ECON 590

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CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
62955
Lecture-Discussion
3Y0
3:30PM -4:50PM
TR
212 David Kinley Hall
Deltas, G
Part of Term:
B
Date Range:
03/17/25-05/07/25
Credit:
2 hours
Section Title:
3RD YR PPR WRKSHP-PRELIMINARY
Section Info:
All Economics PhD students in their 2nd year of the program as of the start date of this course should register for this CRN. Contact Dr. Deltas for details.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to PHD:Economics -UIUC.
64416
Lecture-Discussion
3Y2
3:30PM -4:50PM
MW
212 David Kinley Hall
Deltas, G
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/25-05/07/25
Credit:
2 hours
Section Title:
3RD YEAR PAPER WORKSHOP
Section Info:
All Economics PhD students in their 3rd year of the program as of the start date of this course should register for this CRN. Contact Dr. Deltas for details.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to PHD:Economics -UIUC.
62377
Seminar
M-S
12:30PM -1:50PM
MTWR
119 David Kinley Hall
Part of Term:
A
Date Range:
01/21/25-03/14/25
Special Approval:
Advisor Approval Required
Section Title:
MSPE SEMINAR SERIES
Restriction(s):
Restricted to MS:Economics:Policy Econ -UIUC.
48182
Lecture-Discussion
M1
8:00AM -9:20AM
MW
310 David Kinley Hall
Parente, S
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/25-05/07/25
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Section Info:
ECONOMIC GROWTH: This course takes a macro view of economic growth and development. It is mainly concerned with understanding why some countries are so rich today while others are so poor. It will explore the different types of theories that have been put forth to explain these disparities, including exogenous growth theory, endogenous growth theory and unified growth theory. In doing so, it will try to answer whether savings rate differences or Total Factor Productivity differences are at the root of these income differences. It will then examine theories that explain why differences in savings rates and or total factor productivity differ. PREREQUISITE: Completion of Econ 501 Macroeconomics
Restriction(s):
Restricted to MS:Economics:Policy Econ -UIUC.
61847
Lecture-Discussion
M2
11:00AM -12:20PM
MW
111 Gregory Hall
Yoo, H
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/25-05/07/25
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
LABOR ECON: THEORY & PRACTICE
Section Info:
LABOR ECONOMICS: This course will consist of two parts: (i) the theory and economic intuitions that form the fundamentals of labor economics, and (ii) real-world applications and the evaluation of labor market and regional policies.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to MS:Economics:Policy Econ -UIUC.
64077
Lecture-Discussion
M3
12:30PM -3:20PM
M
125 David Kinley Hall
Hewings, G
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/25-05/07/25
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
REGIONAL ECONOMICS
Section Info:
DESCRIPTION for 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. Graduate students from ACES, Geographic Information Science, or Urban and Regional Planning may be approved to register for this course. To be considered, send an email to mspe@illinois.edu for permission. Please include your full name and the graduate program you are admitted to.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to MS:Economics:Policy Econ -UIUC.
58691
Lecture-Discussion
M4
9:30AM -10:50AM
TR
317 David Kinley Hall
Bilias, Y
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/25-05/07/25
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING: ECON
Section Info:
APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING: ECON | Students will gain exposure to a variety of data science topics such as data wrangling and cleaning, exploratory data analysis, inference, and prediction in Python.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to MS:Economics:Policy Econ -UIUC.
16669
Lecture-Discussion
P1
9:30AM -10:50AM
MW
222 David Kinley Hall
Forsythe, E
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/25-05/07/25
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
LABOR ECONOMICS
Section Info:
DESCRIPTION for Labor Economics: Drawing on models from labor, macro, personnel, and organizational economics, this course focuses on building theory to integrate with empirical evidence. Students will learn workhorse models, including theories of search, agency, assignment, and wages, and practice the art of modeling new empirical results.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to PHD:Economics -UIUC.
