Designing sustainable energy systems is one of the most important tasks facing today&#039;s engineers. Indeed, the fossil fuel economy, while historically among...

Aims: The Research Methods module is a compulsory module of the MSc in Economics. The module is designed to lay the foundations for research in economics or...

Aims: The Research Methods module is a compulsory module of the MSc in Economics. The module is designed to lay the foundations for research in economics or for work as a professional economist. The module covers different aspects of the research toolbox of modern economists. The Research Methods module is organised in three modules: Mathematics and Statistics, Academic Skills for Economists and Empirical Econometric Skills. The aim of these modules is to introduce or review the tools students need in order to master the material presented in the taught part of the MSc in Economics on the one hand and to enable progress towards independent research for the dissertation and for work as a professional economist on the other hand.

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The course will make you familiar with key concepts and methods in health economics and give students a through understanding of up-to-date research in...

Aims:

The course will make you familiar with key concepts and methods in health economics and give students a through understanding of up-to-date research in a few selected topics. The course will combine theory with empirical studies and emphasizes the relation between the two. The course will provide a foundation for doctoral research or a professional career in the field of Health Economics in government agencies (i.e. the National Health Service) international institutions (i.e. Worldbank or World Health Organization) or the private sector.

Course outline:

1. Overview of OCDE health care systems

2. Health insurance markets and heterogeneity in health risks

3. Medical insurance and health care use

4. Health care providers and incentives

5. Pharmaceutical markets