Mini Courses
Every year, several guest lecturers present highly concentrated mini-courses.
The subjects and lectures vary from year to year.
The courses are typically given in English.
The courses to be given in 2014/2015 are:
Deconstruction of US Inflation
Prof. In-Koo Cho
1011.4563
Macroeconomic policymaking confronts two challenges. First, policymakers do not know the economy's actual data-generating process (DGP). Second, their beliefs typically feedback to influence the model, which makes DGP endogenous. Modeling the policy maker as a boundedly rational agent, we analyze the dynamics of US inflation post World War II, and offer a coherent story about the complex dynamics of US inflation within a unified framework of learning and model validation. Along the way, we examine and reconcile two influential, yet conflicting, views on US inflation by Thomas J. Sargent and Christopher Sims.
Room:101
Dates:
Mon 8.12.14 16:00-19:00
Sun 14.12.14 17:00-20:00
Mon 15.12.14 16:00-19:00
Mon 22.12.14 09:00-12:00
Topics in Distributive Justice
נושאים בצדק חלוקתי
Prof. Uzi Segal
This course deals with non-market allocation mechanisms. We will deal with the issue of inter-personal comparisons, utilitarianism and social lotteries, and ex-post vs. ex ante analysis.
009:Room
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Mon 16 – 19 22.12.14
Tue 16 – 19 23.12.14
Wed 16 – 19 24.12.14
Sun 17 - 20 28.12.14
Tue 16 – 19 30.12.14
Wed 16 – 19 31.12.14
Sun 17 – 20 04.01.15
Tue 16 – 19 06.01.15
Wed 16 - 19 07.01.15
Economic Growth and Comparative Economic Development - cancelled!
Prof. Oded Galor
1011.4564
This lecture series will explore the origins of economic growth and the remarkable degree of inequality in income per capita across the globe. It will develop the foundation of a unified theory of economic growth that captures the growth process of the entire course of human history and it will examine the role of geographical, institutional, cultural, and genetic factors in the observed pattern of development across countries.
Room:009
Dates:
Tue 9.12.14 16:00-19:00
Wed 10.12.14 16:00-19:00
Tue 16.12.14 16:00-19:00
Wed 17.12.14 16:00-19:00
Advanced Topics in Economic Theory
Prof. Eddie Dekel
1011.4173
The course will consider a range of advanced topics in economic theory. These will mainly be basic questions in decision theory and game theory and may include evolution of preferences, justifications of solution concepts of games, higher order beliefs, models of temptation, models of unawareness, mechanism design with evidence, models involving entropy, and contracting models with limited awareness.. The selection of topics and papers will be influenced (but not determined solely) by student preference. Students will present research—either existing papers or their own work, which will then be discussed in depth by the class.
Room:101
Dates:
Wed 18.3.15 12:00 - 13:30 - About the course!
Wed 15.4.15 16:00-19:00
Wed 29.4.15 16:00-19:00
Wed 13.5.15 16:00-19:00
Wed 27.5.15 16:00-19:00
The Movement from a Classical to a “NeoClassical” Policy Frame
נושאים בתולדות המחשבה הכלכלית: המעבר ממסגרת מדיניות קלאסית ל"ניאוקלאסית"
Prof. Colander David
1011.4565
The economics profession is a complex evolving system that is constantly changing, although the nature of that change, and the very fact that change is taking place, is often not recognized until much later. This course provides a brief overview of the changing scope and method of economics from mercantilist time until today and then looks in depth at one particular episode—the movement from a classical to a neoclassical policy frame in both micro and macro in the 1930s to the 1970s. It will explore how what economists at the time saw themselves as doing differs from the standard story of what they were doing that is passed on to students, and how the changes were often hardly noticed.
Room:101
Dates:
Sun 3.5.15 16:00-19:00
Tue 5.5.15 16:00-19:00
Mon 11.5.15 18:00-21:00
Wed 13.5.15 12:00-15:00
Urban Economics
Prof. Daniel Shoag
1011.4669
This course will begin by exploring the unique features of local, as opposed to national, economies. We will consider issues including regional growth, capital and labor mobility, agglomeration, and housing markets, and we will evaluate these forces using new economic data. Having built a framework for thinking about local economics, the course will turn to the institutions of sub-national governments and the challenges associated with state and local government financing. We will discuss how existing state and local government policies affect economic outcomes and consider the feasibility and desirability of a number of “place-making” policies.
Room: 101
Dates:
Sun 10.5.15 16:00-19:00
Tue 12.5.15 16:00-19:00
Sun 17.5.15 16:00-19:00
Tue 20.5.15 16:00-19:00
פרקים בהסטוריה הכלכלית של אירופה במאה העשרים
הקורס יעסוק בהתפתחויות המרכזיות של כלכלת אירופה בין 1890 ו1989, לרבות צמיחה, שינויים דמוגרפיים, המשבר הגדול, היבטים כלכליים של מלחמות העולם, והמשמעות ההסטורית של כלכלות קומוניסטיות.
Topics in the Economic History of Europe in the twentieth century.
The course will be concerned with economic developments in the European economies between 1890 and 1914, including growth, demographic changes, the Great Depression, economic aspects of the World Wars, and the historical significance of the rise and fall of the Communist economies.
Dates:
Tue 14.04.15 16:00-19:00,Room010
Sun 19.04.15 16:00-19:00,room010
Sun 26.04.15 16:00-19:00,Room011
Tue 28.04.15 16:00-19:00,Room010
