Instructor: Fatih Guvenen

Office hours: Wednesday 11:00am to Noon.

Syllabus (fall 2016)

Announcements

• The lectures on the following dates (every second Wednesday) will be delivered by the TA, Mehdi Ebrahimikahou:
  • September 28
  • October 12: Review Session for Midterm 1
  • October 26
  • November 9
  • November 23
  • December 7
• OCTOBER 17, Monday, class time: MIDTERM EXAM 1 
• Practice Exam #1
• Practice Exam #2 POSTED
• NOVEMBER 14, Monday, Class time: MIDTERM EXAM 2
• Solutions to Midterm 2
• FINAL EXAM DATE: DECEMBER 14, CLASS TIME

• Practice Final Exam

 

Lecture Handouts:

• Lecture 1: Introduction
• Lecture 2: Review of Measurement
• Lectures 3-4: Solow Model, Part 1
• Lecture by TA (September 28)
• Lecture 5: Solow Model, Part 2, Introducing Growth
• Lecture 6: Solow Model with Human Capital
• Lecture 7: Endogenous Growth Models: Introduction
• Lecture 8: The AK model
• Homework #1, due back November 7, 2106.
• Lecture 9: Economics of Ideas and Romer’s Model
• Lecture 10: Romer Model, Part 2
• Lecture 11: Romer Model, Part 3
• Lecture 12: Structural Transformation
• Lecture 13: Trade and Growth
• NOTES on Lecture 13

 

 

Schedule for Presentations:

• Paper 1  (Diana, Nov 16)
• Paper 2 (Nidhi, Nov 21)
• Paper 3  (Shane, Nov 21)
• Paper 8 (Maja, Nov 28)
• Paper 4   (Chandler, Nov 30)
• Paper 5  (Jonathan, Dec 5th)
• Paper 6 (Kai, Dec 7)
• Paper 7 (Kenneth, Dec 7)