Graduate Program

Fall Term Schedule

Fall 2024

Number	Title	Instructor	Time
ECON 471-01 Modern Value Theory I Asen Kochov; Paulo Barelli TR 11:05AM - 12:20PM
The foundation of modern microeconomic analysis, including consideration of consumer behavior, the theory of the firm, equilibrium under alternative market structures, and welfare implications. Location Harkness Room 210 (TR 11:05AM - 12:20PM)
ECON 471-02 Modern Value Theory I-Rec Asen Kochov F 11:05AM - 12:20PM
The foundation of modern microeconomic analysis, including consideration of consumer behavior, the theory of the firm, equilibrium under alternative market structures, and welfare implications. Location Harkness Room 210 (F 11:05AM - 12:20PM)
ECON 475-01 Macroeconomics George Alessandria MW 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Reviews the main empirical regularities that characterize economic growth and business fluctuations in market economies. Discusses various theoretical models of the business cycle, as well as the macroeconomic impact of fiscal and monetary policy. Location Harkness Room 208 (MW 9:00AM - 10:15AM)
ECON 475-02 Macroeconomics - Rec George Alessandria F 9:15AM - 10:30AM
Reviews the main empirical regularities that characterize economic growth and business fluctuations in market economies. Discusses various theoretical models of the business cycle, as well as the macroeconomic impact of fiscal and monetary policy. Location Harkness Room 208 (F 9:15AM - 10:30AM)
ECON 481-1 Intro to Math Economics Srihari Govindan MW 1:45PM - 3:00PM
This course covers the use of optimization theory in economic analysis. The topics covered include finite-dimensional optimization (unconstrained optimization, Lagrange's Theorem, the Kuhn-Tucker Theorem), the role of convexity in optimization, parametric continuity of solutions to optimization problems, and finite- and infinite-horizon dynamic programming. Location Harkness Room 208 (MW 1:45PM - 3:00PM)
ECON 484-01 Math Stats/Econometrics Nese Yildiz MW 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Elements of probability theory and statistics as employed in econometrics. Estimation and inference in the standard linear model. Location Harkness Room 208 (MW 10:30AM - 11:45AM)
ECON 491-1 Master's Readings in ECON Paulo Barelli 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 493-01 Master's Essay Yan Bai 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 493-09 Master's Essay George Alessandria 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 493-1 Master's Essay George Alessandria 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 493-10 Master's Essay Bin Chen 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 493-11 Master's Essay Lisa Kahn 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 493-12 Master's Essay Paulo Barelli 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 493-13 Master's Essay William Thomson 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 493-2 Master's Essay Mark Bils 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 493-4 Master's Essay Paulo Barelli 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 493-5 Master's Essay Ronni Pavan 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 493-6 Master's Essay Teng Kok Tan 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 493-7 Master's Essay William Thomson 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 493-8 Master's Essay Nese Yildiz 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 501-3 Labor Economics Lisa Kahn F 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Selected topics in labor economics are discussed. The topics vary from year to year. In recent years, topics have included human capital, models of wage growth , inequality, and labor policy. Location Harkness Room 208 (F 1:30PM - 4:30PM)
ECON 507-1 Theory Workshop I Paulo Barelli W 3:30PM - 5:00PM
Blank Description Location Harkness Room 208 (W 3:30PM - 5:00PM)
ECON 511-01 International Trade I Luis Rafael Guntin Wernik W 5:15PM - 8:00PM
Blank Description Location Harkness Room 208 (W 5:15PM - 8:00PM)
ECON 512-1 International Trade II Gaston Chaumont R 5:15PM - 8:00PM
This is a PhD level course in international macroeconomics. The course will mostly cover topics in international finance. The first part of the course will focus on the basic facts and models of sovereign default and some recent applications. The second part of the course will cover specific issues on sovereign default where the literature needs further research, some recent work on current account reversals and macroprudential policy, and some discussion on optimal currency areas Location Harkness Room 208 (R 5:15PM - 8:00PM)
ECON 518-01 Econometrics II Yukun Ma WF 11:50AM - 1:05PM
Brief description: "This course focuses on the fundamental issue of identification in econometrics and covers modern econometric models and techniques, including asymptotic theory, M-estimation, maximum likelihood methods, Generalized Method of Moments, pseudo-maximum likelihood methods, quantile regression, and empirical likelihood methods. While emphasizing econometric theory and asymptotic properties, students will also apply these techniques to various data sets and conduct Monte Carlo simulations to evaluate the finite sample performances of different estimators and testing procedures." Topics covered: M-Estimation; Maximum Likelihood; Pseudo-Maximum Likelihood; Nonlinear Least Squares; Generalized Method of Moments (GMM); Quantile Regression; Empirical Likelihood Estimation; Monte Carlo; Treatment Effect. Location Frederick Douglass Room 307 (WF 11:50AM - 1:05PM)
