PhD Course: Empirical Methods in Applied Microeconomics
The Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)

June 18-21, 2012, Stockholm

The Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) in Stockholm cordially invites graduate students to the PhD course Empirical Methods in Applied Microeconomics. The goals of this course are to take students closer to the research frontier in several areas of current research, and to help students acquire the skills required to write a thesis in Industrial Organization and other fields of applied microeconomics.

COURSE DETAILS: The course is taught by Professor Frank A. Wolak at Stanford University, a world leading authority on empirical Industrial Organization.

An approved course yields 4 ECTS credits. Course approval is subject to an approved problem set and passing a take-home exam.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Students should submit their application, including a cover letter motivating their interest in the course and a recommendation letter from their supervisor, electronically to elisabeth.gustafsson@ifn.se by May 15, 2012. The number of participants is limited.

Course outline and further details can be found at http://www.ifn.se/minicourse2012wolak

For additional information, please contact thomas.tangeras@ifn.se, par.holmberg@ifn.se or elisabeth.gustafsson@ifn.se