Center for Regional Economic Development (CRED)

Courses

Master in Applied Economic Analysis

Fall Semester (HS 2025)

Fall Semester (HS 2025)

Core Courses

Core Courses
Compulsory Courses	Frequency	ECTS	Lecturer
Econometrics II	every 2nd sem.	4.5	Blaise Melly
Macroeconomics II	every 2nd sem.	4.5	Dirk Niepelt
Microeconomics II	every 2nd sem.	4.5	Igor Letina
Master Colloquium	twice per sem.	1.5	Aymo Brunetti / Michael Gerfin

Elective Courses without Specialization

Applied Macro- and Microeconomics
Empirical Macroeconomics II	every 2nd sem.	6	Luca Benati
Portfolio Optimization	every 2nd sem.	6	Philipp Baumann / Maude Bersier
Seminar: Development Economics: A long term perspective	every 2nd sem.	6	Kai Gehring
Seminar: Empirical Macroeconomics II	every 2nd sem.	6	Luca Benati

Quantitative Economics
Environmental Econometrics	every 2nd sem.	6	Eric Strobl
Spatial Methods for Economists Using Python	every 2nd sem.	3	Olivier Schöni
Time Series Analysis II	every 2nd sem.	4.5	Blaise Melly

Public Economics
Labour Economics	every 2nd sem.	4.5	Jeanne Tschopp
Real Estate Economics	every 2nd sem.	3	Simon Büchler
Regional and Urban Economics	every 2nd sem.	3	Maximilian von Ehrlich
Seminar: Topics in Public Economics II	every 2nd sem.	6	Michael Gerfin / Maximilian von Ehrlich

Applied Finance and Management
Advanced Valuation	every 2nd sem.	6	Philip Valta
Asset Management for Institutional Investors (in German)	every 2nd sem.	3	Hansruedi Scherer
Being an Entrepreneur	every 2nd sem.	6	Philipp Sieger
Corporate Strategy	every 2nd sem.	6	Artur Baldauf
Data Science for Organizations	every 2nd sem.	6	Panda Sachin
Derivatives	every 2nd sem.	6	Julien Cujean
Financing and Capital Structure	every 2nd sem.	6	Philip Valta
Seminar: Applied Business Analytics	every 2nd sem.	6	Philipp Baumann
Seminar: Company Valuation	every 2nd sem.	6	Philip Valta

Elective Courses with Specialization in Regional Economic Development

Regional and Real Estate Economics
Regional and Urban Economics	every 2nd sem.	3	Maximilian von Ehrlich
Spatial Methods for Economists Using Python	every 2nd sem.	3	Olivier Schöni

Business and Entrepreneurship
Being an Entrepreneur	every 2nd sem.	6	Philipp Sieger
Corporate Strategy	every 2nd sem.	6	Artur Baldauf
Data Science for Organizations	every 2nd sem.	6	Panda Sachin
Seminar: Applied Business Analytics	every 2nd sem.	6	Philipp Baumann

Economic Policy
Labour Economics	every 2nd sem.	4.5	Jeanne Tschopp
Real Estate Economics	every 2nd sem.	3	Simon Büchler
Seminar: Development Economics: A long term perspective	every 2nd sem.	6	Kai Gehring
Seminar: Topics in Public Economics II	every 2nd sem.	6	Michael Gerfin / Maximilian von Ehrlich

Sustainability
Environmental Econometrics	every 2nd sem.	6	Eric Strobl
Resource Economics	every 2nd sem.	4.5	Ralph Winkler

Elective Courses with Specialization in Trade and International Development

International Trade and Development
Regional and Urban Economics	every 2nd sem.	3	Maximilian von Ehrlich
Seminar: Development Economics: A long term perspective	every 2nd sem.	6	Kai Gehring
Seminar: Economics of Education	every 2nd sem.	6	Stefan Wolter, Daniel Goller, Enzo Brox

International Political Economy
Global Political Economy	every 2nd sem.	6	Manfred Elsig
Labour Economics	every 2nd sem.	4.5	Jeanne Tschopp

