SUMMER SCHOOL
IN ECONOMICS
 2nd Version
FROM DECEMBER 26 TO 29 , 2016
The Millennium Institute MIPP, in collaboration with the
Doctorado en Sistemas de Ingeniería (DSI)
and the Magister en Economía Aplicada (MAGCEA) ,
invites to participate in the second version of
“Summer School in Economics”. 
 
ORIENTED TO
Summer School in Economics is oriented to postgraduate and advanced undergraduate students who are interested in Economics and related fields. Renowned professors will teach topics at the forefront of Economics research. This second version of Summer School in Economics will present three courses.
 
COURSES
 
 
 
Empirical Corporate Finance
Profesor:  Andrés Liberman, NYU Stern 
This course provides a brief introduction to methods used in empirical corporate and household finance research, with applications on selected topics in the area like financial constraints and investments, capital structure, financial intermediation, and financial contracting, among others. The course will cover the basic OLS regression setup, as well as techniques to deal with identification concerns: Instrumental Variables, Difference-in-differences, and Regression Discontinuity Design.
Requirements:  Intermediate Microeconomics, Basic Econometrics. 
Course in English
 
 
 
 
Economía de la Innovación
(Innovation Economics)
Profesor: Jorge Lemus, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
This course will present a brief introduction to Innovation Economics. Innovation is one of the main engines for economic growth. However, the market of ideas present inefficiency failures that need intervention. One of the mechanisms to compensate innovators is the use of Intellectual Propriety in different forms (licenses, copyright, trademarks, etc.). The course will study why failures exist in the market of ideas and which economic incentives are used to solve them. The course will cover empirical and theoretical aspects.
Requirements:
Basic Statistics.
Course in Spanish
 
 
 
 
Estimación de Demanda con Fricciones de Elección
(Demand Estimation with Choice Frictions)
Profesor:  Juan Pablo Atal, University of Pennsylvania
This course will study the estimation of demand models with choice frictions, such as inertia, searching costs, and deviations from the perfect optimization model. The course will explore how these frictions have been incorporated to estimate recent discrete choice models of empirical Industrial Organization.
Requirements:
Intermediate Econometrics, Basic Microeconomics.
Course in Spanish
 
 
 
 
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CALL FOR
REGISTRATION
 
OCTOBER 1st | 2016
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REGISTRATION
DEADLINE
 
NOVEMBER 15th | 2016
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CONFIRMATION
OF ATTENDEES
 
NOVEMBER 21st | 2016
 
PROGRAM
 
 
SCHOLARSHIP
 
Summer School in Economics Scholarship:
This scholarship covers meals, residency, and flight tickets depending on the student’s grades. Open to students of Latin America.
More information:  info@mipp.cl
 
 
REGISTRATION
 
To attend, submit your information in the registration form.
*If scholarship is requested, indicate it in the registration form.
*Attendance through confirmation. 
 
 
 
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LOCATION
Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas,
Departamento de Ingeniera Industrial,
Beauchef 851, Santiago Chile.
* Room to be confirmed.  
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REQUIREMENTS
Registration: Please complete the registration form and send your grade transcript to info@mipp.cl . For graduate professionals, the participation will be subjected to case by case revision, depending on availability.
Scholarship: Besides the documents required for registration, please send to info@mipp.cl : Curriculum Vitae; scanned copy of passport or I.D. card; a motivation letter (max. half a page); and a recommendation letter from a Professor. Applications will be accepted only if the required documents are sent during the established period.

 Summer School in Economics does not have a cost for the attendees. Vacancies are limited and the attendance is subjected to confirmation by MIPP.
  
   
 
 
Millennium Institute for Market Imperfections and Public Policy
Av. República 779, Santiago - Chile Departamento de Ingeniería Industrial
Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas Universidad de Chile
Phone: +56 2 978 0556
info@mipp.cl  - www.mipp.cl