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  1. Disclaimer: I'm not a PhD student in any of these universities. Concerning the apparent contradiction between results of the poll and comments, this can be rationalized in the following way: Looking merely at the field (Monetary Econ) you asked about, Frankfurt is stronger than the other two unis. Nevertheless Bonn and Mannheim are covered well in that field as well and have better PhD programs. I think if you get accepted in all 3 unis, the choice should be between Mannheim and Bonn. Concerning the cities, Frankfurt is the most international of the 3. Bonn is relatively international given that it used to be the capital city and there are some international institutions left. Not sure about Mannheim. Anyway, Mannheim is close enough to Frankfurt and Bonn is very close to Cologne (and not so far from Duesseldorf), so size of the city per se may not be that important.
  2. Overall Mannheim may be slightly better nowadays, but they have lost some important people in recent times. You cannot do much wrong with either places (unless you have better options outside of Germany). Bonn's Macro department has improved substantially in the last years, and it's obviously still very strong in micro theory and experimental. Econometrics in Bonn is quite (very) weak though. Mannheim is quite complete.
  3. frankfurt has a strong focus on monetary, nevertheless Bonn and Mannheim have superior PhD programs. They tend to have better students and better placement afterwards.
  4. I would not forget IHS in Vienna. They accept few people but have an impressive PhD placement record: https://www.ihs.ac.at/ecofin-research-teaching/msc-in-economics/alumni/ (the cohorts are composed of roughly 10 ppl each year, as far as I know from fellow PhD students of mine) and their preparation is extremely solid.
  5. As an outside observer, I'd say that Cambridge is better than Oxford in Macro and Econometrics. Nevertheless, do you also want to do a Ph.D. in Oxbridge? 1) If that's not the case (i.e. you just want to get an Master's degree), I think that either place can give you a decent training and good references to get in good places. I must say that there are better places in Europe and the UK in terms of Ph.D. placement (aside from LSE): Bocconi, UCL, Pompeu Fabra to mention a few. 2) If that's the case, then I'd say that Cambs might suit better your interests. 3) I would like to warn you that in most cases, interests change. You may realise that: a) u like more micro, b) u don't like Business Cycles and like more Growth, etc. etc. Before the M.Sc. and even before the Ph.D. this does not matter so much. What you should look for is Master programs that give you rigorous training.
  6. In case you haven't decided yet. My :2cents:, Mannheim is a great program with great profs and very good students (I have no conflict of interests cause I am not a student at Mannheim). Their faculty is quite large, so I don't see why you should not be able to find a nice supervisor. Having been in several different places for my studies, I can only reccomend you to change scenario
  7. before starting the econometrics class, make sure you understood well the topics they usually teach in basic statistics such as: random variables (and the main distributions like normal, student t and chi square), hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, maximum likelihood estimation. As for your choice, I highly reccomend you to buy Wooldridge's text. I think it's a great book. A lot of topics and not as shallow as other texts. You can learn a lot from it. Hayashi and Davidson are graduate books.
  8. Concerning eui's placement : Job Market Candidates 2012-2013 - European University Institute w.r.t funding, each country has a quota of X students (not sure how many, anyhow Italy, Germany and France have large shares) and pay their own students for the first 2 years, after that the institute is paying. The amount if funding depends dramatically on the country you're from
  9. go for university 2. It's physiological that some people who accepted some offer, decline it afterwards, and universities do take it into account. You're neither the first nor will be the last one doing so. DOn't worry about it
  10. Institution: EUI (Florence) Program: Econ PhD Decision: Accepted Funding: Yes Notification date: 9th April 2013 Notified through: Email Posted on GC: No Comments: I'm in the German quota
  11. for the econ guys: what are you guys revising for the interview? Any ideas what sort of questions can come up?
  12. Profile:Master in Bonn with average 1.7, Currently studying at ifw
  13. I wrote my answer quickly. They r keeping some rooms for incoming phds,...we still need to pay for them
  14. Hi, I got admitted to the PhD in Econ, with funding. They offer incoming students rooms in their dormitory
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