Research Seminar I: Macroeconomics

Enseignants

Baudin Thomas; De la Croix David;

Langue
d'enseignement

Anglais

Thèmes abordés

A few topics (around three), in continuation of the macroeconomic courses, will be selected at the beginning of the course. The first lectures will consist in ex-catedra expositions by the professor(s) to introduce to the topics, with the associated advanced literature,key issues and open questions and recommended readings. These lec-tures will be followed by students' seminars. These seminars will consist of reading reports of one of two re-lated seminal contributions, plus a discussion and eventually an extension proposal.

Acquis
d'apprentissage

A la fin de cette unité d’enseignement, l’étudiant est capable de :
1	The seminar aims at bringing students to the frontiers of research in a particular field, and to train them in defin-ing and conducting a research topic. The focus is on using tools to answer a research questions and to read "be-tween the lines" some of the main contributions to the topics considered.

La contribution de cette UE au développement et à la maîtrise des compétences et acquis du (des) programme(s) est accessible à la fin de cette fiche, dans la partie « Programmes/formations proposant cette unité d’enseignement (UE) ».

Contenu

The papers assigned to the students generally include theoretical models and ideally empirical assessments. The students should be in principle ready to deal with both.

Autres infos

Advanced Macro I Based on presentation and discussion of existing papers. List of recommended readings None

Faculté ou entité
en charge

ECON