Advanced International Economics

Catalog description

This is the first field course (part of a sequence) for Ph.D. students on International Macroeconomics and Finance. The course discusses the classic puzzles and the seminal questions in the literature, and explore some of the areas of research that are currently most active. The goal is two-fold. First, introduce you to the modern models, tools, data and topics of International Macroeconomics and Finance. Second, give you the necessary background on the literature to help you navigate amongst possible dissertation topics. The course will have a particular focus on empirical/applied side of the seminal questions in the literature and discuss the new methods and data that the literature is adopting currently.