34201 APPLIED PRICE THEORY  (Murphy)

This course examines how the principles of microeconomics can be used to analyze a wide range of legal, business, health, and public policy issues.  The emphasis of the course will be on how to apply economics to practical problems and how to use those tools to generate theoretical and empirical analyses that are useful for professional economists, policy makers and the general public.  The requirements for the course are a short essay and a final exam as well as preparation for weekly discussions on current policy issues.

34300 HUMAN CAPITAL  (Becker)

This course covers both micro and macro aspects of human capital.  Investments by parents in the education and other human capital of their children.  Intergenerational transmission of inequality.  The links between specialization in particular types of human capital and coordination costs, general knowledge, and the extent of the market.  The relation between human capital, population change, and economic growth is also emphasized.  (=SOCI 30306)

34401 THE ECONOMICS OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS  (Neal)

This course explores how families, schools, firms and labor markets function as institutions that not only provide opportunities for individuals to acquire skill but also reveal information about the various skills and aptitudes individuals possess.  The course begins by reviewing a standard model of life cycle human capital accumulation. We then introduce models of learning, matching, and sorting.  We also explore the literature on investment in schooling and the distribution of earnings with particular emphasis on group differences in human capital.  We explore intergenerational changes in racial skill gaps and the links between public policy and observed racial differences in skill and income.  In our discussions of education policy, we pay particular attention to the design of policies that shape the labor market for teachers and the behavior of teachers in schools.  We draw on existing literature from the economics of incentives and the design of organizations to discuss optimal education policy as well as the distributional consequences of existing policies.

34802 TOPICS IN QUANTITATIVE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS  (Lise)

This course is the first in a field sequence with 35001 and 34901. Topics to be covered will include labor market dynamics, residual wage dispersion, and models of the household.  The course will involve a mix of theory, data, econometrics, and computation.

34901 SOCIAL INTERACTIONS AND INEQUALITY  (Durlauf)

This course is the third in a field sequence with 34802 above and 35001 below.  It will examine recent research on social interactions with a focus on their implications for inequality.  Our conception of social interactions will be broad and will include studies of social networks, social capital, and racial discrimination.  We will examine the effects of social interactions on individual and group outcomes as well as the implications of social interactions for how groups form.  The lectures will explore theoretical models and the associated econometric and empirical literatures. Particular attention will be given to identification problems associated with empirical studies of social interactions.

35001 LIFE CYCLE DYNAMICS AND INEQUALITY  (Heckman)

This course is the second in a field sequence with 34802 and 34901 above.  The sequence trains students in the tools of economic theory and empirical analysis required to analyze major social questions. This year focuses on inequality: its determinants and consequences. Topics addressed in the 2008-2009 sequence include: (a) inequality in capabilities, their consequences and their origin (including health, market skills and preferences); (b) the economics of the family; (c) topics in economics and psychology including aspects of behavioral economics; (d) learning in market contexts; (e) social interactions; and (f) policy analysis under ambiguity.

This course analyzes the origins of inequality. It presents models and evidence on the pricing of productive traits (and, more generally, the social consequences of these traits), sorting by traits and the origins of traits. The technology of capability formation is developed in different market settings. The role of the family is explored, and studies of heritability and family influence are presented. Recent economic models of the household and family investment in children are developed. New data sources are presented. Supplementary lectures present econometric methods.

35200 TOPICS IN ECONOMIC GROWTH  (Stokey)

This course will look at topics in economic growth, with emphasis on questions and issues related to international trade.  Specific topics include R&D and technology diffusion; entry, growth and exit of firms; cross-country comparisons of TFP, income levels and growth rates; the effects of international factor mobility; and very long run issues (including the legacy of colonialism).  A mix of theoretical and empirical work will be covered, with somewhat more emphasis on theory.

35700 FIRMS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE  (Chaney)

This course introduces students to recent theories of international trade, with a special emphasis on the role of firms. We will study the importance of heterogeneity at the firm level, and how it shapes the patterns of international trade. In addition, we will try and understand the causes and consequences of outsourcing, foreign direct investment, as well as the role of multinational firms.

35800 QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE  (Kortum)

This course is the last in the sequence on International Trade and Growth.  It covers recent quantitative work in international trade. It explores the behavior of individual producers in international markets, trade flows between nations, and aggregate growth. It develops theoretical models, evaluates their ability to capture key stylized facts, shows how to estimate their parameters, and demonstrates their use in performing policy experiments.  The course involves a mix of theory, data, econometrics, and computation.

