Econ 714 Spring 2013

Econ 714 Spring 2013

Section 301, 302, 303

General Course Information

  The lecture meets Monday and Wednesday from 9:45-11:00 AM in Ingraham 224.

  Discussion section 301 meets Fridays from 1:20-2:10 PM in Social Science 6121.

  Discussion section 302 meets Fridays from 8:50-9:40 AM in Social Science 6109.

  Discussion section 303 meets Fridays from 2:25-3:15 PM in Social Science 6109.

  (You are free to attend any discussion section, subject to space constraints.)

TA's Contact Information

  E-mail: hlin46@wisc.edu

  Office: Social Science #7310

  Office Hours: Friday from 10:00-12:00PM.

Course Syllabus

  The official course syllabus is available Professor Williams' webpage.

Discussion Section Handouts

  Week 1 

  Week 2 (Suggested AKs)

  Week 3 (Suggested AKs)

  Week 4 (Suggested AKs)

  Week 5 (Suggested AKs)

  Week 6 (Suggested AKs)

  Week 7 (Suggested AKs)

  Week 8 (Suggested AKs)

  Week 9 (Midterm Week)

  Week 10 (Spring Break)

  Week 11 Supplement Materials: Williams' Notes (with Matlab Code)

  Week 12 (Suggested AKs)

  Week 13 (Suggested AKs)

  Week 14 (Suggested AKs Q1 Scott's Aks to Q2)

  Week 15 (Reference for log linearization around steady state)

  Week 16 (Final Week)

Assignments

  Problem Set 1 (Suggested AKs)

  Problem Set 2 (Suggested AKs) 

    Supplement Materials: Collarda and Juillard (2001), Chris Sim's Code on Discrete Time Dynamic Equilibrium Models, Judd and Guu(1997)

  Problem Set 3 (Suggested AKs)

  Problem Set 4 (Suggested AKs to Q1 and Q2, matlab code, Suggested AKs to Q3 and Q4)

  Problem Set 5 (Suggested AKs)

Exams

  Midterm (Suggested AKs)

  Final (Suggested AKs)

Links

  Professor Williams' Webpage

  Tim Lee's website (Econ 714 TA, 2010)

  Scott Swisher's website (Econ 714 TA, 2012)