Topics: 1. Empirical Evidence 2. Ricardian Models of Producer Heterogeneity 3. Producer Heterogeneity with Product Differentiation and Entry/Exit a. Modelling Framework (Closed Economy) b. Open Economy c. Competition and Endogenous Markups d. Extensions (Factor Abundance, Innovation, Dynamics,...

The 24th EABCN training school will be a three days course on 'Advances in Bayesian Analysis of DSGE Models' taught by Professor Frank Schorfheide (University of Pennsylvania). The course will cover the recent advances in the Bayesian analysis of dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE)...

We are pleased to announce details of the latest EABCN Training School; a three-day course entitled "Term structure models and the zero lower bound". Dr Jens Christensen will teach the course. Jens Christensen is a senior economist in the Financial Research Section of the Federal Reserve Bank of...

This course aims to introduce students to the state-of-the-art modeling in an open economy for the study of monetary and fiscal policy questions. Gianluca Benigno will teach the course. The following programme outlines the structure of the course: - Exchange Rate Determination and Monetary...

This course covers empirical methods for inflation forecasting. However, many of the principles that seem to be useful in predicting inflation turn out to be important on other forecasting contexts too. For example, in inflation prediction and in other contexts, models which are very simple and...