PROFESSIONAL MASTER’S DEGREE
Fridays (afternoon/night) and Saturdays (morning/afternoon)
August 2021
600 hours
From an interdisciplinary view of Economy, the Professional Master in Economics (MPE-IDP) is organized in order to meet the demands of the various profiles of public servants and other professionals who work directly or indirectly with public policies and government management. MPE-IDP is a stricto sensu master's degree, approved and recommended by CAPES, which favors the application of theoretical knowledge to the solution of problems related to the formulation, monitoring and evaluation of public policies and government management.
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The student body of the Professional Master's Program in Economics at IDP is predominantly made up of public servants and professionals from the private sector, who aim to deal with the increasing complexity of the sphere of public policies and government management. Click and get to know our current student body.
Student Body listThe Program's formative process, strongly influenced by an interdisciplinary perspective, includes disciplines that relate the specific knowledge of the Economy area with other areas, such as Political Science, Economics and Law. Click and get to know the course's commentary.
The objective of this course is to introduce students to the fundamental concepts, traditionally used, in statistical analysis applied to the evaluation of public policies. In addition, the free statistical software R will be introduced; this will be the basic tool for processing and analyzing data in the course. Advantages in using R include: reproducibility of analyzes; free software, with no need to purchase a license; contains a wide variety of analytical and graphical resources; is the most used software in the world for data analysis. For better visualization of some of the concepts for data analysis, when necessary, Excel software will also be used.
Course SyllabusThe course aims to analyze the determinants of economic growth, short-term fluctuations in the economy and relevant aspects on the impact and implementation of the main economic policies: fiscal and monetary. The course should also prepare the student to understand the sources of long-term growth in a country, the causes of economic cycles and the public policies necessary for sustainable growth. In addition, the student should understand the mechanisms by which fiscal and monetary policies affect the country's growth and how we can improve it.
Course SyllabusThe main objective of the course is to expose in detail the fundamental theories of modern microeconomic theory necessary for training in the professional master's degree in economics. The first module of the course focuses on classic theories of individual choice and consumer behavior. The second module discusses the theory of the firm and market structures. In turn, module three of the course makes a careful analysis of decision making under uncertainty and general balance. Finally, in module four, special emphasis will be placed on economic applications and recent developments in microeconomics.
Course SyllabusThe general objective of the course is to present the process of scientific production in the area of applied social sciences, in particular, in the area of Economics. In order to achieve this objective, the aim is to train participants to know and understand the theoretical-scientific discourse, with a view to applying the methods and techniques necessary for the organization and production of scientific work. The course covers research techniques, discussions of methodology in various branches of applied social sciences and steps necessary to develop a research project. In short, develop, execute and complete a research project.
Course SyllabusThe objective of this course is to enable students to work with mathematical concepts that will be used in subsequent subjects, such as, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Econometrics, among others. During the course, the following topics will be worked on: Matrices and determinants; Leontief input-product matrix; Limits and Derivatives; Partial and second order derivatives; Unrestricted and restricted maximization and Integrals.
Course SyllabusThe discipline aims to make a connection between aspects of corporate finance theory and microeconomic theory, with an emphasis on the impacts of regulation on the economic and financial performance of the regulated company.
Course SyllabusThe objective of this course is to enable students to discuss, analyze and apply the main concepts related to the evaluation of efficiency and productivity through stochastic boundaries and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA).
Course SyllabusIntroduction to public policy evaluation techniques, causality and traditional econometrics, randomized control trials, instrumental variables, propensity score matching, LATE, Differences in differences, discontinuous regressions, Generalized Propensity Score.
Course SyllabusPresentation of the types of methodological approaches to the evaluation of public policies and social programs and exposure of concepts such as: experiments, pairing, differences in differences, instrumental variables and discontinuous regression, as well as discussion of their applications in the evaluation of public policies.
Course SyllabusThe course aims to discuss the usefulness and applicability of different approaches and methods in the economic evaluation of investment projects and in determining the value of companies or their business units.
Course SyllabusThe objective of the course is to present, in a practical way, the current principles, techniques and tools of empirical analysis of large databases (administrative records, sample surveys or unusual bases). The emphasis will be on acquiring data acquisition skills, cleaning, visualizing, analyzing and modeling data, as well as registering projects. It is an applied course in which the real challenges of data analysis will be discussed and addressed.
Course SyllabusTo present the evolution and the main concepts in the field of behavioral sciences and their implications for the practice of public policies. At the end of the course, participants should be able to apply the theoretical and conceptual tools addressed to the improvement of public policies in concrete situations.
Course SyllabusThe main objective of the course is to explain in detail the fundamental concepts of defense economics and competition. At the end of the course, students should be able to understand market structures and understand the concepts of economics in the defense of competition, differentiate anticompetitive behaviors and their characteristics, understand theoretical and practical foundations of a competitive analysis of merger acts and anticompetitive behaviors and be able to solve practical cases.