ECON 521-01 Advanced Economic Theory I Asen Kochov; Yu Awaya R 5:00PM - 7:30PM
The topics covered in the course include the theories and applications of multidimensional mechanism design with and without transferable utility, dynamic mechanism design, and continuous-time games and contracting. The topics are chosen for their potential to inform the design of efficient economic institutions. Location Harkness Room 113 (R 5:00PM - 7:30PM)
ECON 524-1 Game Theory & Econ Mech William Thomson M 12:30PM - 4:00PM
Cooperative games: axiomatic bargaining theory, games in coalitional function form, Core, Shapley value. Noncooperative games: Nash equilibria, dominance equilibria, Bayesian equilibria. Application to economics. Location Harkness Room 112 (M 12:30PM - 4:00PM)
ECON 531-1 Macroeconomic Workshop Gaston Chaumont M 3:30PM - 5:00PM
Blank Description Location Harkness Room 208 (M 3:30PM - 5:00PM)
ECON 534-1 Topics in Macroeconomics Yan Bai M 12:00PM - 1:30PM T 9:00AM - 10:30AM
This is a doctoral level course in macroeconomics. Topics covered in the course are aggregate implications of financial imperfections. We will review recent papers on the implications of financial imperfections on business cycles, asset prices, government policies, firms and open economy issues. Location Harkness Room 208 (M 12:00PM - 1:30PM) Harkness Room 208 (T 9:00AM - 10:30AM)
ECON 535-01 Topics in Macroeconomics II Luis Rafael Guntin Wernik W 5:15PM - 8:00PM
The focus of this course is on studying macroeconomic models with many types of households and firms. Models of capital, labor, financial, and marriage markets are presented. Issues such as adoption of new technologies, the determination of asset prices, marriage and divorce, and unemployment are studied. The development of the mathematical and computational skills required to do state-of-the-research in macroeconomics is stressed. Location Harkness Room 208 (W 5:15PM - 8:00PM)
ECON 537-1 Computational Methods in Macroeconomics Matias Moretti T 4:30PM - 7:30PM
This is a second-year Ph.D. course in computational methods. The course is part of the Macroeconomics field. The primary objective is to teach students methods and techniques for solving macroeconomic models, with an emphasis on heterogeneous-agent models. Besides learning these methods, an important goal of the course is to enable students to apply these techniques efficiently and accurately. To this end, a large fraction of the course will focus on parallelization (both on CPUs and GPUs). The entire course will be taught in Julia. At the end of the semester, as a final exam, students are required to submit a replication analysis of a published paper (or a section of it) or an application of one of the techniques taught during the semester. This application can be for a very simple and stylized model. Since many recent papers have their codes published, students should inform me in advance about the paper they intend to replicate. In addition to the final exam, there will be one or two homework assignments during the Location Harkness Room 113 (T 4:30PM - 7:30PM)
ECON 546-1 Economics Student Seminar Luis Rafael Guntin Wernik R 12:30PM - 1:45PM
Presentations by PhD students of dissertation work in progress Location Harkness Room 208 (R 12:30PM - 1:45PM)
ECON 547-1 Econometrics Workshop Nese Yildiz R 3:30PM - 5:00PM
Blank Description Location Harkness Room 208 (R 3:30PM - 5:00PM)
ECON 551-1 Applied Economics Workshop Ronni Pavan T 3:30PM - 5:00PM
Blank Description Location Harkness Room 208 (T 3:30PM - 5:00PM)
ECON 568-1 Quantitative Analysis in International Trade Fernando Parro M 9:00AM - 11:45AM
Description: This is an advanced Ph.D level course on international trade. It covers recent quantitative work in the fields of international trade and spatial economics, broadly defined. We will develop theoretical models, evaluate their ability to capture key stylized facts, show how to estimate their parameters, and demonstrate their use in performing counterfactual analysis. We will cover quantitative general equilibrium frameworks for quantifying the welfare gains from trade, general equilibrium frameworks for trade policy analysis, spatial general equilibrium models of trade, and dynamics frameworks with labor market dynamics, capital accumulation, and growth, among other topics. The course involves a mix of theory, data, and computation. Location Harkness Room 113 (M 9:00AM - 11:45AM)
ECON 571-1 Readings in Macroeconomics Mark Bils F 11:15AM - 12:15PM
Faculty and Students will go through a series of recent working papers in macroeconomics with emphasis on quantitative and empirical topics. Location Harkness Room 208 (F 11:15AM - 12:15PM)
ECON 572-1 Readings in Game Theory Paulo Barelli T 5:00PM - 6:30PM
Blank Description Location Harkness Room 208 (T 5:00PM - 6:30PM)
ECON 573-1 Readings Applied Economics Ronni Pavan T 12:30PM - 1:45PM
Blank Description Location Harkness Room 208 (T 12:30PM - 1:45PM)
ECON 574-02 Econometrics Reading Group II Nese Yildiz T 12:30PM - 1:45PM
Faculty and students will go through a series of recent working papers in Econometrics. Location Harkness Room 113 (T 12:30PM - 1:45PM)