Empirical Methods
Environmental Econometrics	every 2nd sem.	6	Eric Strobl
Mathematical Methods in Economics	every 2nd sem.	4.5	Andreas Bachmann
Spatial Methods for Economists Using Python	every 2nd sem.	3	Olivier Schöni
Time Series Analysis II	every 2nd sem.	4.5	Blaise Melly

Spring Semester (FS 2025)

Spring Semester (FS 2025)

Core Courses

Compulsory Courses
Course	Frequency	ECTS	Lecturer
Applied Data Analysis	every 2nd sem.	3	Costanza Naguib
Applied Public Economics	every 2nd sem.	3	Maximilian von Ehrlich / Michael Gerfin
Master Colloquium (1.5 ECTS)	twice per sem.	1.5	Aymo Brunetti / others

Elective Courses without Specialization

Applied Macro‐ and Microeconomics
Monetary Policy	every 2nd sem.	6	Luca Benati
Multinational Firms and Production	every 2nd sem.	6	Eddy Bekkers
Seminar: Economic Policy and Development	every 2nd sem.	6	Aymo Brunetti

Quantitative Economics
Big Data Analytics	every 2nd sem.	6	Philipp Baumann / Maude Bersier
Causal Analysis	every 2nd sem.	3	Blaise Melly / Michael Gerfin
Machine Learning in Economics	every 2nd sem.	4.5	Costanza Naguib
Seminar: Workshop in Econometrics II	every 2nd sem.	6	Blaise Melly

Public Economics
Topics in Health Economics	every 2nd sem.	3	Michael Gerfin / Christian Schmid

Applied Finance and Management
Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation	every 2nd sem.	4.5	Yanjia Yang
Investments	every 2nd sem.	6	Julien Cujean
Projektmanagement und Projektplanung (in German)	every 2nd sem.	3	Norbert Trautmann
Real Estate Finance	every 2nd sem.	3	Donato Scognamiglio
Risk Management	every 2nd sem.	6	Diego Liechti
Seminar: Empirical Finance	every 2nd sem.	6	Philip Valta

Elective Courses with Specialization in Regional Economic Development

Regional and Real Estate
Real Estate Finance	every 2nd sem.	3	Donato Scognamiglio
Seminar: Empirical Toursim Economics	every 2nd sem.	6	Marcus Roller

Business and Entrepreneurship
Business Research	every 2nd sem.	6	Simone Schweiger
Corporate Entrepreneurship	every 2nd sem.	6	Philipp Sieger
Projektmanagement und Projektplanung (in German)	every 2nd sem.	3	Norbert Trautmann

Economic Policy
Causal Analysis	every 2nd sem.	3	Blaise Melly / Michael Gerfin
Seminar: Advanced Topics in International Economics	every 2nd sem.	6	Joseph Francois
Seminar: Economic Policy and Development	every 2nd sem.	6	Aymo Brunetti

Methods
Big Data Analytics	every 2nd sem.	6	Philipp Baumann / Maude Bersier
Machine Learning in Economics	every 2nd sem.	4.5	Costanza Naguib

Sustainability
Climate Economics: Scientific and Economic Foundations	every 2nd sem.	4.5	Ralph Winkler
Climate Risk Assessment	every 2nd sem.	3	Olivia Romppainen-Martius
Seminar: Environmental and Resource Economics	every 2nd sem.	6	Ralph Winkler

Elective Courses with Specialization in Trade and International Development

International Trade and Development
International Monetary Economics	every 2nd sem.	6	Pierpaolo Benigno
Multinational Firms and Production	every 2nd sem.	4.5	Eddy Bekkers
Seminar: Advanced Topics in International Economics	every 2nd sem.	6	Joseph Francois
Seminar: Economic Policy and Development	every 2nd. sem.	6	Aymo Brunetti

International Political Economy
Climate Risk Assessment	every 2nd sem.	3	Olivia Romppainen-Martius
International Environmental Law	every 2nd sem.	5	Franz Perrez
Seminar: Environmental an Resource Economics	every 2nd sem.	6	Ralph Winkler

Empirical Methods
Big Data Analytics	every 2nd sem.	6	Philipp Baumann / Maude Bersier
Causal Analysis	every 2nd sem.	3	Blaise Melly / Michael Gerfin
Machine Learning in Economics	every 2nd sem.	4.5	Costanza Naguib

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