Graduate Program

Spring Term Schedule

Spring 2025

Number	Title	Instructor	Time
ECON 472-1 Modern Value Theory Yu Awaya; William Thomson TR 9:40AM - 10:55AM
Introduction to non-cooperative game theory, asymmetric information models, and social choice theory Location (TR 9:40AM - 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 (MW 2:00PM - 3:15PM)
ECON 482-1 Math Economics Srihari Govindan TR 2:00PM - 3:15PM
No description Location (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 (MW 10:00AM - 11:15AM)
ECON 486-1 Intro to Econometrics II Bin Chen MW 10:00AM - 11:15AM
No description Location (MW 10:00AM - 11:15AM)
ECON 487-1 Applied Econometrics Lisa Kahn TR 11:05AM - 12:20PM
No description Location (TR 11:05AM - 12:20PM)
ECON 491-1 Master's Readings in ECON Paulo Barelli 7:00PM - 7:00PM
Blank Description Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
ECON 492-01 Mathematical Economics III Srihari Govindan TR 2:00PM - 3:15PM
No description Location (TR 2:00PM - 3:15PM)
ECON 493-1 Master's Essay Mark Bils 7:00PM - 7:00PM
Blank Description Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
ECON 493-10 Master's Essay Bin Chen 7:00PM - 7:00PM
Blank Description Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
ECON 493-11 Master's Essay William Thomson 7:00PM - 7:00PM
No description Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
ECON 493-2 Master's Essay Yan Bai 7:00PM - 7:00PM
Blank Description Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
ECON 493-3 Master's Essay Asen Kochov 7:00PM - 7:00PM
Blank Description Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
ECON 493-4 Master's Essay Paulo Barelli 7:00PM - 7:00PM
Blank Description Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
ECON 493-5 Master's Essay Ronni Pavan 7:00PM - 7:00PM
Blank Description Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
ECON 493-6 Master's Essay George Alessandria 7:00PM - 7:00PM
Blank Description Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
ECON 493-7 Master's Essay Lisa Kahn 7:00PM - 7:00PM
Blank Description Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
ECON 493-8 Master's Essay Nese Yildiz 7:00PM - 7:00PM
Blank Description Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
ECON 493-9 Master's Essay Travis Baseler 7:00PM - 7:00PM
Blank Description Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
ECON 506-03 Topics in Labor & Development Iris Vrioni F 1:00PM - 4:00PM
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 (F 1:00PM - 4:00PM)
ECON 506-2 Topics 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 (R 1:30PM - 4:30PM)
ECON 508-1 Theory Workshop II Paulo Barelli W 3:30PM - 5:00PM
Blank Description Location (W 3:30PM - 5:00PM)
ECON 513-1 International Economics I Yan Bai M 5:00PM - 7:50PM
Blank Description Location (M 5:00PM - 7:50PM)
ECON 514-02 International Economics II George Alessandria M 12:15PM - 1:45PM
No description Location (M 12:15PM - 1:45PM)
ECON 532-1 Macroeconomics Workshop II Mark Bils M 3:30PM - 5:00PM
Blank Description Location (M 3:30PM - 5:00PM)
ECON 534-1 Topics in Macroeconomics I Sadhika Bagga M 9:00AM - 11:45AM
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 (M 9:00AM - 11:45AM)
ECON 536-1 Topics in Macroeconomics III Christopher Sleet T 12:45PM - 3:30PM
The course considers theories of aggregate fluctuations and unemployment in light of a broad set of empirical regularities. Location (T 12:45PM - 3:30PM)
ECON 541-02 Topics in Microeconometrics I Nese Yildiz TR 10:00AM - 11:15AM
No description Location (TR 10:00AM - 11:15AM)
ECON 542-03 Topics in Microeconometrics II Nese Yildiz TR 10:00AM - 11:15AM
No description Location (TR 10:00AM - 11:15AM)
ECON 543-02 Topics in Macroeconomics I Bin Chen M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
No description Location (M 1:30PM - 4:00PM)
ECON 544-02 Topics in Macroeconometrics II Bin Chen M 1:30PM - 4:30PM
This course would focus on high dimensional econometric models and machine learning methods. Location (M 1:30PM - 4:30PM)
ECON 548-1 Econometrics Workshop II Nese Yildiz R 3:30PM - 5:30PM
Blank Description Location (R 3:30PM - 5:30PM)
ECON 552-1 Applied Workshop II Ronni Pavan T 3:30PM - 5:00PM
No description Location (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 (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 (F 10:45AM - 12:00PM)
ECON 572-1 Theory Reading Group II Paulo Barelli T 5:30PM - 7:00PM
No description Location (T 5:30PM - 7:00PM)
ECON 573-1 Applied Reading Group II Ronni Pavan T 12:30PM - 1:45PM
Blank Description Location (T 12:30PM - 1:45PM)
ECON 574-1 Econometrics Reading Group II Nese Yildiz W 12:00PM - 1:30PM
Faculty and students will go through a series of recent working papers in Econometrics. Location (W 12:00PM - 1:30PM)
ECON 577-1 Readings in Education II 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 (F 10:00AM - 11:15AM)
ECON 578-1 International Reading Group II George Alessandria W 12:15PM - 1:45PM
Blank Description Location (W 12:15PM - 1:45PM)
ECON 591-1 PhD Readings in Economics Paulo Barelli 7:00PM - 7:00PM
Blank Description Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
ECON 595-04 PhD Research in Economics Bin Chen 7:00PM - 7:00PM
No description Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
ECON 595-05 PhD Research in Economics Nese Yildiz 7:00PM - 7:00PM
No description Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
ECON 595-1 PhD Research in Economics George Alessandria 7:00PM - 7:00PM
Blank Description Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
ECON 595-10 PhD Research in Economics Yan Bai 7:00PM - 7:00PM
Blank Description Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
ECON 595-11 PhD Research in Economics Travis Baseler 7:00PM - 7:00PM
Blank Description Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
ECON 595-12 PhD Research in Economics John Singleton 7:00PM - 7:00PM
Blank Description Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
ECON 595-13 PhD Research in Economics Mark Bils 7:00PM - 7:00PM
Blank Description Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
ECON 595-2 PhD Research in Economics Lisa Kahn 7:00PM - 7:00PM
Blank Description Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
ECON 595-3 PhD Research in Economics William Thomson 7:00PM - 7:00PM
Blank Description Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
ECON 595-6 PhD Research in Economics Teng Kok Tan 7:00PM - 7:00PM
Blank Description Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
ECON 895-1 Cont of Master's Enrollment Paulo Barelli 7:00PM - 7:00PM
Blank Description Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
ECON 897-1 Master's Dissertation Paulo Barelli 7:00PM - 7:00PM
Blank Description Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
ECON 986V-1 Full Time Visiting Student Travis Baseler 7:00PM - 7:00PM
Blank Description Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
ECON 995-1 Cont of Doctoral Enrollment – 7:00PM - 7:00PM
Blank Description Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
ECON 999-1 Doctoral Dissertation Yan Bai 7:00PM - 7:00PM
Blank Description Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)

