Application

overview of grades

information about whether microtheory courses have already been attended

semester and other informations that we should take into account

by email to ls-mikrooekonomie@wiwiss.fu-berlin.de

Instructor: Anja Prummer, anja.prummer@fu-berlin.de,

Office hours: by appointment Meeting

Time and Location

Lecture: Tuesdays 14:15- 15:45, HS 108a

Seminar: Thursday 12.12. 08:00-18:00 and Friday 13.12. 08:00-18:00

There will be additional, individualized session for feedback in 2025, which will be announced in due course.

The lectures start on October 15th.

Web

All relevant information for this course will be available on Blackboard. Please make sure that you are able to receive emails through Blackboard. Target Audience

This course is intended for students with a solid background in Microeconomic Theory.

Aim of the Course

The course is designed to equip students with independent research skills in economic theory. Lectures will cover essential topics such as presentation skills, scientific report writing, and effective literature search techniques. Additionally, students will engage in discus sions of research papers, enhancing their ability to access and critically analyze academic work. You will be assigned a paper and you are required to present it and then write an article about the paper, connecting it to the larger literature.

Due Dates

You must hand in your presentation by Monday, 9th December, 9 am. By Monday, 7th January, 9 amyoumustsubmittheoutlineofyourreportaswellasawritingsample(approx3 pages). I will hold individual feedback sessions on your outline and writing sample the following week. Your final paper is due Monday, February 10th