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Markets and Development
This line of research analyzes the problems of markets and economic development within the perspective of Applied Economics. The areas of interest are: empirical applications of games theory and competitive strategy; public and corporate finances, monetary and fiscal policies, health economics, education economics, labor economics, crime and corruption economics; impact of economic policies on markets and organizations; design of institutional mechanisms that promote allocative efficiency of economic agents.

Agribusiness Management
This line of research focuses on the study of problems related to the economy of organizations and management of networks and agribusiness chains. Emphasis is on production strategies, pricing structure, logistic and quality bottlenecks, organization of markets, competitiveness, management information systems and technological innovations in the continuum end-consumer supplying of inputs.

The maximum registration period for the student to complete the Master’s Degree is 24 months (2 years).

Leveling - Mandatory
Statistics
Mathematics I

1st Semester - Mandatory Courses
Mathematics II
Microeconomics
Econometrics

2nd Semester - Mandatory and Elective Courses
Macroeconomics
Economics of Organizations I
Research Seminar
1 Elective (list below)

3rd Semester - Elective Courses (2 or 3 courses listed below)
Economics Development
Computational Economy
Economics of Organizations II
Economics of Organizations III
Agribusiness Economics and Management
Agroindustrial Production Strategy
Monetary Economics
Finances
Multicriteria Methods in Decision Support
Organization, Management and Administration of Family Farming
Time Series
Games Theory
Special Topics in Agribusiness
Special Topics in Economics I (Microeconometrics)
Special Topics in Economics II (Evaluation of Social Policies)

Andréa Homsi Dâmaso
PhD in Epidemiology (UFPEL), Post-doctoral (London School of Economics and Political Sciences - London, UK).
Areas of interest: Pharmacoepidemiology, Pharmacoeconomics, Health Inequalities, Health Expenditures, Pharmaceutical Policies.

André Carraro
PhD in Economics (UFRGS).
Areas of interest: Government Failures, Applied Microeconomics, Entrepreneurship.

César Augusto Oviedo Tejada
PhD in Economics (UFRGS).
Areas of interest: Applied Econometrics, Health Economics, Health Inequalities.

Cristiano Aguiar de Oliveira
PhD in Economics (UFRGS).
Areas of interest: Applied Econometrics, Regional and Urban economics, Economics of Crime.

Daniel Uhr
PhD in Economics (UNB).
Areas of interest: Applied Econometrics, Microeconometrics.

Fábio Massaud Caetano
PhD in Economics (UFRGS).
Areas of interest: Finance, Market Microstructure, Econometrics

Felipe Garcia Ribeiro
PhD in Economics (EESP-FGV).
Areas of interest: Applied Microeconomics, Economic Growth.

Júlia Ziero Uhr
PhD in Economics (UNB).
Areas of interest: Economics of Natural Resources, Institutions and Applied Econometrics.

Marcelo de Oliveira Passos
PhD in Econo
Area of interests: Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, Computational Economics.

Mário Conill Gomes
PhD in Production Engineering (UFSC)
Areas of interest: Evaluation Engineering and Technological Innovation, Decision Support Methods.

Mario Duarte Canever
PhD in Administration (Wageningeng University, Netherlands).
Areas of interest: Entrepreneurship, Agricultural Markets, Agro-industrial Chains.

Paulo Rigatto
PhD in Administration (UFRGS).
Areas of interest: Organization, Coordination and Feasibility Analysis of Chains and Agro-Industrial Production Processes, Renewable Energy.

Regis Augusto Ely
PhD in Economics (UNB).
Areas of interest: Finance, Time Series and Computational Economics.

Volnei Krause Kohls
PhD in Administration (UFRGS).
Areas of interest: Governance of Agro-industrial Chains, Agribusiness Strategies, and Productive Arrangements and Innovative Locations - APILs.

Students must amount a minimum of 32 credits in training courses (mandatory) and specializing courses (elective).