Seminar on Macroeconomics, Spring 2026

Time: W3W4Wn

Room: TSMC Building 732

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Table of Content

• Grade
• Course Schedule
• Lecture Notes
• Reference
• Fun stuff
• Problem Sets

Grade

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Course Schedule

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Lecture Notes

• Lecture 1: Introduction
• Lecture 2: Three representation
• Lecture 3: Dynamic Programming
• Lecture 4: One-side Labor Search Model
  • The Blessings of Overparameterization: Applications in Solving Economic Models
    • Amazing Applications in using machine learning to solve the McCall Labor Search Model
• Lecture 5: Two-side Labor Search Model
• Lecture 6: Asset Pricing in Endowment Economy
• Lecture 7: Asset Pricing in Production Economy
• Lecture 8: Real Business Cycle Facts and HP Filter
• Lecture 9: Real Business Cycle Model

Reference

• Some of the Dynamic Programming notes come from Fatih Guvenen’s Computational Method
• The models are adopted from the lecture slides by Julia Thomas.

Fun stuff

• Do looks matter for an academic career in economics?
  • Yes, at least partially!

Problem Sets

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