ECON 590

Spring 2020

Part of Term 1
Jan 21-May 6
Individual Study and Research
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Directed reading and research.

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CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
10035
Independent Study
ARRANGED
n.a.
Location Pending
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/20-05/06/20
Special Approval:
Instructor Approval Required
69410
Seminar
AMR
12:30PM -1:50PM
T
317 David Kinley Hall
Osman, A
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/20-05/06/20
Section Title:
Applied Micro Research Lunch
Section Info:
This is reserved for Ph.D. students in Economics.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to students in the Economics department.
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
67461
Seminar
JMR
3:30PM -5:20PM
MW
317 David Kinley Hall
Bernhardt, M
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/20-05/06/20
Credit:
2 hours
Section Title:
Advanced Student Seminar
Restriction(s):
Restricted to students in the Economics department.
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
62839
Lecture-Discussion
L1
12:30PM -1:50PM
R
317 David Kinley Hall
Perry, M
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/20-05/06/20
Section Title:
PhD 1st Yr Lunch Seminar
Section Info:
This course is for First-Year Ph.D. students.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to students in the Economics department.
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
64077
Lecture-Discussion
M3
2:00PM -4:50PM
M
113 David Kinley Hall
Hewings, G
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/20-05/06/20
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
Regional Economics
Section Info:
*****************RESTRICTED TO MSPE STUDENTS*****************Regional Economics focuses on the way in which subnational economies within a country (such as states) operate and function. Attention will be focused on how the regional economy works, its dependence on local and imported goods and services, the role of regional business cycles and the ways in which regions compete. Regional analysis aims to uncover the dynamics of location decision-making of both firms and individuals and the impacts these decisions have on the structure and structural changes of regional economies. Special attention will be directed to issues surrounding the role of households as providers of labor and consumers and the way their location decisions affect the growth and development of regional economies. The final parts of the course will address regional policies and equity-efficiency trade-offs, drawing on analysis in the US, EU and selected developing economies.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to students in the Economics department.
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign. Restricted to MS:Economics:Policy Econ -UIUC.
48182
Lecture-Discussion
P2
2:00PM -3:20PM
TR
111 David Kinley Hall
Micheletto, L
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/20-05/06/20
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
Topics in Public Econ
Section Info:
This course studies theory and measurement of efficiency costs of taxation, tax incidence, optimal commodity taxation, optimal income taxation, the theory of tax design, in-kind transfers, taxation of externalities, taxation and labor supply, tax evasion, and optimal provision of public goods in a second-best setting. Then we turn to dynamic settings and study the effects of taxation on savings and capital accumulation as well as revisiting incidence and optimal tax issues. In this context, the competing frameworks of dynastic families and overlapping-generations will both be studied.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to students in the Economics department.
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
61848
Lecture-Discussion
P4
11:00AM -12:20PM
MW
215B David Kinley Hall
Osman, A
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/20-05/06/20
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
Micro Issues in Development
Section Info:
This course examines the current literature on the microeconomics of development in low- and middle-income countries. We will cover the role of financial constraints, including credit, savings and insurance as well as issues of trade, infrastructure, migration, education, marriage and an introduction to machine learning. We will also review several recent or current-year job market papers from microeconomic development students.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to students in the Economics department.
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
62247
Lecture-Discussion
P5
12:30PM -1:50PM
TR
108 David Kinley Hall
Kahn, C
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/20-05/06/20
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
Banking & Fin Intermediation
Section Info:
The first part of the course will cover some classic theoretical papers in banking and financial intermediation. The remainder of the course will examine research on three interrelated topics in financial intermediation: liquidity, financial infrastructure and payments. Students will analyze and critique recent articles and working papers, and develop their own extensions of related research.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign. Restricted to MS:Economics -UIUC, PHD:Finance -UIUC, PHD: Agr & Applied Econ - UIUC, PHD:Economics -UIUC, or PHD: Finance - UIUC.
64074
Lecture-Discussion
P6
12:30PM -1:50PM
TR
215B David Kinley Hall
Amir Ahmadi, P
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/20-05/06/20
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
Applied Macroeconometrics
Section Info:
The objective of the course is (i) to provide students rigorous foundations in Bayesian econometrics and (ii) study econometric models and methods that are useful to conduct substantive empirical research in macroeconomics. To that end we will focus on the estimation and structural identification of Bayesian ARIMA model, vector autoregressions (VAR), high dimensional dynamic factor models (DFM), dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) models, time series models with regime switches (MS-VAR) and time-varying coefficients (TVP-VAR). An overarching theme in the applications we discuss in class will be the identification and quantification of the sources of business cycle fluctuations. Among those we will elaborate on the current and historical role of monetary policy, fiscal policy, technology, financial and uncertainty shocks in shaping macroeconomic dynamics.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to students in the Economics department.
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
64076
Lecture-Discussion
P9
11:00AM -12:20PM
TR
108 David Kinley Hall
Marx, B
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/20-05/06/20
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
Applied Public Economics
Section Info:
This course will cover research in a variety of topics in public economics, including prominent aspects of taxation, social insurance, and public goods. Students will practice critically evaluating others’ research and developing their own research ideas, culminating in a proposal for or draft of an original paper. Students will use economic theory to highlight important questions and will assess the credibility of existing empirical and experimental evidence.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to students in the Economics department.
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
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