| EC0603 | EMPIRICAL MICROECONOMICS | 1 | NOVARA | | Trivin Garcia Pedro | Lecture slides provided by the instructor
Cunningam, Scott. (2021) Causal Inference: the Mixtape, Yale University Press
Jousha D. Angrist and Jorn-Steffen Pischke (2015) Mastering Metrics, Princeton University Press
Jousha D. Angrist and Jorn-Steffen Pischke (2008) Mostly Harmless Econometrics: An Empiricist's Companion. Princeton University Press
Specific papers indicated in each chapter | 23-02-2026 00:00:00 |
| EC0146 | INVESTMENT BANKING | 1 | NOVARA | | Capizzi Vincenzo | Required textbooks:
Stowell D., Investment Banking, Hedge Funds and Private Equity. Fourth Edition, Elsevier, Cambrigde, MA, 2023.
Liaw K.T., The Business of Investment Banking: A Comprehensive overview. Third Edition, J. Wiley & Sons, New York, 2011
The instructors will provide articles, slides, case studies and working papers in order to deepen specific course topics
For further information, please make reference to the course official web page on D.I.R.
Suggested readings:
DePamphilis D., Mergers, Acquisitions, and Other Restructuring Activities: An Integrated Approach to Process, Tools, Cases, and Solutions 12th Edition, Academic Press, 2025.
Gatto M., The Credit Investor's Handbook: Leveraged Loans, High Yield Bonds, and Distressed Debt, J. Wiley & Sons, New York, 2023.
Rosenbaum J., Pearl J., Investment Banking: Valuation, Leveraged Buy-Outs and Mergers and Acquisitions. Third Edition, J. Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020.
Nijs L., Mezzanine Financing, J. Wiley & Sons, New York, 2014.
Fleuriet M., Investment Banking Explained: An Insider’s Guide to the Industry, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2008. | 18-02-2026 00:00:00 |
| EC0341 | Financial Market Law | 1 | NOVARA | | Barcellona Eugenio | The study materials will be indicated during the lessons and made available on the Moodle page of the course. | 03-11-2025 00:00:00 |
| EC0346 | English Language Proficiency Exam | 1 | NOVARA | | Julian Michelle Lynn | Resources provided by the instructor via the DIR page Digital resources Macmillan platform Textbooks and materials Vocabulary and grammar Raymond Murphy, English Grammar in Use, 5th Edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. Michael McCarthy, Felicity O’Dell, English Collocations in Use Intermediate (Book with Answers): How Words Work Together for Fluent and Natural English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. English for academic purposes Various authors Academic English: Skills for Success, 3rd Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2025. Dick Smakman, Presenting in English: A Practical Guide. London: Routledge, 2024. Other recommended texts will be indicated by the lecturer. | 11-10-2025 00:00:00 |
| EC0127 | MANAGERIAL INCENTIVES | 1 | NOVARA | | Menozzi Anna, Raith Matthias | Brickely, Smith, Zimmerman - Managerial Economics and Organizational Architecture. Irvin McGraw Hill, sixth edition.
Additional reading:
Tirole. The Theory of Corporate Finance. Princeton University Press (chapter I). | 03-10-2025 00:00:00 |
| EC0337 | Derivatives Pricing and Portfolio Theory | 1 | NOVARA | | Longo Giovanni, Centrone Francesca | Module 1 - Teaching material downloadable on the course web site (www.dir.uniupo.it).
Other useful books (available at the library):
J. Hull, Options, Futures and Other Derivatives, 7th ed., Pearson Prentice-Hall International, 2014, including Exercise book.
R. Jarrow e Turnbull, Derivative Securities, South Western, 1994.
Module 2
1) F. Cesarone
Computational Finance, Matlab Oriented modeling. Giappichelli Editore 2020.
2) C. Huang, R. H. Litzenberger.
Foundations for Financial Economics. Prentice Hall. 1988.
All the textbooks can be found in the Department library.
3) Material provided by the teacher on the course page on www.dir.uniupo.it | 01-10-2025 00:00:00 |
| EC0497 | VALUATION | 1 | NOVARA | | Comoli Maurizio, Bavagnoli Francesco, Braja Eugenio Mario | | 15-09-2025 00:00:00 |
| EC0145 | VALUATION: IFRS 3 | 1 | NOVARA | | Braja Eugenio Mario, Bavagnoli Francesco | IFRS3 | 15-09-2025 00:00:00 |
| EC0498 | Valuation | 1 | NOVARA | | Comoli Maurizio, Bavagnoli Francesco | International Valuation Standards Council, International Valuation Standards. Effective 31 January 2025.