ECON 577-1 Readings in Education Iris Vrioni F 10:00AM - 11:15AM
Faculty and students will go through a series of recent papers in the analysis of elementary and secondary education in the United States. Topics include, but will not be limited to: education investment decisions of individuals and society; measuring the returns to education; the production of human capital with a focus on the role of school inputs' and evaluating recent k-12 education reforms (high-stakes testing, school choice, school finance) and higher education reforms (financial aid, affirmative Location Harkness Room 113 (F 10:00AM - 11:15AM)
ECON 578-1 Readings in intl Economics George Alessandria W 12:15PM - 1:30PM
Blank Description Location Harkness Room 208 (W 12:15PM - 1:30PM)
ECON 588-1 Prof Economic Communication William Thomson W 2:00PM - 3:30PM
Blank Description Location Harkness Room 113 (W 2:00PM - 3:30PM)
ECON 591-1 PhD Readings in Economics Paulo Barelli 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 595-05 PhD Research in Economics Nese Yildiz 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 595-1 PhD Research in Economics Yan Bai 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 595-10 PhD Research in Economics Lisa Kahn 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 595-11 PhD Research in Economics Mark Bils 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 595-12 PhD Research in Economics William Thomson 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 595-13 PhD Research in Economics Bin Chen 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 595-2 PhD Research in Economics George Alessandria 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 595-3 PhD Research in Economics Narayana Kocherlakota 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 595-4 PhD Research in Economics Teng Kok Tan 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 595-6 PhD Research in Economics Travis Baseler 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 895-1 Cont of Master's Enrollment – 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 897-1 Master's Dissertation Paulo Barelli 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 986V-1 Full Time Visiting Student – 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 995-1 Cont of Doctoral Enrollment – 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 997-1 Doctoral Dissertation George Alessandria 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 999-01 Doctoral Dissertation Yan Bai 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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Number	Title	Instructor	Time
Monday
ECON 568-1 Quantitative Analysis in International Trade Fernando Parro
Description: This is an advanced Ph.D level course on international trade. It covers recent quantitative work in the fields of international trade and spatial economics, broadly defined. We will develop theoretical models, evaluate their ability to capture key stylized facts, show how to estimate their parameters, and demonstrate their use in performing counterfactual analysis. We will cover quantitative general equilibrium frameworks for quantifying the welfare gains from trade, general equilibrium frameworks for trade policy analysis, spatial general equilibrium models of trade, and dynamics frameworks with labor market dynamics, capital accumulation, and growth, among other topics. The course involves a mix of theory, data, and computation.
ECON 534-1 Topics in Macroeconomics Yan Bai
This is a doctoral level course in macroeconomics. Topics covered in the course are aggregate implications of financial imperfections. We will review recent papers on the implications of financial imperfections on business cycles, asset prices, government policies, firms and open economy issues.
ECON 524-1 Game Theory & Econ Mech William Thomson
Cooperative games: axiomatic bargaining theory, games in coalitional function form, Core, Shapley value. Noncooperative games: Nash equilibria, dominance equilibria, Bayesian equilibria. Application to economics.
ECON 531-1 Macroeconomic Workshop Gaston Chaumont
Blank Description
Monday and Wednesday
ECON 475-01 Macroeconomics George Alessandria
Reviews the main empirical regularities that characterize economic growth and business fluctuations in market economies. Discusses various theoretical models of the business cycle, as well as the macroeconomic impact of fiscal and monetary policy.
ECON 484-01 Math Stats/Econometrics Nese Yildiz
Elements of probability theory and statistics as employed in econometrics. Estimation and inference in the standard linear model.
ECON 481-1 Intro to Math Economics Srihari Govindan
This course covers the use of optimization theory in economic analysis. The topics covered include finite-dimensional optimization (unconstrained optimization, Lagrange's Theorem, the Kuhn-Tucker Theorem), the role of convexity in optimization, parametric continuity of solutions to optimization problems, and finite- and infinite-horizon dynamic programming.
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
Tuesday
ECON 573-1 Readings Applied Economics Ronni Pavan
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ECON 574-02 Econometrics Reading Group II Nese Yildiz
Faculty and students will go through a series of recent working papers in Econometrics.