37200 ANALYSIS OF MICROECONOMIC DATA I  (Grogger)

This course provides a theoretical analysis of linear regression models for applied researchers. Econometric topics include partial regression, the Gauss-Markov Theorem, estimation, and hypothesis testing. Alternative estimators and testing procedures are developed to deal with departures from the Gauss-Markov assumptions such as heteroskedasticity, panel data, endogenous regressors, and binary dependent variables. The course assumes familiarity with matrix algebra and mathematical statistics. (=PPHA 48200)

37300 ANALYSIS OF MICROECONOMIC DATA II  (Black / Heckman)

Black’s half of this course is organized along substantive issues that affect applied researchers including biases in the measurement of price levels, complex survey design, the problem of nonresponse in surveys, measurement error, and the selection problem.  Econometric topics include bounds, OLS, discrete choice models, minimum distance estimators, censored regression models, and basic panel data models.

Heckman’s half of this course will include the following topics: econometric policy evaluation; discrete choice theory; the Roy Model and generalized Roy Model; models of self-selection and comparative advantage; modern methods for instrumental variables; the behavioral assumptions in evaluation estimators (Matching IV, selection models); estimating distributions of outcomes and components of uncertainty; dynamic discrete choice and dynamic causal inference.  (=PPHA 48300)

37400 ANALYSIS OF MICROECONOMIC DATA III  (LaLonde)

This course will cover methods for program and policy evaluation using panel data. In the first half of the course we will discuss longitudinal models. In the second half of the course, we will discuss hazard models.  (=PPHA 48400)

38001 EMPIRICAL MACROECONOMICS: MICRO DATA FOR MACRO MODELS  (Hurst)

The course will cover the micro data and corresponding methods used in applied macroeconomic research.  The focus will be on understanding empirical macroeconomic research through the lens of established papers. In particular, we will show how micro data can be used to shed light on models of consumption, labor supply, home production, firm investment, entrepreneurship, housing, and household financial behavior (among others).  Lectures and homework will seek to build proficiency in the use of micro data in answering broader macroeconomic research questions.  (=BUSF 33942)

38101 EMPIRICAL MACROECONOMICS: METHODS AND APPLICATIONS  (Hansen)

This course will meet for ten lectures during the Winter Quarter and will develop quantitative methods for studying dynamic, stochastic, general equilibrium models.  Methods of solution, estimation and characterizion of short run and long run model properties will be justified and applied.  A variety of applications from economic dynamics will be considered in this class and in the spring quarter class, ECON 38201, that follows.  (=BUSF 33943)

38201 EMPIRICAL MACROECONOMICS: TOPICS  (Cochrane / Hansen / Sargent / Uhlig)

This class will explore a range of applied research in macroeconomics.  It will investigate the analysis of monetary and fiscal policy, the identification of transition mechanisms from time series data, the role of fluctuations in growth, on valuation and welfare and the impact of learning dynamics on macroeconomic modeling. Each of the participating faculty will give lectures on recent research advances in specific areas of economic dynamics.  (=BUSF 33944)

38900 THEORY OF FINANCIAL DECISIONS I  (Fama)

This course is concerned with models for portfolio decisions by investors and the pricing of securities in capital markets.  The material is covered in a rigorous analytical manner, although formal technical requirements are minimal.  The reading list is extensive.  The expectation is that the average student spends 15+ hours per week on the course, outside of class.  Grades are based on weekly take-home exam questions, about five problem sets, and a term paper. Class participation (I cold call) is also used to determine grades.  Cannot be taken pass/fail or audited. Written proof of permission from the Instructor to enroll in this class is required at the time of registration.  Note that the first class session will meet on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009 at 9:00 am.  Attendance at the first class is mandatory.

