Graduate Program

Spring Term Schedule

Spring 2024

Number	Title	Instructor	Time
ECON 472-1 Modern Value Theory Paulo Barelli TR 9:15AM - 10:55AM
Introduction to non-cooperative game theory, asymmetric information models, and social choice theory Location Harkness Room 210 (TR 9:15AM - 10:55AM)
ECON 476-1 Macroeconomics II Gaston Chaumont; Christopher Sleet MW 2:00PM - 3:15PM
This course continues on with the theme developed in 475: understanding modern macroeconomics based on dynamic optimization in a general equilibrium environment. The emphasis is placed on understanding business cycles, economic growth, fiscal and monetary policies. Location Harkness Room 208 (MW 2:00PM - 3:15PM)
ECON 482-1 Math Economics Srihari Govindan TR 2:00PM - 3:15PM
Blank Description Location Harkness Room 208 (TR 2:00PM - 3:15PM)
ECON 485-1 Intro to Econometrics I Bin Chen MW 10:00AM - 11:15AM
(Same as APS 515)Extensions of the general linear model to handle serial correlation, heteroskedasticity, simultaneity. Maximum likelihood estimation and testing. Diagnostic checking of estimated models. Problems in the analysis of individual unit data-qualitative dependent variables and sample self-selectivity. Location Harkness Room 208 (MW 10:00AM - 11:15AM)
ECON 486-1 Intro to Econometrics II Bin Chen MW 10:00AM - 11:15AM
Blank Description Location Harkness Room 208 (MW 10:00AM - 11:15AM)
ECON 487-1 Applied Econometrics Lisa Kahn F 1:00PM - 4:10PM
Blank Description Location Harkness Room 208 (F 1:00PM - 4:10PM)
ECON 491-1 Master's Readings in ECON Paulo Barelli 7:00PM - 7:00PM
Blank Description Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
ECON 492-1 Mathematical Economics III Srihari Govindan TR 2:00PM - 3:15PM
Blank Description Location Harkness Room 208 (TR 2:00PM - 3:15PM)
ECON 493-1 Master's Essay Mark Bils 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 493-2 Master's Essay Yan Bai 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 493-3 Master's Essay Asen Kochov 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 George Alessandria 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 493-7 Master's Essay Lisa Kahn 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 493-9 Master's Essay Travis Baseler 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 503-1 Labor Economics II Ronni Pavan TR 9:30AM - 10:45AM
The course is a mix between methods and topics. The first half of the course focuses on estimating dynamic discrete choice (DDC) models, a common tool used in structural labor, education, and industrial organization. The second half of the course then examines topics related to the development of human capital, often through the lens of DDC models. The topics typically include human capital related issues in K-12 education, higher education, early childhood investments, and understanding the returns to human capital in the labor market. Location Harkness Room 208 (TR 9:30AM - 10:45AM)
ECON 506-2 Top in Labor & Development Travis Baseler R 1:30PM - 4:30PM
This course will discuss methods and topics in applied microeconomics with a focus on development and experimental economics. Topics typically include labor misallocation, migration, the determinants of human capital (especially health and education), financial market frictions, and issues related to primary data collection and randomized controlled trials. Location Harkness Room 113 (R 1:30PM - 4:30PM)
ECON 508-1 Theory Workshop II Paulo Barelli W 3:30PM - 5:00PM
Blank Description Location Harkness Room 208 (W 3:30PM - 5:00PM)
ECON 512-2 International Trade II George Alessandria M 12:30PM - 1:45PM
Blank Description Location Harkness Room 208 (M 12:30PM - 1:45PM)
ECON 513-1 International Economics I Gaston Chaumont M 5:00PM - 7:50PM
Blank Description Location Harkness Room 208 (M 5:00PM - 7:50PM)
ECON 532-1 Macroeconomics Workshop II Mark Bils M 3:30PM - 5:00PM
Blank Description Location Harkness Room 208 (M 3:30PM - 5:00PM)
ECON 534-1 Topics in Macroeconomics I Christopher Sleet T 12:45PM - 3:30PM
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 112 (T 12:45PM - 3:30PM)
ECON 536-1 Topics in Macroeconomics III Narayana Kocherlakota T 12:45PM - 3:30PM
The course considers theories of aggregate fluctuations and unemployment in light of a broad set of empirical regularities. Location Harkness Room 112 (T 12:45PM - 3:30PM)
ECON 548-1 Econometrics Workshop II Nese Yildiz R 3:30PM - 5:30PM
Blank Description Location Harkness Room 208 (R 3:30PM - 5:30PM)
ECON 552-1 Applied Workshop II Ronni Pavan T 3:30PM - 5:00PM
Blank Description Location Harkness Room 208 (T 3:30PM - 5:00PM)
ECON 570-1 International Macroeconomics Matias Moretti T 4:30PM - 7:20PM
This is a second-year Ph.D. course in international macroeconomics. The course is part of the field of International Economics. We will cover recent papers in international macroeconomics and in macro-finance. During the course, we will cover a broad range of topics such as exchange rates and capital controls, the global financial cycle, global imbalances, and sovereign risk. Location Harkness Room 113 (T 4:30PM - 7:20PM)
ECON 571-1 Macroeconomics Reading Group II Mark Bils F 10:45AM - 12:00PM
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 10:45AM - 12:00PM)
ECON 572-1 Theory Reading Group II Paulo Barelli T 5:30PM - 7:00PM
Blank Description Location Harkness Room 208 (T 5:30PM - 7:00PM)
ECON 573-1 Applied Reading Group II Ronni Pavan T 12:30PM - 1:45PM
Blank Description Location Harkness Room 208 (T 12:30PM - 1:45PM)
ECON 574-1 Econometrics Reading Group II Nese Yildiz T 1:00PM - 2:00PM
Faculty and students will go through a series of recent working papers in Econometrics. Location Harkness Room 113 (T 1:00PM - 2:00PM)
ECON 578-1 International Reading Group II George Alessandria W 12:30PM - 1:45PM
Blank Description Location Harkness Room 208 (W 12:30PM - 1:45PM)
