Topics: - measurement of firm productivity, productivity dispersion, and their development over time; - firm internal determinants of productivity and productivity dispersion; - impact of external factors (e.g., institutions) on productivity and productivity dispersion; - impact of globalization...

This course provides a self-contained set of lectures and tutorials 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...

Tinbergen Institute and the University of Amsterdam (UvA) offer a summer course in experimental economics. This introductory course provides an in-depth analysis of some recent developments, including the rapid growth of behavioral economics and the increased use of field experiments. We welcome...