This course is intended for (i) first-year Booth Ph.D. students with no finance and (at best) undergraduate economics and statistics backgrounds, and (ii) second-year MBA students with rather minimal economics and statistics backgrounds.  Students with stronger backgrounds in economics and statistics are likely to find the pace of the course, and the exam and problem set requirements, somewhat tedious.  Such students are better served by the Booth Ph.D. Asset Pricing courses offered by Cochrane, Constantinides, and Heaton.  (=BUSF 35901)

39001 THEORY OF FINANCIAL DECISIONS II  (Diamond / Rajan / Sufi)

This course provides a theoretical and empirical treatment of major topics in corporate finance, including: capital structure and financial contracting; investment decisions; bankruptcy; and the market for corporate control.  The course is designed for Ph.D. students interested in corporate finance.  Grades will be based on problem sets, referee reports, and a final examination.  PQ:  ECON 38900/ BUSF 35901.  (=BUSF 35902)

39100 ASSET PRICING  (Koijen)

This is the first course in the Ph.D. asset pricing sequence. We will march through the book Asset Pricing as far as possible. Main topics will be: 1) Discount factors and the consumption-based asset pricing model; 2) Mean-variance analysis; 3) Linear factor pricing models CAPM, ICAPM, APT; 4) GMM and regression based tests of asset pricing models; 5) Term structure of interest rates; 6) Black-Scholes and its extensions; 7) Empirical survey: Equity premium, volatility, predictability, and multiple factors; 8) New utility functions; 9) Portfolio theory.  (=BUSF 35904)

39200 TOPICS IN EMPIRICAL FINANCE  (Cochrane)

This course follows the theoretical development of ECON 39100/ BUSF 35904, focusing on current empirical work in finance. Topics will include stock, bond and foreign exchange return predictability and present value relations, macro-finance and consumption-based approaches to understanding risk premiums, liquidity and trading effects, and dynamic portfolio theory.  

See the class website for detailed course outline, reading list, and other important information. http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/ ... ical_Asset_Pricing/  PQ: Students should have some Ph.D. level background in macroeconomics, finance, and time-series econometrics. The course is designed for students who have taken ECON 39100/ BUSF 35904 and ECON 38900/ BUSF 35901.  (=BUSF 35905)

39400 THEORY OF FINANCIAL DECISIONS III  (Diamond / Zingales)

We plan to cover three broad topics in this course: (1) theory of the firm; (2) the development of financial markets and its effects on real markets; and (3) financial intermediaries. We will start by trying to understand why firms exist. This will naturally lead on to questions about their organizational and control structures and about the way they are financed. Financial intermediaries play a key role in financing and we will attempt to understand why they are useful. Among the topics we will examine are the effects of financial contracts and intermediaries on incentives, commitment, and the liquidity of markets and the chance of a financial crisis.

This course is intended for Ph.D. students and advanced M.B.A. students who have a substantial understanding of formal economics and some basic game theory.  Grades will be based on problem sets, referee reports and a final examination.  PQ:  ECON 39001/ BUSF 35902.  A solid background in advanced microeconomics is highly recommended.  (=BUSF 35903)

39600 TOPICS IN ASSET PRICING  (Hansen / Heaton)

This course covers topics in the area of dynamic asset pricing, including standard complete market models, incomplete markets, portfolio constraints and transaction costs, learning and uncertainty, asymmetric information and other recent developments such as non-time additive preferences. The course will also cover selected topics in the area of derivative pricing and term structure models.  (=BUSF 35907)

40101 ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION I  (Syverson)
40201 ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION II  (Hortaçsu)

This two-quarter sequence is part of the Industrial Organization Specialized Field taught jointly at the Ph.D. level in the Department of Economics and the Booth School of Business. Topics include modeling consumer demand, production function estimation, static and dynamic models of imperfect competition, pricing strategies, theory of the firm, auctions and market design. Recent theoretical and empirical approaches are emphasized. PQ: Solid background in first year Ph.D. level microeconomics and econometrics, e.g., ECON 30100, 30200, or 30300 and ECON 31000, 31100, or 31200. (=BUSF 33921, 33922),

40301 ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION III  (Carlton)

This course will complement the other courses in the Ph.D. sequence for industrial organization and will focus on topics closely related to antitrust economics and regulation. Topics will include optimal price discrimination, bundling, tie in sales, price fixing, two sided markets including credit cards, the theory of optimal regulation, and the empirical facts of regulation. The course is primarily for PhDs in economics and business, but advanced law students interested in antitrust and regulation plus advanced and interested MBAs are welcome.  (=BUSF 33923)

40401 ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION IV  (Fox)

This course covers modern empirical work in industrial organization, with a particular focus on structural estimation of parameters in economic models of consumer and firm behavior. This course counts as one of the three needed to complete the field. There are no prerequisites for this course. (=BUSF 33925)

