Economics 411-1, Fall 2005

Syllabus

Class notes on: Recursive Representations of the Planning Problem, Introducing Hours Worked into the 'Canonical Model'; Shleifer's Implementation Cycles; Matsuyama's Growing Through Cycles; Bubbles; US Data; Recursive Methods and Participation Constraints; Krusell-Rios-Rull on Vested Interests; Christiano-Harrison; Sudden Stop, Financial Frictions.

Homework #1, Due September 29.

Homework #2, Due October 5.

Homework #3, Due October 13.

Homework #4, Due October 20.

Homework #5, Due October 27.

Homework #6, Due November 3.

Homework #7, Due November 10.

Homework #8, Due November 17.

Homework #9, Due November 25.