealwiththeimpactofpublicpoliciesliketradepoliciesandpublicinfrastructures.Urbanizationandsystemsofcitieswillalsobeanalyzed,historicalpatternofdevelopedcountriesaswellastheurbanizationprocessindevelopingcountries

ECONOMICSOFCORRUPTION

COURSELOAD:12H

ECTS:1.5

PROF.A.LAMBERT-MOGILIANSKY PRESENTATION:SEMESTER1

Theobjectiveistointroducethestudentstoformalandempiricalanalysesofcorruptionincentralissuesofpublicanddevelopmenteconomics.

Courseoutline:Session1Introduction&CorruptionandPubliceconomics

• CorruptioninRegulation1-GeneralSession2CorruptioninRegulation2

• CorruptionandcollusioninPublic-PrivatePartnerships• Corruptioninextractiveindustry:theresourcecurse

Session3CorruptionandDevelopment1• Theefficientcorruptionargument• CorruptionandGrowth• Corruptioninlicensing• Inefficientinvestment:whiteelephants• Extortionofforeignfirmsinweakgovernancecountry

Session4CorruptionandDevelopment2• Decentralizationversusdecentralizationandgovernmentaccountability,• Privatizationandcorruption• Atheoryofmisgovernance• ExtortionandPoliticalriskinsurance

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ECONOMICSOFREGULATIONINDEVELOPINGCOUNTRIES

COURSELOAD:24H

ECTS:3

PROF.L.WRENLEWIS PRESENTATION:SEMESTER1

Howshoulddevelopingcountriesregulatetheireconomies?

Whyshouldtheydoanydifferentlyfromdevelopedcountries?

Isregulationimportant,orshouldwefocusinsteadonremovingregulations?

This course will seek answers to these questions, and along the way will consider topicsincluding infrastructure,privatization, competitionand the informal economy. The coursewill make use of the latest empirical and theoretical work, as well as drawing on casestudiesandexamplesfromstudent’sowncountries.

Seewebsiteforfurtherdetails.

INTERNATIONALMIGRATION

COURSELOAD:24H

ECTS:3

PROF.H.RAPOPORT PRESENTATION:SEMESTER2

International migration affects the growth and development prospects of developingcountries in a number of ways. A first impact is due to the non-random selection ofindividualsintomigration.Thefactthatmigrantsaretypicallyyoungerandmoreeducatedthattheaverageworkerinthecountryoforigin,andthatmigrantsself-selectaccordingtopolitical views, ethnicity, etc., can affect the sending economy through compositionalchanges in the workforce and the general population that can in turn affect wages, thesupplyofskills(includingthroughadditionalincentivestoinvestineducationinacontextofmigration),inequality,andothersocio-economicoutcomes.Second,onceabroad,migrantscontinue to affect the sending economy through a series of feedback effects such asmonetary remittances, the role of migration and diaspora networks in fostering trade,financial investments and knowledge flows between home and host countries, returnmigration,andthetransferofsocialnormsandvalues.

Thecoursewillfocusonthefollowingchannels:theself-selectionofmigrants,remittances,braindrainandglobalization,andpoliticalremittances.Atatheoreticallevelwewillaimatconveying the intuitionof themechanismsatworkusing simple economicmodels.At theempirical levelwewilldiscusstheresults fromselectedstudies.Thecourse isorganized infour3-hoursessions,eachonaspecifictopic.Foreachsessionthereisalistofrequiredandsuggested readings. Studentsmust prepare for the class by reading the required articlesaheadoftheclass.Gradingscheme:20%classparticipation,80%writtenfinalexam.

NATIONALGOVERNANCE

COURSELOAD:12H

ECTS:1.5

PROF.C.WINOGRAD PRESENTATION:SEMESTER1

ThiscourseincludesasetofconferenceswherethefocusisNationalGovernance,includingmacro topics, as well as micro (market competition-IO). The former will discussmacroeconomicpoliciestoconfrontglobalshocks,thechallengesofclimatechangeinLDCsandthetensionsbetweenlocalgovernanceandglobalgovernance.Thelatterwillfocusoncompetitionpoliciesandmarketregulation insmallopeneconomies ingeneral,aswellastheanalysisofparticularmarketssuchastelecomsandmedia,postalservices,etc.

