London School of Economics

This course is divided into two parts. The first part focuses on government and politics: the EU as a political system; the Council, the Commission, and the Parliament in the policy process; Court of Justice and judicial politics; public opinion and EP elections; parties and Europe, and interest representation. The second part includes public policy: the policy-making process, policy implementation, the single market, social and environmental policies, budgetary policies, EMU, migration policies, and external relations policies.

In this hands-on course, students are introduced to the models and theory necessary to develop computational skills in the field of financial mathematics. Covering topics such as the Monte Carlo method, stochastic models, the binomial tree model, the theory of risk-neutral pricing, derivative pricing and the interpretation of random variables, students learn how computational methods can be used to evaluate different financial scenarios. During supervised programming sessions, which include an introduction to programming in Python, students have the opportunity to implement the computational methods introduced to students using relevant examples. 

This course provides students with a sound knowledge and understanding of the major results of environmental economics. It delivers the fundamentals of rigorous economic analysis for continued undergraduate studies at a higher level, or graduate studies of environmental economics. 

The topics in this course are critical to people management in contemporary organizations, for example, leadership and team processes that enhance individual, team, and organizational performance. This course also seeks to understand atypical forms organizational phenomena. Alternative forms of organizations and unique individual circumstances have become more commonplace in recent years; however, theories about organizational behavior (OB)—designed to apply to “typical” workplace behavior and contexts—have not kept pace. The emphasis in this course is on critically evaluating existing OB theories as they relate to extreme forms of workplace behavior (e.g., workaholism, pro- and antisocial behavior) and contexts (e.g., poverty, military, hospital, and artist culture). Weekly topics include isolated and high-pressure work environments, passion work, and compliance and proactivity. In general, this course examines the central issues of organizational behavior by applying primarily sociological and social psychological theories and methods.

This course gives students an understanding of the full range of leading topics and areas of debate and research relevant to the analysis of political institutions and politics in Europe. The course focuses on both traditional fields of comparative inquiry, such as the study of party competition and voting behavior, and emerging fields of interest, such as national and European identities, immigration, and Europeanization. The course places particular emphasis on the diverse experiences of liberal democracy in different parts of Europe. The course covers not only long-established democracies in Western Europe, but also the relatively new democracies in Central and Eastern Europe. In addition, the course studies in depth a number of European countries, such as Britain, France, Germany, and Italy, analyzing the main developments in the country concerned in the last 20 years (elections, parties, governments). The course then examines issues of particular interest related to that country.

This course examines fundamental principles of financial accounting for the purposes of external reporting. The course starts with a discussion of the framework of financial accounting: its nature, intents, and purposes, and the context and environment in which it operates. This includes, and eventually entails, the need for, and various sources of, accounting regulation and accounting standards. The course unpacks various core financial accounting concepts and conventions, but the course also looks into the processes used to record, summarize, and present financial accounting information as well as, crucially, its interpretation. This course focuses on the preparation, interpretation, and limitations of company financial statements for external reporting, and the regulatory framework in which financial reports are prepared.

The course uses all the skills that students have developed as economists to try and answer important economic questions. Providing an answer is hard because solving the problem of world poverty is not as simple as reallocating income. The course uses rigorous impact evaluation to find out whether the intervention implied by theory works. 

This course answers the fundamental set of questions all entrepreneurs should ask themselves: When do we raise money? How much? From whom? Under what terms? What are the longer‐term implications of the chosen financing strategy? The course further considers the investor’s viewpoint as well, since understanding the motivations and incentives faced by ones counterpart is critical to avoiding financing pitfalls and successfully negotiating the best financing outcome for ones venture. Several cases concern technology‐based businesses, though the emphasis is on gaining insights into entrepreneurial finance.