41001 BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS  (Kamenica / Thaler)

This is a research class aimed at Ph.D. students in economics, psychology, or related disciplines. Traditional economic theory is based on standard working assumptions which include unlimited rationality and complete self-control. Behavioral economics considers what happens in economic contexts when these working assumptions are modified to incorporate more realistic conceptions of human behavior. The role of markets is central to this study. We carefully consider conditions under which rationality of participants influences market outcomes. However, financial markets are not covered in detail, and this is not a finance class. Students will be asked to write frequent short papers and a more substantial research paper. The research paper is due in March, 2010 to give students time to undertake a serious paper. There will be one course meeting during the Spring quarter, on a date to be arranged, where these papers will be presented. (=BUSF 38912)

41100 EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS  (List)

This course will provide the student with the necessary tools to be an avid consumer of the experimental literature and eventually a producer of the literature.  These issues will be discussed through evaluation of both outstanding papers in the literature, and papers that fail to achieve their full potential. Thus, it will provide a summary of recent experimental findings and detail how to gather and analyze data using experimental methods.  Students will be expected to carry out their own original empirical research to meet the course requirements.

41800 NUMERICAL METHODS IN ECONOMICS  (Judd)

This course introduces a broad range of numerical methods, and then uses them to compute equilibrium in economic models and related econometric estimators. We will study examples of computational techniques in the current economic literature as well as discuss areas of economic analysis where numerical analysis may be useful in future research of dynamic economic problems. Applications will include solution of dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models, life-cycle dynamic programming problems, optimal taxation, nonlinear pricing, Nash equilibrium of dynamic games, and estimation of structural models.

42100 AN INTRODUCTION TO DOING EMPIRICAL MICROECONOMIC RESEARCH  (Levitt)

This course is designed to give students early in their graduate careers exposure to carrying out their own empirical micro-focused research.  Attention will be paid to every step in the process: idea generation, the use of data, identifying the right tools to answer the question at hand, testing hypotheses, making arguments convincing, etc.  These issues will be discussed through evaluation of both outstanding papers in the literature, and papers that fail to achieve their full potential.  Students will be expected to carry out their own original empirical research to meet the course requirements.

没得办法，国内经济领域学术水平比其他文科领域相比已经很强了啊

42800 CREATIVITY (Galenson) ----NEW!!!

This seminar will study why and how creative people innovate. The emphasis will be on understanding the process by which innovators work, and measuring the timing of their creativity over the life cycle. Examples will be drawn principally from the arts – important modern painters. Including Cézanne and Picasso; poets, including Eliot and Frost; novelists, including Woolf and Hemingway; movie directors, including Welles and Godard; architects, including Corbusier and Gehry; and songwriters, including Dylan and the Beatles. The principal assignment will be a term paper that will examine the creative life cycle of one or more innovators of the student’s choice; students will present this research in progress to the class during the second half of the quarter. The empirical study of individual creativity is a new field, and there are many excellent research opportunities for students. (=ECON 12500/ ENGL 25927)

49900 INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH  For Required Research Paper:  to be arranged between individual faculty and students – see Time Schedule for faculty Section Numbers

Graduate Courses by Areas of Study 2009-2010  (revised 11/12/09)
THE CORE

Price Theory
30100 Price Theory I  [=LAWS 43611]  --  Murphy / Becker (F)
30200 Price Theory II  [=LAWS 43621]  --  Becker / Murphy / Sonnenschein (W)
30300 Price Theory III  --  Myerson (Sp)

Theory of Income
33000 Theory of Income I   --  Alvarez (F)
33100 Theory of Income II  --  Stokey (W)
33200 Theory of Income III  --  Mulligan (Sp)

Quantitative Methods
30400 Introduction to Mathematical Methods in Economics  --  Lima / Sonnenschein (8/31/09-9/18/09)
31000 Empirical Analysis I  --  Schennach (F)
31100 Empirical Analysis II  --  Hansen / Uhlig (W)
31200 Empirical Analysis III  --  Neal / Hortaçsu (Sp)

THE SPECIALIZED FIELDS

Mathematical Economics
30500* Game Theory  –  Szentes (Sp)
30600* The Economics of Information  [=BUSF 33911]  --  Harris (Sp)
30700* Topics in Mathematical Economics [5 week course]  --  Sonnenschein (W)
41800* Numerical Methods in Economics  --  Judd (F)  

[NOTE: Students must chose two and a half or more of these courses for Specialized Field requirements.]