Further material (slides, case studies, articles, excel spreadsheets) and information can be found in the moodle page of the course. | 15-09-2025 00:00:00 |
| EC0353 | ACADEMIC WRITING | 1 | NOVARA | | Paravano Cristina | Stephen Bailey, Academic Writing for International Students of Business and Economics, 3rd edition, Copyright Year 2020, Routledge, ISBN 9780429299278
| 06-09-2025 00:00:00 |
| E0147 | LINGUA INGLESE | 1 | NOVARA | | Julian Michelle Lynn | Resources provided by the instructor via the DIR page Digital resources Macmillan platform Textbooks and materials Vocabulary and grammar Raymond Murphy, English Grammar in Use, 5th Edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. Michael McCarthy, Felicity O’Dell, English Collocations in Use Intermediate (Book with Answers): How Words Work Together for Fluent and Natural English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. English for academic purposes Various authors Academic English: Skills for Success, 3rd Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2025. Dick Smakman, Presenting in English: A Practical Guide. London: Routledge, 2024. Other recommended texts will be indicated by the lecturer. | 03-09-2025 00:00:00 |
| EC0492 | OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT | 1 | NOVARA | | Erbetta Fabrizio | Material prepared by the teacher | 02-09-2025 00:00:00 |
| EC0129 | BUSINESS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT | 1 | NOVARA | | Candiotto Roberto, Gandini Silvia | R. Candiotto - S. Gandini, Business Information Management con Excel, Maggioli, 2018 Material uploaded to DIR | 28-08-2025 00:00:00 |
| EC0121 | METHODS OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT | 1 | NOVARA | | Gambaro Anna Maria, Perchiazzo Andrea | - Bellenzier L., Grassi R., Stefani S., Torriero A., Metodi quantitativi per il Management, Esculapio, 2012.
- Hillier S., Lieberman G.J., Ricerca Operativa, 9/ed., McGraw Hill, 2010 (please follow the instructions published on the DIR site)
| 26-08-2025 00:00:00 |
| EC0136 | MERCATI EMERGENTI | 1 | NOVARA | | Tadini Marcello | During lectures will be distributed handouts The course texts (available at the Department’s Library) are: 1. Conti S., Dematteis G., Nano F., Vanolo A. (2022), Geografia dell’economia mondiale, Quinta edizione, Utet, Torino, cap. 1-9 2. Tadini M. (2017), La geografia del sistema economico globale. Il ruolo dei mercati emergenti, Aracne Editrice, Roma. 3. Tadini M. (2023), Analisi dei mercati e strategie internazionali delle imprese, McGraw-Hill, Milano | 18-08-2025 00:00:00 |
| EC0149 | BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE FOR FINANCE | 1 | NOVARA | | Centrone Francesca | -Computational Finance- MATLAB oriented modeling, Edited by Francesco Cesarone. Giappichelli Editore
-Online material by the teacher with support of Mathworks online tutorials (https://it.mathworks.com/services/training/online.html). | 29-07-2025 00:00:00 |
| EC0604 | ADVANCED MACROECONOMICS | 1 | NOVARA | | Zagler Martin | Zagler, Martin (2013), Lecture Notes on Macroeconomics, mimeo
Jones, Charles and Vollrath, Dietrich (2024), Introduction to Economic Growth, Norton, ISBN: 978-1-324-06375-9
Heijdra, Ben (2017), Foundations of Modern Macroeconomics, Oxford University Press, ISBN: 9780198784135 | 28-07-2025 00:00:00 |
| EC0128 | COST MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT | 1 | NOVARA | | Songini Lucrezia, Vola Paola | Adopted books, both for attending and non-attending students, are: - Songini L. “Target Costing: pianificazione e gestione della redditività”, Milano, EGEA. - Pistoni A., Songini L. “Reporting e valore. Misurazione delle performance aziendali”, Milano, EGEA, first part – chap. from 1 to 4. - Songini L., Pistoni A. “Sustainability Disclosure: State of the Art and new directions”, Emerald, 2015. - Paola Vola, in L. Brusa, “Sistemi Manageriali di programmazione e controllo” Giuffrè, seconda edizione, 2012, chap. 7, par 7.4 – L’Activity Based Management – e chap. 2, par. 2.19. – Altri approcci di cost accountig: cenni Only some parts of the cited texts have to be studied by students. Some texts will be available to students in pdf format. Both for attending and non-attending students, didactic material includes also slides, case studies and papers made available by teachers. Other teaching materials only for NON attending students are as follows: - Paola Vola “La pianificazione strategica per il family business: mappa strategica e balanced scorecard”, Aracne Editrice, 2012, cap 2 - Paola Vola, in L. Brusa, “Sistemi Manageriali di programmazione e controllo” Giuffrè, seconda edizione, 2012, capitolo 2 e 7 - Baret P., Songini, L. and Pistoni, A. (editors), Sustainability Accounting, Management Control and Reporting, Routledge, 2022 - PART II Measuring and Reporting Shared Value and Sustainability A part of didactic material is in English. Didactic material is available on DIR course web site at https://www.dir.uniupo.it | 26-07-2025 00:00:00 |
| EC0601 | STATISTICS AND ECONOMETRICS | 1 | NOVARA | | Chan Kwo Lik | Lecture materials
References:
- R. Carmona (2014). Statistical Analysis of Financial Data in R. Springer.