66836
Lecture-Discussion
P2
11:00AM -12:20PM
MW
215B David Kinley Hall
Creal, D
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/25-05/07/25
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
BAYESIAN ECONOMETRICS & STATS
Section Info:
BAYESIAN ECONOMETRICS & STATISTICS: This course is a PhD level class in Bayesian econometrics, statistics, and machine learning methods. The course will cover (i) fundamentals of Bayesian statistics; (ii) linear regression and multivariate linear regression; (iii) Monte Carlo methods (Markov chain Monte Carlo, importance sampling, acceptance sampling); (iv) finite mixture and infinite mixture models; (v) non-parametric methods; (vi) Bayesian linear regression with model selection, model averaging, and the LASSO; (vii) linear time series models and the Kalman filter; (viii) Gaussian process regression; (ix) Bayesian additive regression trees; (x) Bayesian estimation of non-linear, non-Gaussian state space models; (xi) advanced Monte Carlo methods (sequential Monte Carlo, particle Markov chain Monte Carlo, Hamiltonian Monte Carlo); (xii) variational Bayesian inference.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to PHD:Economics -UIUC.
33703
Lecture-Discussion
P3
12:30PM -1:50PM
MW
215B David Kinley Hall
Albouy, D
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/25-05/07/25
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
APPLIED URBAN ECONOMICS
Section Info:
APPLIED URBAN ECONOMICS: This course takes a hands-on approach to modeling issues in urban economics using empirical methods. The class will revolve primarily around in-depth readings of recent research papers in urban economics involving a range of reduced-form and structural methods. The class will also manipulate data and produce regression results for several of these papers. In the process, we will touch on topics related to regional mobility, spatial equilibrium, regional inequalities, residential segregation, workplace sorting, agglomeration economies, amenity valuation, housing affordability, and federal and local economic policy
Restriction(s):
Restricted to PHD:Economics -UIUC.
61848
Lecture-Discussion
P4
9:30AM -10:50AM
TR
113 David Kinley Hall
Lee, J
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/25-05/07/25
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
FINANCIAL ECONOMETRICS
Section Info:
FINANCIAL ECONOMETRICS: A reading-based course for the state-of-the-art of time series and financial econometrics.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to PHD:Economics -UIUC.
61846
Lecture-Discussion
P5
11:00AM -12:20PM
TR
215B David Kinley Hall
Wu, J
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/25-05/07/25
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
MACRO FINANCE & MONETARY POL
Section Info:
MACRO FINANCE AND MONETARY POLICY: This course covers topics in both the finance and macro literature, with a focus on monetary policy. First, in the finance literature, we discuss key papers on the term structure of interest rates. The term structure of interest rates is useful to understand how monetary policy propagates to the macroeconomy. Second, in the macro literature, we discuss several recent models that incorporate financial frictions and focus on papers discussing unconventional monetary policy. Finally, we discuss how to solve models with heterogeneous agents. Prerequisites: (1) Calculus; (2) Numerical optimization; (3) Maximum likelihood estimation; (4) Standard NK model; (5) MATLAB programming.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to PHD:Economics -UIUC.
69410
Seminar
RW1
12:30PM -1:50PM
TR
317 David Kinley Hall
Osman, A
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/25-05/07/25
Credit:
2 hours
Section Title:
APPLIED MICRO RESEARCH WRKSHP
Section Info:
This seminar meets every Tuesday and only specific Thursdays.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to PHD:Economics -UIUC.
33704
Seminar
RW2
12:30PM -1:50PM
R
223 David Kinley Hall
Xie, S
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/25-05/07/25
Credit:
1 hours
Section Title:
MACROECONOMIC RESEARCH WRKSHP
Section Info:
Macroeconomic-focused PhD students in the Department of Economics are invited to develop their research with the macroeconomic faculty.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to PHD:Economics -UIUC.
67461
Seminar
RW3
3:30PM -5:20PM
MWF
317 David Kinley Hall
Bernhardt, M
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/25-05/07/25
Credit:
2 hours
Section Title:
JOB MARKET RESEARCH WORKSHOP
Restriction(s):
Restricted to PHD:Economics -UIUC.
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