In this five-day course we discuss the experimental approach to studying the effects of communication in economic decision making. We review the state-of-the-art experimental research. Experts in the field will cover topics such as fake news, cheap talk, coordination problems, deception,...

This summer school will cover fundamental topics in econometrics and data science. The content ranges from predictive and causal methods for time-series analysis, to state-space methods and filtering techniques for high-dimensional datasets. Participants will learn how to design, test and...

This course provides a self-contained set of lectures to bring PhD students and practitioners up to speed in the area of empirical research using firm-level data. The course starts with an introduction to models of firm dynamics and innovation. Next, attention is paid to estimation of...

Decades of twin studies have established that any conceivable human trait has a heritable component, including biologically distal traits such as personality traits, educational attainment, and income. This insight, combined with a rapid increase in the availability of genetic data, has paved...

This course provides a self-contained set of lectures to bring PhD students and practitioners up to speed on electricity market design. The goal is to offer some economic tools and simulation models using elements of game theory, auction theory, and industrial organization that will allow...

This one-week crash course is an introduction to the field of experimental economics. The course provides students with skills needed to design and run an experiment. There will be an additional one-day module on Statistical Data Analysis at the end of the course (on August 25). The summer...

Tinbergen Institute organizes an exciting interdisciplinary summer school entitled: ‘Introduction in Genome-Wide Data Analysis’. The summer school is taught by Philipp Koellinger and Niels Rietveld, two leading experts in the field. The summer school welcomes (research) master students, PhD...

This course provides a self-contained set of lectures to bring PhD students and practitioners up to speed in the area of empirical research using firm-level data. The course starts with an introduction to models of firm dynamics. Next, attention is paid to estimation of productivity, including...

This course will arm you with tools to measure health inequality. It will also make you familiar with models developed to explain socioeconomic disparities in health and competent in empirical methods used to estimate socioeconomic determinants of health. The course is targeted at economists...

The course introduces students to modern monetary theory. The balance sheets and transactions that are relevant for understanding modern money are examined, with a focus on the Eurozone. Alternative explanations are brought forward that include the idea that banks can create money, that...