Lecture 1 - Overview
References: Obstfeld and Rogoff (2000)
Problem Set 1 (Due 1/28), HP filter, Graphs in Excel
Lecture 2 - International Business Cycles
References: Backus, Kehoe, and Kydland (1994), Heathcote and Perri (2002), Kehoe and Perri (2002)
Problem Set 2 (Due 2/18), Dynare
Lecture 3 - International Diversification Puzzle
References: Lucas (1982), Baxter and Jerman (1997), Heathcote and Perri (2008)
Lecture 4 - International capital flows and global imbalances
References: Lucas (1990), Gourinchas and Jeanne (2009), Mendoza, Quadrini, and Rios-Rull (2009)
Lecture 5 - Sovereign Debt, Financial Crises, and Sudden Stops
References: Gourinchas and Obstfeld (2012), Panizza, Sturzenegger, and Zettelmeyer (2009), Atkeson (1991), Arellano (2008), D'Erasmo and Mendoza (2012),
Morris and Shin (1998), Cole and Kehoe (2000), Conesa and Kehoe (2012), Chang and Velasco (2001), Hur and Kondo (2013)
Problem Set 3 (Due 3/6), Country Labels in Excel, Growth accounting notes
Lecture 6 - Business Cycles in Emerging Markets
References: Aguiar and Gopinath (2007), Neumeyer and Perri (2004)
Student presentations
Chari, Kehoe, and Mcgrattan (2005), Kehoe, Ruhl, and Steinberg (2012), Mendoza and Yue (2011), Chang and Fernandez (2010),
Aguiar, Amador, and Gopinath (2009), Brooks and Dovis (2012)
Group Research Presentations
Related courses: David Backus and Kim Ruhl, Tim Kehoe, Fabrizio Perri, Jonathan Heathcote