Richard Feynman
» Advanced Contract Theory
Lecture. This course focuses on recent developments in contract theory. Topics include: advanced models of moral hazard, adverse selection, mechanism design and incomplete contracts with applications to theory of the firm, organizational design, and financ...
» Advanced Macroeconomics II
Lecture. Professor Blanchard will discuss shocks, labor markets and unemployment, and dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models (DSGE models). Professor Lorenzoni will cover demand shocks, macroeconomic effects of news (with or without nominal rigiditi...
» Advanced Macroeconomics II
Lecture. 14.462 is the second semester of the second-year Ph.D. macroeconomics sequence. The course is intended to introduce the students, not only to particular areas of current research, but also to some very useful analytical tools. It covers a selectio...
» Behavioral Economics and Finance
Lecture. This course surveys research which incorporates psychological evidence into economics. Topics include: prospect theory, biases in probabilistic judgment, self-control and mental accounting with implications for consumption and savings, fairness, a...
» Capitalism and Its Critics
Lecture. This course examines the implications of economic theories for social and political organization in the context of the historical evolution of industrial societies. Among the authors whose theories will be discussed are Ayn Rand, Milton Friedman, ...
» Development Economics: Microeconomic Issues and Policy Models
Lecture. Prerequisites: 14.121, 14.122Topics include: Agricultural issues: peasant behavior, land tenancy, and interlinked markets. Credit and insurance market problems and institutions. Health, nutrition, and productivity. Gender bias. Education. Technolo...
» Dynamic Optimization & Economic Applications (Recursive Methods)
Lecture. The unifying theme of this course is best captured by the title of our main reference book: ?Recursive Methods in Economic Dynamics?. We start by covering deterministic and stochastic dynamic optimization using dynamic programming analysis. We the...
» ECON 109 - Game Theory
Lecture. ECON 109 - Game Theory
» Econometrics
Lecture. Introduction to econometric models and techniques, simultaneous equations, program evaluation, emphasizing regression. Advanced topics include instrumental variables, panel data methods, measurement error, and limited dependent variable models. Ma...
» Econometrics I
Lecture. This course focuses on the specification and estimation of the linear regression model. The course departs from the standard Gauss-Markov assumptions to include heteroskedasticity, serial correlation, and errors in variables. Advanced topics inclu...