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POLITICALECONOMY2:CONFLICT,INSTITUTIONS,MEDIAANDGOVERNANCE

COURSELOAD:36H ECTS:4.5

PROF.O.VANDENEYNDE&E.ZHURAVSKAYA PRESENTATION:SEMESTER1

Part1:Institutions,MediaandGovernance(E.Zhuravskaya)- Politicalinstitutionswithincountries:electionsvs.appointments;termslimits- Economiceffectsofconstitutions- Politicalpersuasionofmedia,effectsanddeterminantsofmediafreedom- Regulationandcorruption- Thevalueandthecostofpoliticalconnections

Part2:Conflict(O.VandenEynde)Thispartofthecourseintroducesstudentstotherecentliteratureonconflictandeconomicdevelopment.Thecoursediscussesalimitedsetofacademicarticlesindepth.

- Rationalizingcivilwar- Theconsequencesofcivilwar- Ethnicity,inequalityandpolarization- Opportunitycosts- Informationandcivilianparticipation- Institutionsandcivilwar- Developmentinterventionsinconflictzones

SUSTAINABLEDEVELOPMENTANDCLIMATECHANGE

COURSELOAD:24H

ECTS:3

PROF.K.SCHUBERT&F.LECOCQ PRESENTATION:

Sustainabledevelopmentisabroad-rangingconceptratherthananarrowlydefinedfieldofstudy. As a result, this course is broad in scope, providing an overview of the underlyingprinciples,beliefsandissuesandtheirinterconnections.

Butthiscoursealsoaddressesspecificissuesineconomic/environmentalsustainability.

Thefirstpartofthecoursethuspresents(i)thetheoryofnaturalnon-renewableresources,withanemphasisonfossilfuels;theimplicationoftheirscarcityforthegrowthprocess:Arethere physical limits to growth? What about intergenerational equity? Which economicpolicies can handle the fact that burning fossil fuels is polluting? (ii) the preservation ofrenewable natural resource stocks (fisheries, forests, water, biodiversity); (iii) thesustainabledevelopmentindicators,bothonatheoreticalpointofviewandonanempiricalone.

The second part of this classwill review the latest findings from climate change science,highlighting robust resultsandkeyuncertaintiesabout theclimatesystem, the impactsofclimate change and the costs of action; provide an update on the current initiatives toaddress climate change (among others, existing schemes to manage greenhouse gasemissionsandstatusofon-goingpost-Kyotonegotiations)anddiscusshowtheeconomisttoolbox(suchasdiscounting,valuationofenvironmentalresourcesoreconomicinstrumentstomitigateexternalities)canprovide insightsonkeydecisionsabouttheclimateproblem,suchas(i)Whatshoulddevelopingcountriesdo,ifany,withregardtoclimatechangegiventheir limitedresourcesandthe importanceofothershort-termchallengestheyare facing;(ii)Istherearationaleforearlyactioninthepresenceoflong-termuncertaintiesonclimatechangedamages?;(iii)Whatkindofinstrumentshouldbeintroducedtoinducemitigation:taxvs.permit?and(iv)Whichlessonscanbedrawnfromtheimplementationofacap-and-tradescheme?Asanillustrativeexampleforestmanagementwillbestudiedindepth:howtomakeplantationdecisions inthecontextofuncertaintyaboutclimaticconditions inthe

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future? How to balance the management of forests between market- and non-marketbenefitsonclimatechange?Whowill likelybehithardestbyclimatechangeand lacktheresourcestoadapt?

TRADE

COURSELOAD:24H

ECTS:3

PROF.ACDISDIER PRESENTATION:SEMESTER2

The course focuses on the empirical analysis of trade and trade policy. It will providestudents with a standard toolkit in the field: gravity equations derived from theoreticalmodels; protection, transfers and the effects of partial liberalization; direct and indirectmeasurement of protection with a focus on non-tariff measures; access to trade andprotectiondata;CGEmodeling;Aidfortrade;financialdevelopmentandtrade.CourseOverview:

- Gravityandbordereffect- Protectionandtradeliberalization- Non-tariffmeasures- Freetradeagreements- Tradeandprotectiondata- Computablegeneralequilibriummodels- Aidfortrade- Financialdevelopmentandtrade

