Economics and Finance Resources
Economics and Finance Resources
We hope that you will enjoy your time at Summer School, and that by the end of your time with us, you will have learned new things, made some unforgettable memories and some great friends!
On these course resource page you will be able to find all the information you will need for your academic, skills and personal development sessions.
Presentations will be added to the pages as the programme progresses.
Economics and Finance
18th July - Taha Movahedi - An Introduction to Behavioural Economics
19th July - Fatih Kansoy - Finance in the 21st Century (including cryptocurrencies)
22nd July - Juliana Cunha Carneiro Pinto - An Introduction to Environmental Economics
23rd July - Andrew Harkins - An Introduction to Game Theory
25th July - Samuel Obeng - An Introduction to Macroeconomics and Microeconomics
Additional Reading
- Richard Dawkins - The Selfish Gene
- Environmental and Resource Economics, 9th edition, by Tietenberg and Lewis.
- Markets and the Environment, by Keohane and Olmstead.
- Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson – Why Nations Fails
- Robert Putnam – Bowling Alone
- The Economist magazine
- Tim Harford - The Undercover Economist
- Thomas Piketty - Capital in the Twenty-First Century
- Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner - Freakonomics
- Leonard Mlodinow - The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
- Adam Smith - The Wealth of Nations
- The Art of Strategy - by two top Economists; Professor Avinash Dixit, Princeton University (and former Warwick Economics Professor and Head of Department) and Professor Barry Nalebuff, Yale
- An inspirational lecture delivered by Christine Lagarde from the IMF for the BBC’s Richard Dimbleby lecture series, delivered in February 2014. The lecture can be viewed hereLink opens in a new window
In addition, here are a few guidelines that should help us all get the very best out of our time together
Get involved
We understand that this may be the first time you have studied this subject, that English may not be your first language, and that this may be your first time visiting England. We know that this may seem daunting and overwhelming! The best way to get the most out of this summer school experience is to get involved!In other words, you should join in your course sessions as much as you can. Ask questions, give your opinions, think about examples from your own life, and relate this to the course content.Please tell your teaching team if you don't understand anything – whether this relates to content or language. It's their job to make sure that the material is accessible and clear to you, and they will be more than happy to help if there's any work you'd like to clarify or go through again.Bring your electronic devices please, but...
We will be using electronic devices during the module (i.e., laptops, tablets and smartphones) and we ask that you bring these along each day, so you can take notes, view lecture slides etc.)However, we would be really grateful if you could minimise the use of phones and other devices during class, unless you're using them for class activities or you have a reason you need to monitor communication (e.g., personal issues etc.).Daily communications
Each day you will receive an email from the Summer School email account. This will give you important information about the course, social programme and anything else you may need to know. Please make sure you read these emails to stay informed of what is happening. These emails will be sent to the email address you used to make your PRESS application. If you need to update your email with the programme team, please send an email to preunisummerschool@warwick.ac.ukLink opens in a new window