- S.T.Rachev, M. Hochestotter, F.J.Fabozzi, S.M. Focardi (2010) Probability and Statistics for Finance. Wiley.
| 23-07-2025 00:00:00 |
| EC0339 | Statistics for Finance | 1 | NOVARA | | Chan Kwo Lik | Lecture materials
References:
- R. Carmona (2014). Statistical Analysis of Financial Data in R. Springer.
- S.T.Rachev, M. Hochestotter, F.J.Fabozzi, S.M. Focardi (2010) Probability and Statistics for Finance. Wiley.
| 23-07-2025 00:00:00 |
| EC0123 | PRICE MANAGEMENT | 1 | NOVARA | | Abrate Graziano | Slides, additional materials and readings are provided by the lecturer through the website, at the URL. https://www.dir.uniupo.it
In addition, the following textbooks represent a valid support.
1) H. Simon, D. Zatta, M. Fassnacht (2013). Price management: Strategia, analisi e determinazione del prezzo. Franco Angeli Editore.
2) G. Abrate (2020). Pricing e creazione di valore. Strumenti ed applicazioni manageriali. Aracne Editrice | 23-07-2025 00:00:00 |
| EC0608 | ABILITA' INFORMATICHE | 1 | NOVARA | | Centrone Francesca | -Computational Finance- MATLAB oriented modeling, Edited by Francesco Cesarone. Giappichelli Editore
-Online material by the teacher with support of Mathworks online tutorials (https://it.mathworks.com/services/training/online.html). | 23-07-2025 00:00:00 |
| EC0605 | INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS | 1 | NOVARA | | Barbieri Goes Maria Cristina, Amighini Alessia | | 23-07-2025 00:00:00 |
| EC0617 | INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS: INTERNATIONAL MACROECONOMICS | 1 | NOVARA | | Barbieri Goes Maria Cristina | Feenstra, Robert and Alan M. Taylor (2017), International Macroeconomics, 4th edition, Macmillan
Slides available at https://upobook.uniupo.it/martin.zagler
| 31-07-2025 00:00:00 |
| EC0618 | INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS: INTERNATIONAL TRADE | 1 | NOVARA | | Amighini Alessia | Kenneth A. Reinert, International economics, Cambridge University Press 2021.
Reading list on course website. | 23-07-2025 00:00:00 |
| EC0609 | MONETARY AND INFORMATION ECONOMICS | 1 | NOVARA | | Casalin Fabrizio, Ghinetti Paolo Carlo | | 23-07-2025 00:00:00 |
| EC0563 | MONETARY AND INFORMATION ECONOMICS: Monetary Economics | 1 | NOVARA | | Casalin Fabrizio | The recommended textbook is: Carlin and Soskice, “Macroeconomics: Imperfections, Institutions and Policies”, Oxford University Press. Additional textbooks which are useful include Casu, Girardone and Molineux, “Introduction to Banking”, FT Prentice Hall and Mishkin, “The Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets”, Pearson Please note that ANY EDITION of the above textbooks is fine, so NO NEED to get the latest edition. Further readings and lecture slides will be uploaded on DIR. | 16-10-2025 00:00:00 |
| EC0500 | MONETARY AND INFORMATION ECONOMICS: Information Economics | 1 | NOVARA | | Ghinetti Paolo Carlo | Textbooks
Basic/intermediate level
- Frank, H. “Microeconomics and Behaviour”, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2021 (FR).
- Varian, H. R. “Intermediate Microeconomics: A Modern Approach”, Norton, 9th ed. (but any edition works) (V1)
More advanced level
- Kreps, D. M. “A Course in Microeconomics Theory”, Princeton Univ. Press, 1990 (K).
