Exchange-Rate Economics - Lucio Sarno (City University, London) This five-day course provides an overview of selected topics in exchange rate economics. The topics covered include: (i) the interest rate parity conditions that underlie exchange rate economics, with a focus on understanding the...

Empirical Methods in Money Macro - Maik Wolters (Kiel Institute for the World Economy) This course deals with the analysis of dynamic, stochastic, general equilibrium models. The focus of this course is on methodological aspects related to the analysis of business cycle models. In particular we...

Monetary Theory and Policy - Simon Gilchrist (Boston University and NBER) This course examines theoretical foundations of New Keynesian Models and their implications for the conduct of monetary policy. The course emphasizes empirically relevant models that are suitable for policy analysis. The...

The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. Monetary Policy: Theory and Practice - Prof. Volker Wieland, Ph.D. (Institute of Monetary and Financial Stability, Goethe University of Frankfurt) The objective of this course is to provide...

The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. Prof. Tommaso Monacelli (Università Bocconi, IGIER, and CEPR) 1. Financial Imperfections and the Macroeconomy: Background Partial Equilibrium Models 2. Credit Market Imperfections and the...

The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. Lawrence Christiano (Northwestern University) Lectures: 1) The New Keynesian model. 2) Introducing financial frictions into the New Keynesian DSGE Model. 3) Implications of the zero lower...

This workshop gathers economists working in the field of economic dynamics, growth theory, international trade, mathematical modeling of economic dynamics, on problems of equilibrium growth and on models of large trading economies. Other important themes of the Workshop include the role, causes...

The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. Prof. dr. Jakob de Haan (University of Groningen and De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam) Lectures: 1. Governance of the ECB Topics covered: independence of the ECB, governance of the ECB,...

The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. Paul de Grauwe (Leuven University) The course is based on the book: De Grauwe, P., The Economics of Monetary Union, Oxford University Press, eight edition, 2009. The lectures will deal with...

The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. Simon Gilchrist (Boston University) This course examines theoretical foundations of New Keynesian Models and their implications for the conduct of monetary policy. The course emphasizes...