Economic History
32000* Topics in American Economic History  --  Galenson (F, W)
32200* Population and the Economy  [=BUSF 33470]  --  Fogel (F)
32300   A Guide to Business Ethics  [=BUSF 38114]  --  Fogel (W)
32400   Economics and Demography of Marketing  [=BUSF 37104]  --  Fogel (Sp)
32601   Growth and Institutions in the Economy of the Ancient World  --  Bresson / Velde (W)

Monetary Economics
33502* Monetary Economics I  --  Alvarez (F)
33602* Monetary Economics II  –  Lucas (W)
33702* Monetary Economics III  –  Shimer (Sp)

Labor Economics / Human Capital
34201* Applied Price Theory  --  Murphy (F)
34300* Human Capital  [= SOCI 30306]  --  Becker (Sp)
34401* The Economics of Knowledge And Skills  –  Neal (W)

Quantitative Economic Analysis
34802* Topics in Quantitative Economic Analysis  --  Lise (F)
34901* Social Interactions and Inequality -- Durlauf (Sp)
35001* Life Cycle Dynamics and Inequality  --Heckman  (W)

Economic Growth / International Trade
35200* Topics in Economic Growth --  Stokey (W)
35700* Firms and International Trade  –  Chaney (F)
35800* Quantitative Analysis in International Trade  --  Kortum (Sp)

Labor Econometrics
37200* Analysis of Microeconomic Data I [=PPHA 48200]  --  Grogger (F)
37300* Analysis of Microeconomic Data I [=PPHA 48300]  --  Black / Heckman (W)
37400* Analysis of Microeconomic Data III [=PPHA 48400]  --  Lalonde (Sp)

Applied Macroeconomics
38001* Empirical Macroeconomics:  Micro Data for Macro Models [=BUSF 33942] – Hurst (F)
38101* Empirical Macroeconomics: Methods and Applications [=BUSF 33943]  –  Hansen (W)
38201* Empirical Macroeconomics: Topics [=BUSF 33944]  --  Cochrane/ Hansen/ Sargent/ Uhlig  (Sp)

Financial Economics***
38900* Theory of Financial Decisions I  [=BUSF 35901]  –  Fama (F)
39001* Theory of Financial Decisions II  [=BUSF 35902]  --  Diamond / Rajan / Sufi (W)
39400* Theory of Financial Decisions III  [=BUSF 35903]  --  Diamond / Zingales (Sp)

***There will not be a Specialized Field examination for Financial Economics in 2009-2010.

Asset Pricing
39100* Asset Pricing [BUSF 35904]  -- Koijen (F)
39200* Topics in Empirical Finance  [=BUSF 35905]  --  Cochrane (W)
39600* Topics in Asset Pricing  [=BUSF 35907]  --  Hansen / Heaton (Sp)

Industrial Organization
40101* Advanced Industrial Organization I  [=BUSF 33921]  -- Syverson (F)
40201* Advanced Industrial Organization II  [=BUSF 33922]  --  Hortaçsu (W)
40301* Advanced Industrial Organization III  [=BUSF 33923]  --  Carlton (Sp)
40401* Advanced Industrial Organization IV  [=BUSF 33925]  --  Fox (Sp)

Behavioral Economics
41001* Behavioral Economics  [=BUSF 38912] – Emir Kamenica and Richard H. Thaler (F)
41100* Experimental Economics  --  List (Sp)

OTHER COURSES

42100 An Introduction to Doing Empirical Microeconomic Research  --  Levitt (W)

42800 Creativity  --  Galenson (W) ¬¬NEW!!



49900- Individual Research (for Required Research Paper: to be arranged between individual faculty and students).  See Time Schedule for faculty Section Numbers


Workshops or Working Groups (Required for all Post-Core students)
50000-60000’s see  Course Descriptions and Time Schedule

*  Courses marked with an asterisk(*) are intended to provide the basis for the Specialized Field requirements.  Students are expected to be familiar with the material covered in these courses, but Field requirements generally do not exceed three courses.  When a Field has two or three courses marked with an asterisk, then those courses constitute the required sequence for the Field, whether evaluated by Preliminary Examinations or by GPA.  When there are more than three such courses in a Field, familiarity with the material covered in any three of them is often, but not always, sufficient for the Field examination.  Students wishing clarification should check with the Chairman of the Examining Committee.  A course without an asterisk is an optional course in the Field and may be counted for General Distribution purposes only.

