ABMinECO - Agent Based Models in Economics: Theory, Toolkit and Policy Laboratories
Pisa, Italy
DURATION
5 Days
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
07 Jul 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 200 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* from EUR 200 to EUR 1000 according to the applicant's annual income
Introduction
The Seasonal School is intended to achieve the following objectives:
- Learning of agent-based modelling techniques (ABMs) as a tool of analysis and interpretation of economic and social processes.
- Development and design of agent-based models through software laboratories (Laboratory for Simulation Development platform, LSD).
- Introduction to statistical and econometric techniques for the analysis of macro-evolutionary agent-based models (R software).
Competencies Provided Include
- Theories and applications of agent-based models in micro and macroeconomics uncover diverse thematic areas such as technical progress, business cycles, labour markets, economic growth, and climate change
- Empirical validation and analysis of models' parametric space
- Scenarios-based analysis and policy experiments.
Teaching Methodologies
Frontal lectures, keynote lectures, laboratories, and student working groups.