This is a blog page of MA Quantitative Economics alumni and current students. The aim of the page is to create a friendly collaboration between current and alumni students. This is an environment where we talk about our studies, write articles according to our research interests and try to follow the current global economic processes.
MA Quantitative Economics itself is an english-taught master’s programme which gives students strong preparation in contemporary economic theory and econometric analysis methods enabling them to analyze and forecast economic processes.
Name: Dagmar Nurges Nationality: Estonian Previous education: Mathematics, University of Tartu, Estonia What did you get from MA Quantitative Economics?I use many skills and more importantly… Read More
Name: Kateryna VolkovskaNationality: UkrainianPrevious education: Mathematics, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, UkraineWhat did you get from MA Quantitative Economics? It gave m… Read More
Name: Mykola HerasymovychNationality: Ukrainian Previous education: Economics, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine What did you get from MA Quantitative Economics?It gave me… Read More
Name: Daria Tykhonova Nationality: Ukrainian Previous education: Economic Theory, National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, Ukraine What did you get from MA Quantitative Economics? &n&hell…Read More
Name: Elizaveta Lebedeva Nationality: Russian Previous education: Finance, Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics, Russia What did you get from MA Quantitative Econ… Read More
Name: Maryna Pashchynska Nationality: Ukrainian Previous education: BS Economics, National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine What did you get from MA Quantitative Economics? It ta… Read More
Name: Vladyslav Soloviov Nationality: UkrainianPrevious education: Bachelor of International Economics, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine What did you get from MA Quantit… Read More
Name: Tanel RebaneNationality: EstonianPrevious education: Economics and Business Administration, University of Tartu, EstoniaWhat did you get from MA Quantitative Economics? QE program has… Read More
Author: Vsevolod KlivakEconomic is developing. Our contemporary life is pretty hectic due to enormous information, which surrounds us. However, these modern vibes are key to understanding ho… Read More
Author: Khurshed AlizodaBusiness cycles are known to be more volatile in emerging market economies (EMEs). That is, the growth rates of EMEs are higher than the growth rates of developed cou… Read More
Author: Resuf AhmedLook at these two figures below. Can you see the difference?Figure 1No, it’s not the eyes of “Big Brother” watching you. But this two nonagon (9 sided po… Read More
Author: Papuna GogoladzeHave you ever heard of “The Occupy Movement”? If not, they are enthusiastic people, who fight against socio-economic inequality and try to establish conte… Read More
Author: Yuliia PuzanovaWe can develop more advanced predictive models, to invest the huge funds in machine learning algorithms, use more and more hype technologies and as a result, make a wr… Read More
Author: Ana GagoshviliNowadays we can stay at the places of complete strangers, get into the cars with people we have never met before, even lend money to people the credit history of whom… Read More
Author: Kevin Kuriakose Another May day (Labour day) went by and writers, intellectuals, economists, social critics could not help but pause and wistfully remember the most divisive pol… Read More
Author: Elizaveta LebedevaToday Mark Zuckerberg gave testimony to Congress about data privacy practices in Facebook with regards to Cambridge Analytica scandal. Have you ever thought about h… Read More
Author: Resuf AhmedWith this tweet on March 2, 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump announces a trade war with China.Source: Twitter @realDonaldTrumpA brief history of Trade WarA trade war… Read More
Author: Resuf AhmedINTRODUCTIONOn January 11, 1944, U.S President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed Second Bill of Rights.[01] Roosevelt argued that existent Bills of Right and constitution hav… Read More
Author: Kevin KuriakoseIn the early 1920s America, Charles Ponzi[1]promises his clients (then just 18 of them) 50% profits in 45 days or 100% profits in 90 days by buying discounted reply co… Read More
Author: Ana GagoshviliThe biggest gift that the capitalism gets during the holidays is the robust shopping of the consumers all over the world. This article examines the economics of two rec… Read More
Author: Ryan HatanoAmid a sea of Estelada flags, crowds in the historic Plaça de Catalunya gathered to celebrate Catalonia’s declaration of independence last October. Thei… Read More
