Prof. Lawrence J. Christiano ( Northwestern University) Tentative course outline: 1. Structural Vector Autoregressions 2. Estimation of a DSGE model 3. Monetary policy analysis of DSGE models 4. Areas for further development of DSGE models 5. Applications of monetary policy analysis with DSGE models

The aim of the conference is to bring together high quality research on the question how the labor market propagates and amplifies macroeconomic shocks. Both theoretical and empirical contributions are welcome. We are particularly interested in papers that go beyond recalibrating the standard...

Steven Ongena (CentER-Tilburg University and CEPR) The course will discuss current topics in banking and finance, with an emphasis on theory, empirical methods, applications and results. The course consists of five half-days of in-class-work. Topic 1: INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SYSTEMS: BANK –...

Topics: - Transfer of energy efficient technologies - Impact of globalization on energy and environmental efficiency - Barriers for successful environmental technology transfer - Pollution effect of globalizationTransfer of energy efficient technologies

Thierry Mayer (University Paris I) 1 – Why is gravity so universal? 2 – Border effects 3 – Trade with heterogeneity: gravity still rules 4 - The history of thought and facts in economic geography 5 - Interregional Trade and Market Size 6 - The Core–Periphery Structure 7 - Intermediate...

The Global Economic Symposium (GES) aims to provide a new collaborative setting to analyze the world’s most important economic problems, create shared visions of the future and formulate innovative strategies to achieve these visions. GES Themes: - Preserving our Natural Capital - Renewing...

Charles Engel (University of Wisconsin) This course will study international macroeconomic integration and the implications for monetary and exchange rate policies. It will balance both empirical studies and theory. Recommended readings are marked below with a ‘*’. There are nine sections of...

The course will be based on Philipe Aghion’s new book "The Economics of Growth" Lecture 1: The Schumpeterian Growth Model Lecture 2: Convergence and Wage Inequality Lecture 3: Competition, Entry and Trade Lecture 4: Appropriate Growth Policy and Education Lecture 5: Environment and...

Keith Maskus (University of Colorado, Boulder)

Topic: The Labor Market and the Business Cycle