Firm Dynamics and Trade

Catalog description

The course aims at familiarizing students with the current research in international trade and micro-founded macroeconomics. Main topics where heterogeneous agents play a key role are covered, such as productivity heterogeneity, industry equilibrium with heterogeneous firms, factor reallocation, concentration, firms and trade, and trade networks. Prerequisites: Econ 701D, 702D, 703D, 705D, 706D, and 707D. Open to Econ Ph.D. students only; all others require instructor consent.