Author: Yuliia PuzanovaCan you imagine that your laptop or smartphone will participate in blockchain very soon? Yes, you, probably, observe recent years a lot of discussions about cryptocurr… Read More
Author: Elizaveta LebedevaOriginally, cryptocurrencies were created to allow fast and secure transactions without any middlemen (such as bank, for example) controlling the creation every add… Read More
Author: Resuf AhmedINTRODUCTIONIn a small Himalayan nation of Bhutan sandwiched between two giant and competing economies India and China, an idea was conceptualized of Gross National Happin… Read More
Author: Ana GagoshviliSimilarly to other nations Georgians would also claim that Georgian Lari (GEL) stands as a symbol of sovereignty. However, in nowadays world of globalization, national… Read More
Name: Kerli LilleNationality: Estonian Previous education: Economics and Business Administration, B.Sc., University of TartuWhat did you get from MA Quantitative Economics? This pr… Read More
Name: Kateryna GrygorenkoNationality: UkrainianPrevious education: Economic TheoryWhat did you get from MA Quantitative Economics? QE programme helps to develop analytical mindset. It contai… Read More
Name: Laura KiviNationality: EstonianPrevious Education: BA Economics and Business AdministrationWhat did you get from MA Quantitative Economics?My studies in QE programme provided me with t… Read More
Name: Michael GurmessaNationality: EthiopianPrevious education: Quantitative EconomicsWhat did you get from MA Quantitative Economics?QE is a great tool to unlock the complexity of modern wo… Read More
Name: Anastasia SinitsynaNationality: RussianPrevious education: Finance and CreditWhat did you get from MA Quantitative Economics?It gives me opportunity to develop very special skills in e… Read More
Name: Halyna OrosNationality: UkrainianPrevious education: BA in Financial ManagmentWhat did you get from MA Quantitative Economics?Expanded skill set (analytical and research skills, proble… Read More
Name: Kerttu LääneNationality: EstonianPrevious Education: Mathematics and EconomicsWhat did you get from MA Quantitative Economics? Gives a solid backround for future career… Read More
Name: Ana BurduliNationality: GeorgianPrevious education: Business Administration and EconomicsWhat did you get from MA Quantitative Economics?QE programme gave me a good knowledge of econom… Read More
Author: Nino KokashviliWelcome to Quantitative Economics Program!As a new semester is approaching, some practical information about our program may be interesting for many of you. I am… Read More
Authors: Ketevani Kapanadze, Irakli Barbakadze, Nino KokashviliABSTRACTThis paper examines the relationship between the growth of Latvian firms and their involvement in the shadow economy in… Read More
Author: Nino KokashviliIntroductionTrading between countries is one of the most visible consequence of globalization. Countries have possibilities to use their comparative advantages and gai… Read More
Author: ToyonThe conventional definition of Entrepreneurship states that Entrepreneurship is setting up and operating new business firms. But it should not be only limited to its definition… Read More
The Fraser Institute hosted annual student essay contests last year. The topic for the 2016 was: Small Change, Big Impact: Improving Quality of Life One Policy Change at a Time. Student… Read More
Poverty affects 1.6 billion people worldwide but not many people know how to measure and prevent it. If we define poverty as a state of being extremely poor then the second question arises w… Read More
Author: Kateryna Volkovska"... ensembles of decision trees - often known as Random Forests - have been the most successful general-purpose algorithm in the modern times." Howard & Bowles… Read More
Author : Ketevani KapanadzeWhat is Overlapping Generation model (OLG)?While studying macroeconomics during my degrees I always had unanswered question on my mind. Why students are taught unr… Read More
Author: ToyonImage Source: Googleimage“The other day I came back home early from work. My wife was 8 months pregnant. I told her to sleep early too. Our family was so happy for the upc… Read More
Author: Irakli Barbakadze I want to continue the topic which Nino started some blogs before. Nobel Prize statistics but focus more on “The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sci… Read More
Author: Kateryna Volkovska With this post, I want to share some useful information and introduce you a couple of Machine Learning (ML) concepts as well as highlight diff… Read More
Development of the economy and increase of the investment image of Ukraine are indissolubly related to attraction of long-term investments into the national business. This issue became extre… Read More
Author: Toyon“I can recall that memory. I tried many times to kill myself. But still I am alive and bearing that terrific memory. I was 10 or 11 years old then. I was sold by my own fa… Read More