- Varian, H. R. “Microeconomic Analysis”, Norton, 1992 (V2).
Further material/readings will be communicated and/or made available in the webpage of the course on the DIR platform.
| 25-07-2025 00:00:00 |
| EC0493 | GLOBALIZATION AND COMPETITIVENESS | 1 | NOVARA | | Amighini Alessia, Zagler Martin, Zanzottera Cristiana | | 23-07-2025 00:00:00 |
| EC0494 | GLOBALIZATION AND COMPETITIVENESS: GLOBALIZATION AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE | 1 | NOVARA | | Amighini Alessia | Kenneth A. Reinert, International economics, Cambridge University Press 2021.
Reading list on course website. | 04-12-2025 00:00:00 |
| EC0495 | GLOBALIZATION AND COMPETITIVENESS: INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS | 1 | NOVARA | | Zagler Martin, Zanzottera Cristiana | Selected articles (to be identified in class) AND selected chapters Feenstra, Robert and Alan M. Taylor (2017), International Macroeconomics, 4th edition, Macmillan
Slides available at https://upobook.uniupo.it/martin.zagler | 28-07-2025 00:00:00 |
| EC0606 | PUBLIC ECONOMICS | 1 | NOVARA | | Casalone Giorgia, Figari Francesco, Paulus Alari | | 23-07-2025 00:00:00 |
| EC0607 | PUBLIC ECONOMICS: ECONOMICS OF PUBLIC POLICY | 1 | NOVARA | | Casalone Giorgia | P. Bosi «Corso di Scienza delle Finanze», il Mulino Bologna (cap. VIII) Other suggested textbooks: Arachi G. e D’Antoni, M. (2023) “Scienza delle finanze”, Il Mulino Bologna, capp. 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5, 6) + integrazioni. Rosen, H. S., Gayer, T. e Rapallini, C. (ultima edizione) «Scienza delle Finanze», McGraw-Hill (capp. 8, 10, 11, 12, 21) + integrazioni Stiglitz, J.E. e Rosengard, J.K. (ultima edizione) «The Economics of the Public Sector» (ch. 13, 14, 15, 16,26, 27, 28) Additional materials (papers, reports, etc.) will be suggested in class. | 11-02-2026 00:00:00 |
| EC0616 | PUBLIC ECONOMICS: ECONOMICS OF TAXATION | 1 | NOVARA | | Figari Francesco, Paulus Alari | Stiglitz, J. E. and Rosengard J. K., Economics of the public sector, 4th Edition, W.W. Norton & Company. | 26-08-2025 00:00:00 |
| EC0599 | FIRMS, CONSUMERS, STRATEGIC INTERACTION | 1 | NOVARA | | Bonacini Luca, Centrone Francesca | | 23-07-2025 00:00:00 |
| EC0602 | FIRMS, CONSUMERS, STRATEGIC INTERACTION: GAME THEORY | 1 | NOVARA | | Centrone Francesca | 1) Robert Gibbons, Teoria dei Giochi, Il Mulino 2) C. D. Aliprantis e S. K. Chakrabarti, Games and Decision Making, Oxford university press, 2010. 3) A. Mas- Colell, M.D. Whinston, J. Green, Microeconomic Theory (For a deeper learning of the topic) | 05-11-2025 00:00:00 |
| EC0600 | FIRMS, CONSUMERS, STRATEGIC INTERACTION: CONSUMER THEORY AND THEORY OF THE FIRM | 1 | NOVARA | | Bonacini Luca | 1) L. Pepall, D. Richards, G. Norman e G. Calzolari; Organizzazione industriale; McGraw-Hill; fourth edition. Ch. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. 2) The Core L'economia Il Mulino 2018 disponibile in open access al link https://www.core-econ.org/the-economy/it/ Ch. 3 7 | 05-11-2025 00:00:00 |
| E0147 | LINGUA INGLESE | 1 | NOVARA | | Comunian Dennis | | 23-07-2025 00:00:00 |
| EC0123 | PRICE MANAGEMENT | 1 | NOVARA | | Abrate Graziano | Slides, additional materials and readings are provided by the lecturer through the website, at the URL. https://www.dir.uniupo.it
In addition, the following textbooks represent a valid support.
1) H. Simon, D. Zatta, M. Fassnacht (2013). Price management: Strategia, analisi e determinazione del prezzo. Franco Angeli Editore.
2) G. Abrate (2020). Pricing e creazione di valore. Strumenti ed applicazioni manageriali. Aracne Editrice | 23-07-2025 00:00:00 |
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