Research is at the core of the PhD Program in Economics and benefits from a very active and committed research community of 18 students and more than 40 Faculty members mainly from the Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods (DEMM) of the University of Milan and the Department of Economics and Management of the University of Pavia. Both Departments are among the best in Italy, and DEMM is ranked in the top 20% internationally ( https://ideas.repec.org/top/top.econdept.html). Our Faculty has a strong track record of publications in top international journals. Faculty members can provide expert supervision in the following six "research areas" covering some of the most active fields in economics: