The School of Finance offers the following core electives:
| Course |
Lecturer
|
Semester
|
Empirical Corporate Finance
|
Prof. Dr. Markus Schmid
|
Fall |
Empirical Finance
|
Prof. Paul Söderlind, Ph.D.
|
Fall |
Market Microstrucutre
|
Prof. Dr. Angelo Ranaldo
|
Fall
|
Topics in Asset Management
|
Prof. Dr. Manuel Ammann / Prof. Dr. Markus Schmid
|
Fall
|
Quantitative Behavioural Finance
|
Prof. Dr. Enrico De Giorgi
|
Spring
|
Spatial Econometrics
|
Prof. Dr. Roland Füss / Prof. Dr. Zeno Adams |
Spring
|
| Topics in Energy Finance |
Prof. Dr. Karl Frauendorfer / Prof. Dr. Gido Haarbrücker |
Spring |
| Topics in Financial Intermediation |
Prof. Dr. Martin Brown
|
Spring |
Topics in Insurance Economics
|
Prof. Dr. Hato Schmeiser
|
Spring
|
Upon consultation with their supervisor, students can replace at most 4 core electives with advanced doctoral courses of
- the PEF (Ph.D. Programme in Economics and Finance) of the University of St. Gallen
- the GSERM (Global Summer School in Empirical Research Methods) of the University of St. Gallen (advanced and research courses)
- the SFI (Swiss Finance Institute)
- the Gerzensee Study Programme
- other credited research universitites and doctoral summer schools.
Non-PiF credited courses from the University of St. Gallen include (but are not limited to):
| Course |
Lecturer
|
Advanced Topic in Pricing and Hedging of Equity Derivatives
|
Prof. Dr. Matthias Fengler
|
Basics in Experimental Research
|
Dr. Labinot Demaj
|
Causal Inference
|
Prof. Anthony Strittmatter, Ph.D.
|
Time Series Methods in Financial Econometrics
|
Prof. Dr. Patrick Gagliardini
|
Computational Statistics
|
Prof. Francesco Audrino, Ph.D.
|
Econometrics of Big Data
|
Prof. Christian Hansen, Ph.D. / Prof. Viktor Chernozhukov, Ph.D.
|
Mathematical Methods in Finance
|
Prof. Enrico De Giorgi, Ph.D.
|
Resampling Methods and Forecasting
|
Prof. Lorenzo Camponovo, Ph.D.
|
Statistical Learning and Applications
|
Prof. Christine de Mol, Ph.D.
|