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Advanced Topics in Macroeconomics
ECON 2411

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Description

This is an advanced course in closed- and open-economy macroeconomics, using approaches based on data, stylized models, and quantitative macroeconomic models. The first half, taught by Oleg Itskhoki, will cover topics including exchange rates, international finance, and international macro. The second half, taught by Ludwig Straub, will focus on macroeconomic modeling with rich household heterogeneity as well as state-of-the-art methods to solve and simulate models numerically.

School Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Credits 4
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Department Economics
Course Component Lecture
Subject Economics
Grading Basis FAS Letter Graded
General Education N/A
Quantitative Reasoning with Data N/A
Divisional Distribution None
Course Level Primarily for Graduate Students