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ECONOMICHISTORY

ADVANCEDECONOMICHISTORY COURSELOAD:36H

ECTS:4.5

PROF.F.ALVAREDO,J.BOURDIEU,D.COGNEAU,L.KESZTENBAUM,E.MONNET,T.PIKETTY

PRESENTATION:SEMESTER1

The objective of this "Advanced economic history" course is to present recent research inseveralbroadareasofeconomichistory.ItisacollectivecoursedesignedbythemembersoftheCentred'histoireéconomiqueetsocialeFrançois-Simiand.Studentsareassumedtohavealreadyattendedthecourse"Introductiontoeconomichistory".

The course is organized in 12 lectures of 3 hours. To validate the course, students arerequired(1)toattendandactivelyparticipatetoalllectures;(2)totaketheexam.

ECONOMICHISTORYOFINEQUALITY

COURSELOAD:24H

ECTS:3

PROF.T.PIKETTY PRESENTATION:SEMESTER1

Theobjectiveof thiscourse is topresentan introductiontoeconomichistory,withspecialemphasisontheinteractionbetweencapitalaccumulation,theglobaldistributionofincomeandwealth,andgrowth.ThiscourseisavailabletostudentsthatdidnotfollowtheM1PPD.Moredetailsonthededicatedwebsite

ECONOMICHISTORYOFDEVELOPMENTINTHECOLONIALANDPOSTCOLONIALERAS

COURSELOAD:24H

ECTS:3

PROF.D.COGNEAU PRESENTATION:SEMESTER2

Theseminardiscussesongoingresearcheffortsandnewfrontiersintheeconomichistoryofdevelopingcountriesandtheroleoflong-termfactorsindevelopment,withalsoastanceoninequality and distributive justice. Methodological questions and econometric issues aregivenanimportantroom.CourseOverview:

- Development?- DevelopmentEconomics&EconomicHistory- VeryLongTerm:Geography,Technology,Culture- PrecolonialStates&Slavery- Colonization&Inequality- ColonialStates- ColonizerIdentity- PostcolonialStates

HISTORICALDEMOGRAPHY

COURSELOAD:18H

ECTS:1.5

PROF.L.KESZTENBAUM PRESENTATION:

This coursedealswith the relationshipbetweenpopulationandeconomicdevelopment. Itwillpresentthebasicconceptsofdemographyandillustratethembythemostrecentworksinhistorical demographyand economic history. Theaim is to give abroadperspective ontheindustrialrevolutionandthesubsequentemergenceofthemoderneconomybutalsotodiscuss how thishistorical analysis may help to understand present issues inpopulationstudies.We will tackle two sets of problems. First, the industrialrevolution occurred

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simultaneously with huge population changes,in both quantitative and qualitative ways.Wewillexplorehowthesechanges–reductioninmortality,changesinthesizeandshapeofthe body, lower birth rate, population aging, and so on–contributed, or not, to economicgrowth. Second, changes in theeconomic environment–not only increases in income orwealthbutalsochangesofinstitutions,urbanization,inequality–havethemselvesimportantconsequencesonpopulationlivingconditions.Lookingatbothwaysoftherelationship,wewilladdress the larger question of the role of different actors–markets,the state,individuals,andfamilies–oneconomicdevelopmentinthelongrun.

STATESANDSOVEREIGNDEBTS

COURSELOAD:24H

ECTS:3

PROF.K.BEGUIN&PC.HAUTCOEUR LOCATION:EHESSPRESENTATION:

SEMESTER2

Ce séminaire se construit autour de la discussion des méthodes, concepts et théoriesmobilisés par les économistes ou les historiens dans l'analyse des dettes souveraines. Untravailhebdomadairedelecturesd'articlespréparececommentairecollectif.

Outre les débats actuels, les principaux thèmesabordésà travers ceshuit siècles sont lescirconstances de l'émergence historique de la dette souveraine, les implicationsmacroéconomiquesetsociopolitiquesdel'endettementàlongterme,lesinteractionsentreproblèmesmonétaires et endettement (inflation, dénomination de la dette, asymétrie dedevises), les liens hypothétiques entre régimes politiques et crédibilité emprunteuse, laquestion de l'endettement optimal, la variété des réponses apportées dans la durée àl'insoutenabilitéde ladette, lesprocessusderenégociation, lesdéfautssouverainset leursconséquences, les modalités d'intervention des États et des autres acteurs dans lapréventionoularésolutiondescrisesfinancières,bancairesetmonétaires.

