Economics 411-1, Fall 2006

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: Exercises 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.9 in S-L. Due Thursday, September 28.

Homework #2 due Thursday, October 5.

Homework #3, due Thursday, October 12.

Homework #4, due Thursday, October 19.

Homework #5, due Thursday,  November 2.

Homework #6, due Thursday, November 9.

Homework #7, due Thursday, November 16.

Homework #8, due Friday, November 24.