ECON8861 · Economics
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
The course is organized into three broad parts. The first part introduces you to the growing HANK literature. The second part introduces you to a recent strand of the macrolabor literature that incorporates labor market frictions into models with aggregate shocks and heterogeneity. The final part explores how departures from the assumption that agents have full information contributes to our understanding of business cycles.
Course experience
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Organization
4.8 / 5
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Challenge
4.9 / 5
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Attendance
4.8 / 5
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Assignments
4.9 / 5
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Weekly effort
~8
hours per week
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Across time
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Fall 2024
1 sectionSpring 2024
1 sectionFall 2022
1 sectionFall 2021
1 sectionFall 2020
1 section