ECONOMICHISTORYOFLABOR

COURSELOAD:18H

ECTS:1.5

PROF.ARNOUXMATHIEU,BOURDIEUJEROME,GRENIERJEAN-YVES,POSTEL-VINAYGILLES

PRESENTATION:SEMESTER2

Thecourseprovidesanoverviewofsomegeneralissuesineconomichistory.Eachsessionaimstostimulateacriticaldiscussiononanimportanteconomictopicfromanhistoricalperspectiveandencouragestudentstodevelophistoricalliteracyskills.CourseOverview:

- Introduction:laws,norms,market- Financialintermediariesandfinancialcrisis- Tradeandglobalization- Publicdebt- Thewelfarestateandpublicspending- Theinternationalmonetarysystem- EconomichistoryoftotalitarianismandautocraticregimesintheXXthcentury- Agriculture,food,environmentandeconomicdevelopment

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QUANTITATIVEMETHODS

ECONOMETRICMETHODS COURSELOAD:24H

ECTS:3

PROF.P.KETZ PRESENTATION:SEMESTER2

Thiscoursebuildsonandiscomplementarytothefirst-yeareconometricsseries.Whilethetreatment is somewhat theoretical, the focus lieswith the applicability and usefulness ofeconometric methods. Throughout the course the theory is motivated and illustrated bymeansofexamples.

The first part of this course treats classic asymptotic theory, including consistency andasymptoticnormalityresultsforextremumestimators.Whileextremumestimatorsincludee.g., OLS, 2SLS, and Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) estimators, the expositionfocusesonMaximumLikelihood(ML)estimation.Besidescoveringtextbookexamples,suchas the Probitmodel, the course aims at providing studentswith the ability tomodel andestimate (simple) structuralmodels usingML. In addition to standard inferencemethods,thecoursediscussesbootstrapbasedinference.

Thesecondpartof thecoursetreatsclustering(clusteredstandarderrors),whichplaysanimportant role in applied econometrics. After taking this course, studentswill be familiarwiththedifferenttechniquescurrentlyavailableandshouldbeabletoappropriatelychooseamongtheminapplications.

Aspartof thecourse, students learn tounderstandanduseMonteCarlosimulationsasausefultoolinassessingempirical/econometricmethods.Homeworkassignmentsandafinalprojecthelpachievingthislearninggoal.

Time permitting, recent advances inmachine learning techniques and their application ineconomicswillbediscussed.

MACROECONOMICPOLICIES

COURSELOAD:24H

ECTS:3

PROF.N.COIMBRA PRESENTATION:

Themaingoalof this course is toenable students tounderstandboth the theoryand thefactsoffiscalandmonetarypolicy.The coursewill begin by setting up a theoretical framework uponwhichwe can build anunderstandingofwhyandhoweconomicpolicycanbeusedtostabilizethemacroeconomy.Thiswillbeusedtointerpretrealdataandalsotocontrasttheoryandempiricalwork,andwe will look at important papers from the literature whose goal is to measure theeffectivenessofpolicyinspecificsettings.Outline

• EconomyTheoryo Basicbusiness-cyclefactso Theintertemporalapproachtothebalanceofpaymentso Dynamicstochasticgeneralequilibrium(DSGE)modelsofthe international

businesscycle.o Thesourcesofbusiness-cyclefluctuationsinopeneconomieso Evaluatingbusiness-cyclemodels

• MonetaryPolicyintheOpenEconomyo ModelsofMonetaryNonneutralityduetoNominalRigiditieso OptimalMonetary/ExchangeRatePolicy

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o CurrencyPegs• FiscalPolicyAnalysis

o Thesizeofthegovernmentspendingandtaxmultipliero Explainingtheobservedeffectsoffiscalshockso FiscalPolicyinaliquiditytrap

MICRO-SIMULATIONSOFPUBLICPOLICIES

COURSELOAD:24H

ECTS:3

PROF.M.BENJELLOUL,A.BOZIO&AS.ROBILLIARD PRESENTATION:SEMESTER2

The past decade has seen the rapid development of microsimulation models (MsM) andtechniquesfortheevaluationofpublicpolicies.MsMaremodelsthatstartwithlarge-scalerepresentative surveys of households or individuals to which are added several kinds ofinformation:data fromother surveysanddatabases, imputationsandstatisticalmatches,program rules, and behavioral assumptions. The purpose of this course is to presentmicrosimulation models and techniques that have been implemented and used both indevelopedanddevelopingcountries.

