This area emphasizes the microeconomic aspects of theories of the firm and contracts, as well as macroeconomic aspects that have significant impacts on the environment in which companies operate. The course aims to provide economics and finance professionals with a solid background in economic and financial theory, to analyze current issues in the national and international financial markets, forms of business organization and economic policy. The approach to theoretical subjects is rigorous. It concentrates on studying the conceptual foundations needed to properly understand the problems that students will face in their professional life.

Specific mandatory subjects in this area of focus: Strategic Competition, Theory of Organizations and Contracts, and Econometrics of Time Series.