Econ 714 Ph.D. Macroeconomic Theory II (Spring 2018)

Handouts

Noah' part

  1. Feb.02 Lucas Tree Handout and Solution
  2. Feb.09 Krusell-Smith Handout and Solution
  3. Feb.16 Mortensen-Pissarides Handout and Solution
  4. Feb.23 Ramsey taxation Handout and Solution
  5. Mar.02 Mirrleesian taxation Handout and Solution
  6. Mar.09 Cash-in-advance/Review Handout and Solution

Enghin's part

  1. Mar.16 Log-linearization Handout and Solution
  2. Mar.23 Using Dynare Handout, Solution, Code and Extra materials
  3. Apr.06 Kalman filter Handout and Code
  4. Apr.13 GMM estimator Handout
  5. Apr.20 Firm investments Handout
  6. Apr.27 Bernanke-Gertler Handout
  7. May.05 Review Handout

Problem Sets

Noah's part

  1. Due Feb.14 Problem Set 1 Solution
  2. Due Feb.28 Problem Set 2 Solution
  3. Due Mar.07 Problem Set 3 Solution

Enghin's part

  1. Due Apr.02 Problem Set 1 Solution
  2. Due Apr.11 Problem Set 2 Solution
  3. Due Apr.16 Problem Set 3 Solution
  4. Due Apr.23 Problem Set 4 Solution

Administrative Information

Instructors: Noah Williams and Enghin Atalay

Lectures: Monday and Wednesday 11:00-12:15, Birge B302

Professor office hours: (First half) 14:30-15:30 on Thursday at Sewell Social Science 7434

TA office hours: 13:15-14:15 on Tuesday (and by appointment) at Sewell Social Science 6473

Discussion sessions (Friday)

  • 13:20-14:10, Sewell Social Sciences 6117
  • 14:25-15:15, Sewell Social Sciences 6117
  • 15:30-16:20, Sewell Social Sciences 6113