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Professor
Michelle Alexopoulos
Department of
Economics phone:
(416) 978-4962 |
Topics
in Business Cycles
Course Outline
* Prof. Cochrane’s notes on solving a BC model can be downloaded at: http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/john.cochrane/research/papers/kpr2a.pdf
Schedule of paper presentations for last 4 classes:
March 15: (presented by M. Alexopoulos)
Alexopoulos, M. and J. Cohen, 2011. Volumes of Evidence - Examining Technical
Change in the Last Century Through a New Lens, Canadian Journal of Economics
44, 413-450
Link to paper available from: http://ideas.repec.org/a/cje/issued/v44y2011i2p413-450.html
Student discussants:
Crisovalante Raptis
Cheok Fok
March 22: (presented by K. Fawcett)
Andolfatto,
David, 1996. "Business Cycles and Labor-Market Search," American
Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 86(1), pages 112-32,
March.
Link to paper available from: http://ideas.repec.org/a/aea/aecrev/v86y1996i1p112-32.html
Student discussants:
Alice Leng
Sina Vaziri
Chris Schiller
March 29: (presented by H. Desgagnes)
Mankiw, N. Gregory
and Ricardo Reis. "Sticky Information Versus Sticky Prices: A Proposal To
Replace The New Keynesian Phillips Curve," Quarterly Journal of Economics,
Nov. 2002, v117(4): 1295-1328 ,
The working paper version of the paper will be used for the presentation. It is available at:
http://www.nber.org/papers/w8290
Student discussants:
Bo Fu Zhang
George Hinov
April 5: (presented by C. Tewfik)
Shleifer, Andrei,
1986. "Implementation
Cycles," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 94(6), pages 1163-90,
The paper is available at: http://www.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/shleifer/files/implement_cycles.pdf
Student discussants:
Bingxiao Wang
Lingy Hu
Dingho Rao