SHORT-TERMECONOMICANALYSIS

COURSELOAD:24H

ECTS:3

PROF.E.FONTENY PRESENTATION:!THISCOURSEOVERVIEWMIGHTCHANGEFORTHE2017-2018SCHOOLYEARSEMESTER2

Thiscoursestudiestoolsforshorttermeconomicanalysis.Thegoalistohelpstudentsbuildacriticalanalysisofthecurrenteconomicsituation.Thiscoursestartswithasignificantreviewoftimeseriesmodelsandotherquantitativeaspectsofshort-termeconomicanalysis.Ageneraloverviewoftheexistinghardandsoftdataisprovided.Differentaspectsofeconomicactivitywillbecovered:GDPanditscomponents;inflation;labormarketvariables;internationalenvironment;medium-termanalysisofpublicdebtdynamics.Studentswillthengainunderstandingofthedifferenttechniquesofanalyzingbusinesscyclesandforecasting:extractinginformationinadatarichenvironment,filtering,datingturningpoints.Theywillseetheroleoflargescalemacro-econometricmodelsindevelopingarobustanalysisofmediumtermeconomicdevelopments.Wewillcovertheconceptsofpotentialoutput,NAIRU,outputgap,volatility.Thecourseisdesignedtopreparestudentswhoareinterestedinajobofeconomicanalystbutalsoverywelltailoredforstudentswhowishtogetfamiliarwiththebasicmethodologicalandpracticaltoolsofshorttermeconomicanalysis.ThecoursewillincludesixcomputerlabsessionsinEviews.Textbooks:«EconomicForecasting»,Carnot,Koen,Tissot«Elementsofforecasting»Diebold«Timeseriesanalysis»Hamilton

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CEPREMAPCONFERENCES COURSELOAD:24H ECTS:3COORDINATOR:T.BREDA PRESENTATION:SEMESTER1&2

The CEPREMAP conferences are single-conferences or mini-courses performed byeconomistsfromFrenchorinternationaladministrationsorinstitutions.Theywillpresentapolicy question and how their institutions manage it and propose prescriptions.Thevalidationtakesintoaccountateam-workandyourindividualattendanceatthecompletecycleofconferences.

CourseopentostudentsthatwerenotregisteredinM1PPD

ELECTIVEEHESSSEMINAR

COURSELOAD:24H

ECTS:3

PROF.N/A LOCATION:EHESSPRESENTATION:

SEMESTER2

Students can chose 1 seminar among the courses list of the EHESS. The 3-credit seminarmust be taken in another field than Economics (Sociology, History, Anthropology, etc.)withinthewidesetofcoursesofferedinotherEHESSMastersprogrammes.

