International Economics 2017
Lecture 1 - Overview
References: Obstfeld and Rogoff (2000)
Materials: Slides
Lecture 2 - International Business Cycles
References: Backus, Kehoe, and Kydland (1994), Heathcote and Perri (2002), Kehoe and Perri (2002)
Materials: Lecture notes, Kehoe-Perri notes (by Heathcote)
Lecture 3 - International Diversification Puzzle
References: Lucas (1982), Cole and Obstfeld (1991), Baxter and Jerman (1997), Heathcote and Perri (2008)
Materials: Lecture notes
Lecture 4 - International capital flows and global imbalances
References: Lucas (1990), Gourinchas and Jeanne (2009), Mendoza, Quadrini, and Rios-Rull (2009), Song, Storesletten, and Zilibotti (2011):
Materials: Slides
Lecture 5 - Reserves and Sudden Stops
References: Heller (1996), Frenkel and Jovanovic (1981), Gourinchas and Obstfeld (2012), Alfaro and Kanczuk (2009), Jeane and Ranciere (2011), Bianchi, Hatchondo and Martinez (2014),
Materials: Slides
Lecture 6 - Sovereign Default
References: Eaton and Gersovitz (1981), Atkeson (1991), Aguiar and Gopinath (2006), Arellano (2008), Hatchondo and Martinez (2009), Mendoza and Yue (2012),
Chatterjee and Eyigungor (2012), D'Erasmo and Mendoza (2013), Hur, Kondo, and Perri (2017)
Materials: Slides (theory), Slides (survey and evidence)
Lecture 7 - Self-fulfilling Crises
References: Morris and Shin (1998), Cole and Kehoe (2000), Conesa and Kehoe (2015), Aguiar, Chatterjee, Cole, Stangebye (2016), Aguiar and Amador (2013)
Lecture 8 - Business Cycles in Emerging Markets
References: Aguiar and Gopinath (2007), Neumeyer and Perri (2004)
Student presentations
4/5 - Shuyan: Frankel and Romer (1999)
4/12 - Jialin: Aguiar and Amador (2011)
4/21 - Tianyi: Arellano and Bai (2013)
Group Research Presentations
3/31 Ideas presentations
4/14 Intermediate presentations
4/26 Final research presentations
Related courses: Kim Ruhl, Tim Kehoe, Fabrizio Perri