Course SyllabusStudy of the characteristic and historical aspects of the evolution of the Brazilian economy, addressing the following topics: historical evolution; economic policy in various periods; external influences; political constraints and the different theoretical interpretive models.
Course SyllabusMacroeconomics of agribusiness; Agricultural policy; Agribusiness Credit - official credit; Agribusiness credit - private securities; Taxation of agribusiness; Agricultural risk - insurance; Agricultural risk - options and futures; Agribusiness sustainability.
Course SyllabusThe main objective of the course is to explain in detail the fundamental concepts of defense economics, competition and game theory. The first module of the discipline focuses on the analysis of market structures and market power, in addition to providing a context for the defense of competition in Brazil and the procedure for analyzing mergers at CADE. The second module discusses the methods for defining the relevant market, market concentration indices, different methods for analyzing unilateral effects in mergers and antitrust remedies. In turn, module three of the course studies the game theory and competitive strategy of companies, in addition to detailing the analysis of the effects of potentially anticompetitive conduct and conducting an analysis of collusive practices (detection techniques and cartel damage calculations). Finally, in module four, special emphasis will be given to recent developments in economic analysis in defense of competition: the economics of digital platforms.
Course SyllabusThe main objective of the course is to understand the concept and scope of Social Security in Brazil, as well as to determine the main elements that constitute its institutional framework. Based on this understanding, the development of critical reflection on the different dimensions of Social Security in Brazil is sought, in order to allow the elaboration of analyzes of its different aspects: institutional, fiscal and distributive.
Course SyllabusStylized facts in Finance; Returns in Brazil; Return and Risk; Capital Allocation; Construction of Portfolios; CAPM and APT; Market Efficiency; Asset Pricing and Rationality; Behavioral Finance; Fixed Income and ETTJ; Carry Trade.
Course SyllabusPublic finance in Brazil. Union revenue and expenditure. Primary result. Public debt. Composition of revenue. Problems of the national tax system. Tax reform. Composition of expenditure. Weight and evolution of social security expenses. Pension reform. Social spending and effect on regressivity. Personnel expenses and pension reform. Spending limit. Fiscal space. General Balance Sheet of the Union. Relationship between Treasury and Central Bank. Tax, state and privatization subsidies and expenditures, federal issues and state finances.
Course SyllabusEconomic Analysis of Law, through the application mainly of microeconomics and social welfare economics, provides a behavioral theory based on how people respond to incentives to examine the formation and impacts of legislation and government action. In this sense, in addition to the traditional subjects of Law and Economics, such as economic theory of property, contracts, civil liability, criminal proceedings and judicial proceedings, themes related to the following areas: New Institutional Economics, Game Theory and Evaluation of public policies ex ante and ex post.
Course SyllabusThe general objective of the course is to develop the main concepts of the analysis of time series in macroeconomic phenomena. The discipline has as specific objectives to prepare the student with the econometric tool to describe the behavior of economic series, in addition to allowing the student basic notions of economic forecasting. This course covers basic methods and modern time series theory, while providing a basis for applied research.
Course SyllabusThe purpose of this course is to provide a solid introduction to macroeconomic analysis and international finance. Our focus will be on the models and methods that form the core of modern open economy macroeconomics. The goal is to provide students with an understanding of what macroeconomics is and how macroeconomists approach economic policy problems in an open economy.
Course SyllabusThe objective of the course is to familiarize the student with the main mechanisms related to market failures and possible ways to correct this problem through regulation. At the end of the course, students should be able to: identify market failures, identify situations where the government can improve market allocation and use a range of economic instruments to correct market failures.
Course SyllabusThe aim of the course is to introduce students to the issue of economic growth. For that, the foundations of the theory will be given, as well as the various models of economic growth.
Course SyllabusThe objective is to offer students the theoretical bases to understand the debate about fiscal policy in the media, and eventually develop research in the area. The main articles and their results will be presented.
Course SyllabusThe main objective of the course will be to present an overview of the main challenges of the national economic agenda, particularly in a context of crisis. The structuring of the course, with the participation of a professor invited by a meeting, aims to present students with different views on the role of the State in the current crisis and on the impact of the crisis on the future of the Brazilian economy.
Course SyllabusThe course covers topics in interest and foreign exchange that are dispersed in the literature of macroeconomics, international economics and finance. The goal is to offer students the theoretical basis to understand the news about macroeconomics and finance, and eventually develop research in the area.
Course SyllabusIn the period between its foundation on 19 and December 2020, the Professional Master's Program in Economics at IDP awarded 20 masters, with works that address the three branches of government and the three levels of the federation. Browse and learn more about the defended works, published articles and the trajectory of our egresseds!
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