Economics 411-1, Winter 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.

Homework #1, Due January 13.

Homework #2, Due January 19.

Homework #3, Due January 26.

Homework #4, Due February 2.

Homework #5, Due February 9.

Homework #6, Due February 17.

Homework #7, Due February 24.

Homework #8, Due March 4.

Homework #9, Due March 11.