Courses
Behavioural and Experimental Economics
Corporate Finance
Demographic Problems of Modern Russia
Derivatives
Dynamic Macroeconomics
Economics of banking
Financial Markets: Institutions and Instruments
Financial Mathematics
Game theory
Health economics I
Health economics II
Industrial Organization
International Finance
International Trade Theory
Introduction into Economics of Platforms
The course discusses a number of issues related to the most dynamic transformation processes on the markets. These processes change the nature and structure of markets, producers and consumers, as well as regulation of the industries undergoing such transformation. According to this the course logically consists of several parts. The first considers redefinition of commodities and markets, describes new intermediaries — digital platforms — that might evolve into ecosystems. New business models and potential place for consumers and supplies within these models are discussed.
The second part of the course covers all these issues from the regulatory perspective. General approaches to regulation are discussed first, and then some specific cases are considered from the point of view of regulatory responses. Since regulation of digital platforms\ecosystems is presently developing, it is important to show the students the essence of the processes at the level of concepts as this allow for combining various regulatory measures and forecasting the results from their application. To provide the full context to the problems discussed the second part of the course has also two parts, considering specifics of platform economics in Russia as well as in main foreign jurisdictions (US, China, EU).
Introduction into the history of economic development
Introduction to R for Economists
Investments under uncertainty
Macroeconomic Policy and Economic Crises
Macroeconomics (advanced level)
Macroeconomics analyzes the economy as a whole — at the level of a country or a region as opposed to studying separate markets. During this course the students will master the main notions and models of macroeconomics, will be able to explain economic decision of a Central Bank of a government, and will learn to consider consequences of any serious economic event from both short-run (what will happen in the nearest future) and long-run (what this means for our children and grandchildren) perspectives.
The course consists of two parts. The first considers main notions and models of macroeconomics for a closed-economy case (when there is no external trade). In this part students will learn about the Keynesian economic policy logic (active government spending during economic slowdowns) as opposed to neoclassical ideas of self-regulating markets. The second part of the course considers open economy models, limits of macroeconomic policy (how long can a country increase its government debt), as well as issues of economic growth and distribution. In all cases the students are asked to analyze real-life cases using the models they learn and to discuss economic news of the moment.