我同意，不在乎老师的年龄，关键在于水平和师德。
要么你教会我们如何成为大师，要么教会我们怎么做人。
国内什么都不具备

核心基础课

高级微观系列： Price Theory
30100 Price Theory I  [=LAWS 43611]  --  Murphy / Becker (F)
30200 Price Theory II  [=LAWS 43621]  --  Becker / Murphy / Sonnenschein (W)
30300 Price Theory III  --  Myerson (Sp)

高级宏观系列：Theory of Income
33000 Theory of Income I   --  Alvarez (F)
33100 Theory of Income II  --  Stokey (W)
33200 Theory of Income III  --  Mulligan (Sp)


数量方法系列（数理经济学基础和高级计量系列）
Quantitative Methods
30400 Introduction to Mathematical Methods in Economics  --  Lima / Sonnenschein (8/31/09-9/18/09)
31000 Empirical Analysis I  --  Schennach (F)
31100 Empirical Analysis II  --  Hansen / Uhlig (W)
31200 Empirical Analysis III  --  Neal / Hortaçsu (Sp)


专业课程：

1，数理经济学

Mathematical Economics
30500* Game Theory  –  Szentes (Sp)
30600* The Economics of Information  [=BUSF 33911]  --  Harris (Sp)
30700* Topics in Mathematical Economics [5 week course]  --  Sonnenschein (W)
41800* Numerical Methods in Economics  --  Judd (F)  

2，经济史

Economic History
32000* Topics in American Economic History  --  Galenson (F, W)
32200* Population and the Economy  [=BUSF 33470]  --  Fogel (F)
32300   A Guide to Business Ethics  [=BUSF 38114]  --  Fogel (W)
32400   Economics and Demography of Marketing  [=BUSF 37104]  --  Fogel (Sp)
32601   Growth and Institutions in the Economy of the Ancient World  --  Bresson / Velde (W)

3，货币经济学

Monetary Economics
33502* Monetary Economics I  --  Alvarez (F)
33602* Monetary Economics II  –  Lucas (W)
33702* Monetary Economics III  –  Shimer (Sp)

4，劳动经济学、人力资本

Labor Economics / Human Capital
34201* Applied Price Theory  --  Murphy (F)
34300* Human Capital  [= SOCI 30306]  --  Becker (Sp)
34401* The Economics of Knowledge And Skills  –  Neal (W)


5，数量经济分析（高级计量专题）

Quantitative Economic Analysis
34802* Topics in Quantitative Economic Analysis  --  Lise (F)
34901* Social Interactions and Inequality -- Durlauf (Sp)
35001* Life Cycle Dynamics and Inequality  --Heckman  (W)

6，经济增长/国际贸易专题

Economic Growth / International Trade
35200* Topics in Economic Growth --  Stokey (W)
35700* Firms and International Trade  –  Chaney (F)
35800* Quantitative Analysis in International Trade  --  Kortum (Sp)

7，劳动计量（微观计量专题）

Labor Econometrics
37200* Analysis of Microeconomic Data I [=PPHA 48200]  --  Grogger (F)
37300* Analysis of Microeconomic Data I [=PPHA 48300]  --  Black / Heckman (W)
37400* Analysis of Microeconomic Data III [=PPHA 48400]  --  Lalonde (Sp)


8，应用宏观经济学（实证宏观专题）

Applied Macroeconomics
38001* Empirical Macroeconomics:  Micro Data for Macro Models [=BUSF 33942] – Hurst (F)
38101* Empirical Macroeconomics: Methods and Applications [=BUSF 33943]  –  Hansen (W)
38201* Empirical Macroeconomics: Topics [=BUSF 33944]  --  Cochrane/ Hansen/ Sargent/ Uhlig  (Sp)


9，金融经济学

Financial Economics***
38900* Theory of Financial Decisions I  [=BUSF 35901]  –  Fama (F)
39001* Theory of Financial Decisions II  [=BUSF 35902]  --  Diamond / Rajan / Sufi (W)
39400* Theory of Financial Decisions III  [=BUSF 35903]  --  Diamond / Zingales (Sp)

