BS Bertel Schjerning

Professor of Economics · University of Copenhagen

Economics of
dynamic decisions.

I develop computational methods for understanding how people and firms make choices over time. I teach econometrics and dynamic programming through models, numerical methods, and code.

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Bertel Schjerning teaching in a lecture hall at University College London

TeachingUniversity College London

Research focus

My work sits at the intersection of structural microeconometrics, dynamic programming, and computational economics.

From theory and algorithms
to empirical applications.

01 — Teaching

Econometrics,
models & code.

My courses combine economic intuition, formal econometric models, numerical methods, and reproducible code. Notes, exercises, and repositories are available openly.

Bertel Schjerning presenting to participants in a university seminar room
Teaching computational and econometric methods.
01 Dynamic ProgrammingLectures · notes · code 02 Econometrics ALectures · exercises · code 03 Econometrics BGraduate econometrics 04 Video LecturesEconometrics · dynamic programming
Participants in the 2022 Dynamic Structural Econometrics summer school gathered outside MIT
DSE summer school at MIT · 2022

Econometric Society summer school & conference

Dynamic Structural
Econometrics

DSE is an annual short course in dynamic structural econometrics and computational methods, paired with a research conference. Teaching materials and recordings from past events are freely available.

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02 — Selected publications

A selection of
published work.

All publications

03 — Resources

Open materials for
research & learning.

Code, lectures, and scholarly profiles—collected in one place.

Code & replication GitHub repositories

Teaching materials, numerical methods, and research code.

 Watch & learn Video lectures

Recorded lectures in econometrics and dynamic programming.

 Research record Google Scholar

Publications, citation record, co-authors, and research interests.

 Summer school & conference Dynamic Structural Econometrics

Annual courses, conference programs, open teaching materials, and recordings.
Co-authors Fedor Iskhakov, Bertel Schjerning, and Anders Munk-Nielsen working together around a table
C Pair programming with co-authors Fedor Iskhakov and Anders Munk-Nielsen
Bertel Schjerning with co-authors John Rust and Fedor Iskhakov in a garden
C With co-authors John Rust and Fedor Iskhakov

04 — About

Models are
built together.

I am Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Copenhagen. My research focuses on structural microeconometrics, dynamic economic models, and the computational methods needed to bring those models to data.

Much of my work is developed in close collaboration with co-authors—working through economic models, algorithms, estimation, and code, often by pair programming.

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05 — Contact

Let’s discuss
dynamic ideas.

bertel.schjerning@econ.ku.dk
Department of Economics
University of Copenhagen
Øster Farimagsgade 5, Building 26
DK–1353 Copenhagen K