EHESSseminarslist:http://www.ehess.fr/fr/enseignement/enseignements/

OPTIONALENSCOURSE

COURSELOAD:24H

ECTS:3

PROF.N/A LOCATION:JOURDANPRESENTATION:LISTTOBECONFIRMEDSOONSEMESTER1OR2

Studentscanchose1courseamongthefollowinglist:Droitcomparé–J.L.HalpérinIls’agitd’uncourssuividetravauxdirigésdans lecadred’unMaster1«Droitcomparé»,co-habilité par l’ENS et l’Université Paris-Ouest-Nanterre-La Défense. L’enseignement estconsacréàlaméthodologiedudroitcomparéetàsonemploidansdifférentesbranchesdudroit (droitconstitutionnel,droitsde l’homme,statutspersonnels,droitdescontrats,droitdes sociétés...). L’enseignementpeut être suivi aussi bienenpremièreannée (commeuneapproche des différents systèmes juridiques) qu’ultérieurement dans la scolarité. Lesétudiants ENS peuvent suivre soit le cours, soit les TD (soit bien sûr les deux parties dechaqueséance).SeewebsiteIntroductionàl’anthropologiesociale–J.BonhommeCecoursd’initiationàl’anthropologiesocialeestouvertàtouslesélèvesetétudiantsquelsque soient leur année et leur département principal de rattachement (en Lettres ou enSciences). Présentant un panorama de recherches récentes en anthropologie, ce courspropose de revisiter certains des thèmes classiques de la discipline (traditions orales etécrites, anthropologie des faits religieux, anthropologie du genre, anthropologie dessciences)enmontrantcommentilsontétéprofondémentrenouvelésaucoursdesdernièresdécennies.SeewebsiteHistoiredesenquêtesensciencessociales–F.WeberL’histoire des sciences de l’homme a débouché au 20ème siècle sur des règles juridiquesconcernant l’usagedesdonnéesscientifiquesquidiffèrentselonlesdroitsnationaux,selonlanaturedesdonnéesetselonlesdisciplinesconcernées,sciencesbiomédicalesouscienceséconomiques et sociales. En quoi l’apparition de données numériques en très grande

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quantité(les«BigData»)bouleverse-t-elleladonne?Commentprofiterdudéveloppementde l’édition numérique pour développer une nouvelle circulation des savoirs respectueusedes droits des personnes enquêtées et des chercheurs? Cette semaine intensive de coursdonneraauxparticipantslesmoyensdes’orienterdanscetuniversmouvant.SeewebsiteDroitinternational(I)–F.Couveinhes-MatsumotoLecoursdeDroit internationalproposéconsisteenuneprésentationetunediscussiondesprincipalesrèglesetinstitutionsinternationales,àlalueurdespositionsdesdifférentsEtatsà leur égard. On s’attachera en particulier à la défense, à la contestation et à laréinterprétation, par les «BRICS», de règles et d’institutions internationales d’origineoccidentale. Il sera défendu que les Etats occidentaux essaient à maints égards, depuis1990, demodifier leDroit international qu’ils ont eux-mêmes établi, pour le faire évoluervers un Droit global favorable à certains acteurs privés transnationaux (EMN et ONG,éventuellementindividus),tandisquelesBRICSessaientaucontrairedefairerevivreleDroitinterétatique classique, et des formes de coopération préservant le pouvoir des Etats.Onprésentera les débats juridiques et les propositions institutionnelles contemporaines quitraduisent un désaccord idéologique, et dont l’avenir dépendra probablement durééquilibragedelapuissanceencoursauniveaumondial.SeewebsiteLecturesenHistoire–B.Wilfert-PortalCecours,donnédanslecadresuM1duMasterPDImaisouvertàtousceuxquiveulentlesuivre (à condition d’une inscription auprès de l’enseignant), s’adresse aux étudiants quisouhaitent s’initier aux tendances récentes, depuis les années 1970, de l’historiographieoccidentale,notammentdanslaperspectivedesesinteractionsaveclessciencessociales.Ils’agit d’un cours de lecturesde textes fondamentaux, choisis pour leur appartenanceauxdifférentscourantsetmanièresdefairehistoriographiquesdesquarantedernièresannées,et qui ont tous à la fois une sorte de dimension empirique (l’enjeu étant de voir, sur desterrains,desobjetsetdessourcesprécises,desrecherchesàl’oeuvre)etunelongueportéethéoriqueetcritique.Fondésurleprincipedela«classeinversée»,ilconsisteenséancesdetravail intensives autour du texte, à partir d’un exposé en groupe par une fraction de laclasse,denotesdelecturesindividuellesenvoyéesauprofesseurparuneautrepartiedelaclasse,etd’unediscussiondenseavecleprofesseursur l’auteur, lecontenuthématiquedutexte, le contexte historiographique de sa production, les méthodes d’enquête qui s’ydéploient,seslimitesetsapostérité.Auprogramme:AlainCorbin,PeterSahlins,AlfLüdtke,Chrisophe Charle, Eric Hobsbawm, Sandrine Kott, Gérard Noiriel, Fred Cooper, d’autresencore.Seewebsite