ECON 591-1 PhD Readings in Economics – 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 594-01 Research Internship George Alessandria 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 594-1 Research Internship – 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 594-2 Research Internship Travis Baseler 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 595-1 PhD Research in Economics George Alessandria 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 595-10 PhD Research in Economics Yan Bai 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 595-11 PhD Research in Economics Travis Baseler 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 595-12 PhD Research in Economics John Singleton 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 595-13 PhD Research in Economics Mark Bils 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 595-2 PhD Research in Economics Lisa Kahn 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 595-3 PhD Research in Economics William Thomson 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 595-6 PhD Research in Economics Teng Kok Tan 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 897B-1 Master's Dissertation in Absentia George Alessandria 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 986V-1 Full Time Visiting Student Travis Baseler 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 997A-1 Doctoral Dissertation in Absentia – 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 999-1 Doctoral Dissertation Yan Bai 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 999A-1 Doct Dissertatn in Absentia Mark Bils 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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ECON 999B-1 PhD In-Absentia Abroad Mark Bils 7:00PM - 7:00PM
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Number	Title	Instructor	Time
Monday
ECON 512-2 International Trade II George Alessandria
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ECON 532-1 Macroeconomics Workshop II Mark Bils
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ECON 513-1 International Economics I Gaston Chaumont
Blank Description
Monday and Wednesday
ECON 485-1 Intro to Econometrics I Bin Chen
(Same as APS 515)Extensions of the general linear model to handle serial correlation, heteroskedasticity, simultaneity. Maximum likelihood estimation and testing. Diagnostic checking of estimated models. Problems in the analysis of individual unit data-qualitative dependent variables and sample self-selectivity.
ECON 486-1 Intro to Econometrics II Bin Chen
Blank Description
ECON 476-1 Macroeconomics II Gaston Chaumont; Christopher Sleet
This course continues on with the theme developed in 475: understanding modern macroeconomics based on dynamic optimization in a general equilibrium environment. The emphasis is placed on understanding business cycles, economic growth, fiscal and monetary policies.
Tuesday
ECON 573-1 Applied Reading Group II Ronni Pavan
Blank Description
ECON 534-1 Topics in Macroeconomics I Christopher Sleet
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 536-1 Topics in Macroeconomics III Narayana Kocherlakota
The course considers theories of aggregate fluctuations and unemployment in light of a broad set of empirical regularities.
ECON 574-1 Econometrics Reading Group II Nese Yildiz
Faculty and students will go through a series of recent working papers in Econometrics.
ECON 552-1 Applied Workshop II Ronni Pavan
Blank Description
ECON 570-1 International Macroeconomics Matias Moretti
This is a second-year Ph.D. course in international macroeconomics. The course is part of the field of International Economics. We will cover recent papers in international macroeconomics and in macro-finance. During the course, we will cover a broad range of topics such as exchange rates and capital controls, the global financial cycle, global imbalances, and sovereign risk.
ECON 572-1 Theory Reading Group II Paulo Barelli
Blank Description
Tuesday and Thursday
ECON 472-1 Modern Value Theory Paulo Barelli
Introduction to non-cooperative game theory, asymmetric information models, and social choice theory
ECON 503-1 Labor Economics II Ronni Pavan
The course is a mix between methods and topics. The first half of the course focuses on estimating dynamic discrete choice (DDC) models, a common tool used in structural labor, education, and industrial organization. The second half of the course then examines topics related to the development of human capital, often through the lens of DDC models. The topics typically include human capital related issues in K-12 education, higher education, early childhood investments, and understanding the returns to human capital in the labor market.
ECON 482-1 Math Economics Srihari Govindan
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ECON 492-1 Mathematical Economics III Srihari Govindan
Blank Description
Wednesday
ECON 578-1 International Reading Group II George Alessandria
Blank Description
ECON 508-1 Theory Workshop II Paulo Barelli
Blank Description
Thursday
ECON 506-2 Top in Labor & Development Travis Baseler
This course will discuss methods and topics in applied microeconomics with a focus on development and experimental economics. Topics typically include labor misallocation, migration, the determinants of human capital (especially health and education), financial market frictions, and issues related to primary data collection and randomized controlled trials.
ECON 548-1 Econometrics Workshop II Nese Yildiz
Blank Description
Friday
ECON 571-1 Macroeconomics Reading Group II Mark Bils
Faculty and Students will go through a series of recent working papers in macroeconomics with emphasis on quantitative and empirical topics.
ECON 487-1 Applied Econometrics Lisa Kahn
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