38900 为金融经济学基础， 39001和39400为公司金融理论。

10，资产定价

Asset Pricing
39100* Asset Pricing [BUSF 35904]  -- Koijen (F)
39200* Topics in Empirical Finance  [=BUSF 35905]  --  Cochrane (W)
39600* Topics in Asset Pricing  [=BUSF 35907]  --  Hansen / Heaton (Sp)

11，产业组织

Industrial Organization
40101* Advanced Industrial Organization I  [=BUSF 33921]  -- Syverson (F)
40201* Advanced Industrial Organization II  [=BUSF 33922]  --  Hortaçsu (W)
40301* Advanced Industrial Organization III  [=BUSF 33923]  --  Carlton (Sp)
40401* Advanced Industrial Organization IV  [=BUSF 33925]  --  Fox (Sp)

12，行为经济学

Behavioral Economics
41001* Behavioral Economics  [=BUSF 38912] – Emir Kamenica and Richard H. Thaler (F)
41100* Experimental Economics  --  List (Sp)

13，其他课程

42100 An Introduction to Doing Empirical Microeconomic Research  --  Levitt (W)

42800 Creativity  --  Galenson (W) ¬¬NEW!!

49900- Individual Research (for Required Research Paper: to be arranged between individual faculty and students).  See Time Schedule for faculty Section Numbers


专题论文讨论会

Workshops or Working Groups (Required for all Post-Core students)
50000-60000’s see  Course Descriptions and Time Schedule

Economics Workshops and Seminars:
500 Economic Theory
512 Econometrics
516 Applied Dynamic Economics
530 Money & Banking
590 Applications of Economics
Rational Choice
592 Economics Policy and Public Finance

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE WORKSHOP

MACRO/INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP

APPLIED THEORY WORKSHOP

WORKSHOP IN APPLICATIONS OF ECONOMICS

WORKSHOP IN FINANCE

LAW & ECONOMICS WORKSHOP

ECONOMIC POLICY AND PUBLIC FINANCE WORKSHOP

POLITICAL ECONOMY WORKSHOP

HEALTH ECONOMICS WORKSHOP

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你根本你没看清楚我在说什么。

年轻不年轻不是问题的根本，关键的在水平。哈佛的Emmanuel Farhii就是前几年MIT刚毕业的博士，现任哈佛经济系助理教授（就是我们国内的讲师级别），可就是Farhi这一个人的水平，国内所有搞宏观的人加起来都赶不上。

Emmanuel FarhiAssistant Professor of Economics
Ph.D. MIT
Primary Fields of Interest: Macroeconomics.
Research Topics: Macroeconomic policy.

http://www.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/farhi


Working Papers

• "Capital Taxation and Ownership when Markets are Incomplete", October 2009, revise and resubmit, Journal of Political Economy. [PDF]

• "The Political Economy of Non-Linear Capital Taxation", (joint with [url=http://econ-www.mit.edu/faculty/iwerning/]Ivan Werning[/url]), September 2008, revise and resubmit, Review of Economic Studies. [PDF]

• "Capital Taxation: Quantitative Explorations of the Inverse Euler Equation", (joint with [url=http://econ-www.mit.edu/faculty/iwerning/]Ivan Werning[/url]), February 2009. [PDF]

• "Collective Moral Hazard, Maturity Mismatch and Systemic Bailouts", (joint with Jean Tirole
  ), June 2009. [PDF]

• "Bubbly liquidity", (joint with Jean Tirole
  ), October 2009. [PDF]

• "Rare Disasters and Exchange Rates", (joint with Xavier Gabaix), January 2008.
  [PDF]

• "Crash Risk in Currency Markets", (joint with Samuel Fraiberger, Xavier Gabaix, Romain Ranciere and Adrien Verdelhan), May 2009.[PDF]

• "Fear of Rejection? Tiered Certification and Transparency", (joint with Josh Lerner and Jean Tirole
  ), October 2008. [PDF]

• "The Real Effects of Stock Market Mispricing at the Aggregate: Theory and Empirical Evidence", (joint with Stavros Panageas), September 2006. [PDF]

Publications(Please download and print for personal use only)

• "Progressive Estate Taxation", (joint with [url=http://econ-www.mit.edu/faculty/iwerning/]Ivan Werning[/url]), July 2009, forthcoming, Quarterly Journal of Economics. [PDF]