ECON 551-1 Applied Economics Workshop Ronni Pavan
Blank Description
ECON 537-1 Computational Methods in Macroeconomics Matias Moretti
This is a second-year Ph.D. course in computational methods. The course is part of the Macroeconomics field. The primary objective is to teach students methods and techniques for solving macroeconomic models, with an emphasis on heterogeneous-agent models. Besides learning these methods, an important goal of the course is to enable students to apply these techniques efficiently and accurately. To this end, a large fraction of the course will focus on parallelization (both on CPUs and GPUs). The entire course will be taught in Julia. At the end of the semester, as a final exam, students are required to submit a replication analysis of a published paper (or a section of it) or an application of one of the techniques taught during the semester. This application can be for a very simple and stylized model. Since many recent papers have their codes published, students should inform me in advance about the paper they intend to replicate. In addition to the final exam, there will be one or two homework assignments during the
ECON 572-1 Readings in Game Theory Paulo Barelli
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Tuesday and Thursday
ECON 471-01 Modern Value Theory I Asen Kochov; Paulo Barelli
The foundation of modern microeconomic analysis, including consideration of consumer behavior, the theory of the firm, equilibrium under alternative market structures, and welfare implications.
Wednesday
ECON 578-1 Readings in intl Economics George Alessandria
Blank Description
ECON 588-1 Prof Economic Communication William Thomson
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ECON 507-1 Theory Workshop I Paulo Barelli
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ECON 511-01 International Trade I Luis Rafael Guntin Wernik
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ECON 535-01 Topics in Macroeconomics II Luis Rafael Guntin Wernik
The focus of this course is on studying macroeconomic models with many types of households and firms. Models of capital, labor, financial, and marriage markets are presented. Issues such as adoption of new technologies, the determination of asset prices, marriage and divorce, and unemployment are studied. The development of the mathematical and computational skills required to do state-of-the-research in macroeconomics is stressed.
Wednesday and Friday
ECON 518-01 Econometrics II Yukun Ma
Brief description: "This course focuses on the fundamental issue of identification in econometrics and covers modern econometric models and techniques, including asymptotic theory, M-estimation, maximum likelihood methods, Generalized Method of Moments, pseudo-maximum likelihood methods, quantile regression, and empirical likelihood methods. While emphasizing econometric theory and asymptotic properties, students will also apply these techniques to various data sets and conduct Monte Carlo simulations to evaluate the finite sample performances of different estimators and testing procedures." Topics covered: M-Estimation; Maximum Likelihood; Pseudo-Maximum Likelihood; Nonlinear Least Squares; Generalized Method of Moments (GMM); Quantile Regression; Empirical Likelihood Estimation; Monte Carlo; Treatment Effect.
Thursday
ECON 546-1 Economics Student Seminar Luis Rafael Guntin Wernik
Presentations by PhD students of dissertation work in progress
ECON 547-1 Econometrics Workshop Nese Yildiz
Blank Description
ECON 521-01 Advanced Economic Theory I Asen Kochov; Yu Awaya
The topics covered in the course include the theories and applications of multidimensional mechanism design with and without transferable utility, dynamic mechanism design, and continuous-time games and contracting. The topics are chosen for their potential to inform the design of efficient economic institutions.
ECON 512-1 International Trade II Gaston Chaumont
This is a PhD level course in international macroeconomics. The course will mostly cover topics in international finance. The first part of the course will focus on the basic facts and models of sovereign default and some recent applications. The second part of the course will cover specific issues on sovereign default where the literature needs further research, some recent work on current account reversals and macroprudential policy, and some discussion on optimal currency areas
Friday
ECON 475-02 Macroeconomics - Rec George Alessandria
Reviews the main empirical regularities that characterize economic growth and business fluctuations in market economies. Discusses various theoretical models of the business cycle, as well as the macroeconomic impact of fiscal and monetary policy.
ECON 577-1 Readings in Education Iris Vrioni
Faculty and students will go through a series of recent papers in the analysis of elementary and secondary education in the United States. Topics include, but will not be limited to: education investment decisions of individuals and society; measuring the returns to education; the production of human capital with a focus on the role of school inputs' and evaluating recent k-12 education reforms (high-stakes testing, school choice, school finance) and higher education reforms (financial aid, affirmative
ECON 471-02 Modern Value Theory I-Rec Asen Kochov
The foundation of modern microeconomic analysis, including consideration of consumer behavior, the theory of the firm, equilibrium under alternative market structures, and welfare implications.
ECON 571-1 Readings in Macroeconomics Mark Bils
Faculty and Students will go through a series of recent working papers in macroeconomics with emphasis on quantitative and empirical topics.
ECON 501-3 Labor Economics Lisa Kahn
Selected topics in labor economics are discussed. The topics vary from year to year. In recent years, topics have included human capital, models of wage growth , inequality, and labor policy.