macroeconomist Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Hi guys, would you please rank the following for a PhD in macroeconomics? TSE - PSE - ULB - BOCCONI - WARWICK - UPF Factors I would weight the most are - PhD placement, in private and academia - Attention given to students by advisors - Ratio M2 students/Phd students Thank you, any comment is appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ7 Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 UPF>TSE>>>Bocconi>PSEULB Don't know about Warwick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petecheese Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 UPF>TSE>>>Bocconi>PSEULB Don't know about Warwick Don't know about this ranking. Because he specifically said Macroeconomics, and i don't think TSE are that good in macroecnomics. Also they have very low m2/phd student ratio, so a bit risky there. But thier placements in academia and private sector or really good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ7 Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Don't know about this ranking. Because he specifically said Macroeconomics, and i don't think TSE are that good in macroecnomics. Also they have very low m2/phd student ratio, so a bit risky there. But thier placements in academia and private sector or really good Forgot about TSE's 1-2 PhD admits a year...that's right, then you might wanna move it closer to the mid-tier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gecko Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Hellwig is going to TSE and he is the editor of JET. Besides him, Biais and some others work on macro to :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macroeconomist Posted April 16, 2010 Author Share Posted April 16, 2010 I know they take for the Phd 20 students on 30-35 M2 people, that's no so bad, expecially compared to UPF (about 10% manage to continue)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quark2001 Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 what do you think about bocconi and ulb (ecares) programs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macroeconomist Posted April 16, 2010 Author Share Posted April 16, 2010 what do you think about bocconi and ulb (ecares) programs? Bocconi seems to place well, but also ECARES does, according with the website. In boh there are a decent number of macroeconomists, monacelli in bocconi and weil in ulb are the most known ones, i guess... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diplomer Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 You should consider Stockholm University (IIES) as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
econornot Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 I know they take for the Phd 20 students on 30-35 M2 people, that's no so bad, expecially compared to UPF (about 10% manage to continue)... Sorry to break your heart, but it's not 30-35 M2 but (at least) twice that number (but not as bad as UPF though). I think from among your list, UPF strictly dominates all in macro. Afterall, jordi gali is there and i heard he is very willing to take students. I personally think TSE's macro is quite decent (especially in europe), but it is always perceived as not so good because people tend to compare it with the department's strength in micro. It does have a few good macro guys like gilles saint-paul around currently and it appears that hellwig is coming. However, imho, it is not that ideal a place to be if you want to do macro. The whole place is rather "obsessed" with incentive theory and everything there has somewhat a flavour of that, so if you are interested in stuff like general equilibrium, then don't expect too much at TSE. I heard (but I don't know how true it is) that the department has been trying very hard to boost it macro side for quite some time, but nobody seems to want to come (how we supposedly have managed to attract hellwig, i really don't know), and it has also been having difficulty in keeping its better macro guy here as well. I don't what's the reason behind it, but i guess it does reflect something about the macro "culture" here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim84 Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 You should consider IDEA program at UAB as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior economist Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Hi guys, would you please rank the following for a PhD in macroeconomics? TSE - PSE - ULB - BOCCONI - WARWICK - UPF Factors I would weight the most are - PhD placement, in private and academia - Attention given to students by advisors - Ratio M2 students/Phd students Thank you, any comment is appreciated. 1) - UPF 2) - PSE 3) - ULB 4) - BOCCONI 5) - TSE (in macro you lose your time) 6) - WARWICK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macroeconomist Posted April 18, 2010 Author Share Posted April 18, 2010 1) - UPF 2) - PSE 3) - ULB 4) - BOCCONI 5) - TSE (in macro you lose your time) 6) - WARWICK Thank you. What do you mean about toulouse? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petecheese Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Thank you. What do you mean about toulouse? He means, that they don't have a particularly strong macro orientation. Just take a look at the course offerings and you will get a feel for it. Amazing school for IO, game theory, corporate finance, information economics, contract theory. Essentially most things micro oriented, but they sadly don't put as much emphasis on macro. Although, from what i have heard from this thread, they seem to be recruiting more macro people. So who knows about the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouisBD Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Ecares is very small but if you do well there then you have good opportunities. Quite some faculty is cambridge connected and it is not unusual to go to a US topschool for a while e.g this year Malherbe was on the market, he did his phd at Ecares, spent a year at MIT and got a job at LBS, pretty sweet I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macroeconomist Posted April 20, 2010 Author Share Posted April 20, 2010 Thanks to everybody. Does someone else have any more opinion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epinefrin Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 If macro is considered then UPF is one of the best in the world. There is no question about it. For applied things ULB and Warwick can be considered strong as well (Warwick is good at finance). And, Toulouse cannot be compared to these universities in terms of macro (but vice versa in terms of micro). I do not know much about PSE. Thus, UPF>>>Warwick>ULB>Bocconi>>>Toulouse (PSE?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italos Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Hellwig is going to TSE and he is the editor of JET. Is it confirmed that he is leaving UCLA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gecko Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Hmm, that one started few months ago on the board and was mentioned by someone on TM and in Toulouse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuwo Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 I read an article titled Invasion of the European Economists by Guy Sorman and Hellwig himself was quoted saying he was leaving UCLA for Toulouse. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ7 Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 I read an article titled Invasion of the European Economists by Guy Sorman This is a very interesting article in its own right, especially for those of us torn between US and Europe. Thank you for the reference! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socialplanner Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 You should consider IDEA program at UAB as well I have heard some not so good things about this program. I think they are more micro anyways... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim84 Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 I have heard some not so good things about this program. I think they are more micro anyways... Really? what kind of not good things? there are many good professors doing macro (both theoretical and applied). All coming from US universities or from UPF. Nevertheless, UPF is better, above all in terms of reputation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macroeconomist Posted April 22, 2010 Author Share Posted April 22, 2010 The fact that TSE is more popular for micro will imply few persons going there to study macro. So, even if there are few professors working in macro, they must give a lot of attention. And also, if they want to equilibrate the composition of their phd body, then maybe will be relatively easier for macro students to go for the phd.... What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gecko Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 yes, i second that too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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