Number	Title	Instructor	Time
Monday
ECON 534-1 Topics in Macroeconomics I Sadhika Bagga
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 514-02 International Economics II George Alessandria
No description
ECON 543-02 Topics in Macroeconomics I Bin Chen
No description
ECON 544-02 Topics in Macroeconometrics II Bin Chen
This course would focus on high dimensional econometric models and machine learning methods.
ECON 532-1 Macroeconomics Workshop II Mark Bils
Blank Description
ECON 513-1 International Economics I Yan Bai
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
No 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 536-1 Topics in Macroeconomics III Christopher Sleet
The course considers theories of aggregate fluctuations and unemployment in light of a broad set of empirical regularities.
ECON 552-1 Applied Workshop II Ronni Pavan
No 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
No description
Tuesday and Thursday
ECON 472-1 Modern Value Theory Yu Awaya; William Thomson
Introduction to non-cooperative game theory, asymmetric information models, and social choice theory
ECON 541-02 Topics in Microeconometrics I Nese Yildiz
No description
ECON 542-03 Topics in Microeconometrics II Nese Yildiz
No description
ECON 487-1 Applied Econometrics Lisa Kahn
No description
ECON 482-1 Math Economics Srihari Govindan
No description
ECON 492-01 Mathematical Economics III Srihari Govindan
No description
Wednesday
ECON 574-1 Econometrics Reading Group II Nese Yildiz
Faculty and students will go through a series of recent working papers in Econometrics.
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 Topics 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 577-1 Readings in Education II 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 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 506-03 Topics in Labor & Development Iris Vrioni
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.