• “ A Theory of Liquidity and Regulation of Financial Intermediation,” (joint with [url=http://econ-www.mit.edu/faculty/golosov/]Mike Golosov[/url] and Aleh Tsyvinski), Review of Economic Studies, July 2009, Vol. 76(3). [PDF]

• "Leverage and the Central Banker's Put", (joint with Jean Tirole
  ), American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, May 2009, Vol.99(2). [PDF]
• “Financial Crash, Commodity Prices, and Global Imbalances,” (joint with [url=http://econ-www.mit.edu/faculty/caball/]Ricardo Caballero [/url]and Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas), Brookings Papers on Economic Acticity, Fall 2008.[PDF]

• "Optimal Savings Distortions with Recursive Preferences," (joint with [url=http://econ-www.mit.edu/faculty/iwerning/]Ivan Werning[/url]), Journal of Monetary Economics , Carnegie Rochester Series, January 2008, Vol. 55(1). [PDF]

• "An Equilibrium Model of Global Imbalances and Low Interest Rates," (joint with [url=http://econ-www.mit.edu/faculty/caball/]Ricardo Caballero [/url]and Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas), American Economic Review, March 2008, Vol. 98(1)..[PDF]

• "Inequality and Social Discounting," (joint with [url=http://econ-www.mit.edu/faculty/iwerning/]Ivan Werning[/url]), Journal of Political Economy, Lead Article, June 2007, Vol. 115(3). [PDF]

• "Saving and Investing for Early Retirement: A Theoretical Analysis," (joint with Stavros Panageas), Journal of Financial Economics, 2007, Vol. 83(1). Winner of the Geewax, Terker Prize in Investment Research, Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research, 2005. [PDF]

• "Speculative Growth: Hints from the US Economy," (joint with [url=http://econ-www.mit.edu/faculty/caball/]Ricardo Caballero[/url] and Mohamad Hammour), American Economic Review, September 2006, Vol. 96(4). [PDF]

• "Certifying New Technologies," (joint with Josh Lerner and Jean Tirole), Journal of the European Economic Association, April-May 2005

国外的学术氛围也比国内好很多。

美国只有一个，全世界的经济大师却并不是全在美国
    学习始终是个人的事，有好的老师讲课，只是给我们提供了捷径。
         但是没有捷径的情况下，还是脚踏实地，认认真真的学才是正道

也不能太偏激了吧，大学好不好看有没有大师固然是很对的，但实际情况不一样，不能仅仅因为人家的大师多就妄自菲薄吧。。一点点小小拙见

哈佛大学的课程设置好么？中国的大学有马哲思修有毛概邓论，比哈佛的强太多了！
版主手下留情，别封我的帖子........

关键我们现在都是西方经济学

期盼我们的教育体制更好吧！

中国的专家都去走穴挣钱了，哪有时间搞基础教育？？

不要动不动就拿年轻教师来说话，我们跟人家的差距不光是在是否有大师级的人物，更关键的是在指导思想上。我们国家在个别领域也有领军似的人物，但是本科生们甚至硕士生很难听到他们讲的课，高校领导当中教授博导也是一堆又一堆，他们中的给本科生上课恐怕都是十几年甚至二十家年前的事情了，然后又召集一批退休的类似人物建立督察组，试想一下，这些人用二十年前给本科生上课的经验来指导今天的年轻教师给本科生上课，会有很大好处吗？如果你想从一个老师那里学到真东西，不要看他有多少头衔，要看他是否能用今天的方法把今天的知识交给今天的学生，这就是能力和水平的体现，过去时态应该回去描述历史

中国的教育产业化，毁了中国的教育，连育人的地方都充满了铜臭气，社会能好得了么

很多课程啊  不错不错

美国的经济最强大  研究美国经济的人也就强大啦   并不是他们有多牛    中国年青的学者就比老美智商都低？

学术大师未必就是讲课大师，讲课也是一门学问。

没有可比性。照这个逻辑。非洲的大学老师难道就要关门？

楼主说得对啊，美国的学生厉害，那是因为老师首先很厉害，都是大师，所以学生更容易青出于蓝而胜于蓝啊！

国外的整个教育系统就比国内的好，现在出国读书也很方便了，有机会应该出去体验一下。
在国外才能感受到真正的不同，即便是国外一个一般的学校，我认为也比中国的211强，至少没有学术腐败。

大师加勤奋吧！