Year 1

First-Year Ph.D. Courses a.y. 2025-26

Pre-courses

(15 Sep - 23 Oct 2025)

Mathematics 1:
static and dynamic optimization.
(F. Caruso, Federico II and M.C. Ceparano, Federico II)

Mathematics 2:

probability theory.

(N. Lomys, Federico II)

Rest week:

27 - 31 Oct

Exam week:

3 - 4 Nov

Term 1

(5 Nov - 5 Dec 2025)

Microeconomics 1:
consumption, production and uncertainty.
(E. Sartori, Federico II)

Statistics:

inference and hypothesis testing.

(M. Stenborg Petterson, Federico II)

Data and coding lab:

coding with Stata, Python and Matlab, machine learning methods.

(L. Coraggio, Federico II and A. Miano, Federico II)

Rest week

: 8 - 12 Dec

Exam week

: 15 - 19 Dec

Term 2

(12 Jan - 13 Feb 2026)

Microeconomics 2:

game theory and applications.

(M. Bizzarri, Federico II)

Macroeconomics 1:

growth.

(R. Silvestrini, CSEF)

Econometrics 1:

panel data.
(L.Pandolfi and A. Scognamiglio, Federico II)

Rest week

: 16 - 20 Feb

Exam week

: 23 - 27 Feb

Term 3

(2 Mar - 3 Apr 2026)

Microeconomics 3:
general equilibrium and externalities.
(A. Bennardo, Salerno and L. Balletta, Federico II)

Macroeconomics 2:

business cycle and monetary policy.

(F. S. Lucidi, Federico II)

Econometrics 2:

time series.

(A. Acconcia, Federico II)

Rest week: 6 - 10 Apr

Exam week

: 13 - 17 Apr

Term 4

(20 Apr - 22 May 2026)

Microeconomics 4:
information economics.
(L. Picariello, Federico II )

Macroeconomics 3:

macro-finance.
(L. Iovino, Bocconi)

Econometrics 3:

applied econometrics.

(M. Langella, Federico II)

Rest week: 25 - 29 May

Exam week

: 1 - 5 Jun

June 2026

Naples Summer School in Economics and Finance

(June 2026)

Doctoral students are expected to participate to all the weekly seminars organised by the Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), which is located within DISES and collaborates closely with it.