Economics Mini Courses

 

"Liquidity and Aggregate Economic Activities"

Presented March 17 - 20, 2008

by Dr. Nobuhiro Kiyotaki

Dr. Nobuhiro Kiyotaki, Professor of Economics at Princeton University, taught a mini-course on "Liquidity and Aggregate Economic Activities" for the department from March 17 - 20, 2008. Professor Kiyotaki works in Macroeconomics and is one of the pioneers in the analysis of the consequences of credit constraints on liquidity and business cycles. His course covered his work on credit chains and on liquidity, business cycles and monetary policy more broadly.

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"Contractual Frictions in International Trade and Investment"

Presented March 31 - April 2, 2008

by Dr. Pol Antras

Dr. Pol Antras, Professor of Economics at Harvard University, taught a mini-course on "Contractual Frictions in International Trade and Investment" for the Department of Economics. Professor Antras presented research aimed at providing a systematic analysis of the way firms organize production on a global scale and its consequences. This trend is often described as "slicing of the value chain," "international outsourcing," "vertical specialization," and "global production sharing." Also discussed were the effects of contracting and financial institutions on trade flows and multinational firm activity.

 

(This page was last updated on May 16, 2008)