Fall Term 2011 (Primo Semestre 2011-12)
A. International Macroeconomic Policy and Modeling (Politica e Modelli Macroeconomici Internazionali)
Syllabus (Program in English)
Syllabus (Programma del corso biennale)
Office Hours [Orario ricevimento]:
Tuesday 2PM (Class time),
Next: February 14, 2PM [Prossimo ricevimento: Febbraio 14, Ore 14:00] NEW!
Exams February 21, 2PM
March 20, 10AM [Extra session for past year students]
June 26, 2PM; July 12, 2PM
September 4, 12AM; September 20, 12 AM.
Lecture Notes: PEC11_1 PEC11_1bis PEC11_2
Mid-Term Evaluation (November 23, 2011) --> Assignment (Deadline: November 25 2011, 5pm)
Documentation (Optional Readings):
NBER Business Cycle Dating Committee (Trough in June 2009, NBER September 20, 2010)
L. Chandy and G. Gertz: Poverty in Numbers (2005-15) (Despite recession, world poverty is falling: Brookings Institution, Jan 2011, Washington D.C.)
ISTAT: Italy's National Accounts Data (2010 annual estimates and some correction for 2009, Rome, March 1 2011)
Oecd Economic Survey of Italy (Overview, May 2011)
ISTAT: Rapporto annuale 2010 (Report on Italy in 2010: Synthesis, Rome, May 23 2011)
Mario Draghi, Considerazioni finali (Intervento del Governatore della Banca d'Italia, Roma, 31 Maggio 2011)
ECB Letter to Italian Government (Draghi and Trichet letter on Italian Sovereign Debt, August 5 2011, Frankfurt) NEW!
B.S. Bernanke: The Near and Longer Term Prospects for the US Economy (Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Symposium, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, August 26, 2011)
IMF Staff: Global Economic Prospects and Policy Changes [G-20 Meeting, October, 2011, Paris]
European Economic Forecast. Autumn 2011 [European Commission, ECOFIN, November 2011, Brussels]
European Council [Fiscal policy statement by the Euro area leaders, Brussels, December 9 2011]
Ignazio Visco: Manovra Dicembre 2011 [Testimonianza del Governatore sulla manovra Monti, Roma, Camera dei Deputati, 9 Dicembre 2011]
La ricchezza delle famiglie italiane nel 2010 (Banca d'Italia, Supplementi al Bollettino Statistico, 14 Dicembre 2011)
FT interview: Mario Draghi (Transcripts of the Financial Times interview with Mario Draghi, ECB President, December 18, 2011)
Conti trimestrali 2011Q3 [ISTAT: Conti economici trimestrali (flash estimate): terzo trimestre 2011, Roma, 21 Dicembre 2011]
Ministero del Tesoro: Linee guida del debito pubblico italiano nel 2012 [Italian Treasury: 2012 debt management guidelines, Rome, November 2011]
IMF World Economic Outlook Update [Washington DC, January 24 2012] NEW!
Spring Term 2011
B. Advanced Econometrics
Syllabus (Program in English)
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Office Hours [Orario ricevimento]:
Tuesday 10:00AM (Class time),
Next: February 14, 2PM [Prossimo ricevimento: Febbraio 14, Ore 14:00] NEW!
Exams February 21, 2PM [Previous year course]; March 20, 10AM [Previous year course]
June 26, 2PM; July 12, 2PM
September 4, 12AM; September 20, 12 AM.