Sharif University of Technology

Graduate School of Management and Economics

Instructors:

Seyed Ali Madanizadeh

Hosein Joshaghani

Amineh Mahmoudzadeh

 

 

Level

Graduate

 

 

 

Special Topics in  Macroeconomics

Course Description

The course is designed for PhD and master students and it is centered on three main topics: International Trade, Macro-Finance and Labor Economics

Lectures

Sat and Mon 4:30-6:00, Room 5.

Office Hours

by appointment

TAs:

TA: TBA

Textbooks:

[EK]: Eaton & Kortum, Technology in the Global Economy: A Framework for Quantitative Analysis

[HIE]: Handbook of International Economics

[DN]: Dixit, Avinash, and Victor Norman. Theory of International Trade. Cambridge University Press, 1980. ISBN: 9780521299695.

[F]: Feenstra, Robert C. Advanced International Trade: Theory and Evidence. Princeton University Press, 2003. ISBN: 9780691114101.

[HK1]: Helpman, Elhanan, and Paul Krugman. Market Structure and Foreign Trade: Increasing Returns, Imperfect Competition, and the International Economy. MIT Press, 1987. ISBN: 9780262580878

[HK2]: Helpman, Elhanan, and Paul Krugman. Trade Policy and Market Structure. MIT Press, 1989. ISBN: 9780262580984

[KOM]: Krugman, Paul, Maurice Obstfeld, and Marc Melitz. International Economics: Theory and Policy. 9th ed. Addison-Wesley, 2011. ISBN: 9780132146654

[K] P. Krugman, Rethinking International Trade, MIT Press, 1990

Shimer, Robert. Labor Markets and Business Cycles. Princeton University Press, 2005

Pissarides, Christopher A. Equilibrium unemployment theory. MIT press, 2000.

Acemoglu, Daron, David Autor. Lectures in Labor Economics. 2008

 

 

Syllabus

 

Syllabus (Trade)

Syllabus (Macro-Finance)

Syllabus (Labor Economics)

 

 

Telegram Link:

 

https://t.me/sharifadvmacro

 

 

Reading List

 

Reading List Trade

 

Lecture Notes

 

International Trade

 

Introduction

Gravity

DFS

Eaton Kortum

Armington

Krugman

Melitz

 

Problem Sets

 

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