Author: Ana Burduli I have flown economy class several times and will most probably fly this way in the future, but recently experienced the type of reality when I had the opport… Read More
Author: Nino KokashviliUniversity of Tartu EcoinnovationClub aims to raise the awareness about environment related topics among students. One our alumni (Nino Kokashvili) and two curre… Read More
Author: Michael MosisaEthiopia, one of developing countries in Africa has been praised for recording double digit economic growth for the past 10 years. But this figure has been hardly belie… Read More
Author: Nino Kokashvili"I intend to leave after my death a large fund for the promotion of the peace idea, but I am skeptical as to its results."  &hell…Read More
Author: Toyon Why are you Black? Why are you White? Why are you Fat? Why are you Skinny? Social Science explores the mystery of these “Why”. Look at your five fingers. Are they a… Read More
Participation: UT Quantitative Economics students Topics: any sub-field of economics (such as macroeconomics, microeconomics, monetary policy, finance, theoretical economics, econ… Read More
Author : Ketevani Kapanadze “You think it’s absurd that I should go out and shoot a man just because I’m ordered to? That’s your bourgeois mentality. D… Read More
Author: Nino KokashviliLeo Tolstoy, famous Russian writer, said “If you want to be happy, be.”Is being happy really that simple or are there other circumstances that effect our w… Read More
Author: Nino KokashviliNowadays most countries or towns have their own music festival of one sort or another. While music festivals are not novelties, the rapid growth in their number rises… Read More
Nationality: GeorgiaPrevious education: BSc Economics, Marmara University.What did you get from MA Quantitative Economics Program?During Bachelor studies I gained theoretical knowledge about… Read More
Author : Ketevani Kapanadze Nowadays millions of underage children are “employees” instead of being scholars, precisely 218 million (one of every seven) of them are working. Thes… Read More
Author: Irakli BarbakadzeBroadening linkages of national economies into a worldwide market of goods, services and especially capital is one of the key features of globalization. Growth… Read More
Author: Chisato Tagami My research is aimed to reveal the specific role and the quantitative impact of Military Industrial Complex (MIC) on the income inequality in accordance wit… Read More
Author: Nino Kokashvili Does the government ideological composition play a role in fiscal policy formation? According to the conventional view left winged governments are more likely to… Read More
Authors: Nino Kokashvili, Irakli BarbakadzeThe English-taught Master’s program in Quantitative Economics has been opened for 2 years. The rapid development of this program results in i… Read More
Author: Irina OlshankayaIn this paper I examined the relation between university-industry collaboration and firms’ performance using Community Innovation Survey (CIS) data f… Read More
Author: Irakli BarbakadzeEconomists see economics everywhere. If we take Olympic Games, it is a huge sport event with lots of emotions, anthems, tears and everything related to patriotic spi… Read More
Author : Ketevani Kapanadze Trade openness has been one of the most important economic policies after moving from closed to an open economy. To which extent opening up to internationa… Read More
How will music industry get effected by Brexit?Author: Nino KokashviliA referendum - a vote in which everyone (or nearly everyone) of voting age can take part - was held on Thursday 23 June… Read More
Authors: Nino Kokashvili, Irakli BarbakadzeTime: 18:00pm, 19th of June, 2016. Location: Narva 25, 9th floor, Tartu, Estonia.Irakli: We need to start writing the first blog post, le… Read More
Nationality: GeorgianPrevious education: BSc Economics, Tbilisi State UniversityWhat did you get from MA Quantitative Economics?MA Quantitative Economics is the program which provides s… Read More
Nationality: JapanesePrevious education: University of OsakaWhat did you get from MA Quantitative Economics?•Degree (Expected!)•Fresher and smarter brain (I hope!)… Read More
Nationality: EstonianPrevious Education: BSc Economics and Business administration, University of Tartu What did you get from MA Quantitative Economics?In addition to school knowl… Read More
Nationality: South KoreaPrevious education: BSc Economics and Trade, Kyungpook National UniversityWhat did you get from MA Quantitative Economics?• I got all good things from MA Quantit… Read More
Natioanlity: TurkeyPrevious education: BSc Business Administration, Turkish Military Academy What did you get from MA Quantitative Economics?QA programme is an excellent opportun… Read More