主讲者：冯志钢博士
冯志钢博士现任美国内布拉斯加大学奥马哈校区经济系助理教授。2012年8月至2013年6月任教美国普度大学经济系，2013年8月至2016年6月任教美国伊利诺伊大学香槟分校经济系，主要讲授博士生高级宏观经济学。其间应邀访问美国联邦储备银行圣路易斯研究部多次，从事宏观财政政策研究，并多次担任Econometrica, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Economic Theory 等国际一流期刊以及National Science Foundation的匿名审稿人,于2015年11月召集主办Mini-Conference on Quantitative Macro and Public Finance。
其在国际A级学术期刊International Economic Review, Quantitative Economics，国际B+,B级学术期刊Review of Economic Dynamics，Economic Theory，Macroeconomic Dynamics，国际C+级学术期刊Dynamic Games and Applications，Mathematical Methods in Operational Research发表论文8篇。应邀在国际知名大学、学术会议宣读论文30余次。应邀为国际权威经济学期刊审理学术文章20余次。
承办单位：永利集团248cc登录、统数学院、工商管理学院
地点：文泉楼南2楼永利集团248cc登录会议室207.
时间： 20个讲座的具体时间见下表
Textbook
Recursive Macroeconomic Theory, by Lars Ljungqvist, and Thomas J. Sargent.http://www.econ.yale.edu/smith/econ525a/sargent3.pdf
Macroeconomic Theory, by Per Krusell.
http://hassler-j.iies.su.se/courses/MacroII/Notes/book.pdf
Recursive Methods in Economic, by Nancy L. Stokey, Robert E. Lucas Jr., and Edward C. Prescott.
Link for all material used by this course: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1mi2WSZm
课程相关的资料请见如下分享文件夹：
https://pan.baidu.com/s/1mi2WSZm
List of Topics (subject to change)
Why neo-classical growth model?
Topic 1[May 2]:A brief history of modern macroeconomics. 下午：3点-5点；
Topic 2[May 2]:Solow growth model.晚上：6点半-8点半；
How to analyze the canonical growth model?
Topic 3[May 3]:One sector growth model in finite horizon. 下午：3点-5点；
Topic 4 [May 3]:Lagrangian techniques in macroeconomics.晚上：6点半-8点半；
Topic 5[May 4]:Optimal growth model in infinite horizon setting. We will discuss how to rewrite the sequential optimization problem as a functional equation problem (Bellman equation). 晚上：6点半-8点半；
Topic 6[May 5]:Dynamic programming, fixed-pointtheorem and contraction mapping. Those are critical tools for analyzing the model. We will focus on understanding the results instead of deriving the math yourself.下午：3点-5点；
Topic 7[May 5]:Solving optimal growth model using value function iteration.晚上：6点半-8点半；
How to define, analyze and solve the Equilibrium of the model?
Topic 8[May 8]:Social planner’s problem and the competitive equilibrium. 下午：3点-5点；
Topic 9[May 8]:The fundamental welfare theorems and Negishi algorithm.晚上：6点半-8点半；
Topic 10[May 13]: Arrow-Debreu trading vs. sequential trading. We will show the equivalence between these two market structures. Arrow-Debreu trading fundamentally changed how economists see the real economy. 下午：3点-5点；
Topic 11 [May 13]: Recursive competitive equilibrium in macroeconomics. 晚上：6点半-8点半；
Topic 12 [May 14]:Numerical solution to optimal growth model. 下午：3点-5点；
Topic 13 [May 14]:A premier toMatlabfor macroeconomist.晚上：6点半-8点半；
Topic 14 [May 15]:Programming and data analysis in macroeconomics.下午：3点-5点；
How to use this model?
Topic 15 [May 15]: Markov process and Real business cycle model.晚上：6点半-8点半；
Topic 16 [May 16]: Calibration and estimation in macroeconomics. 下午：3点-5点；
Topic 17 [May 16]:Balanced growth path in optimal growth model. 晚上：6点半-8点半；
Topic 18 [May 17]:Application of Real business cycle model.下午：3点-5点；
Other topics.
Topic 19 [May 17]: Asset pricing model and Lucas tree. 下午：3点-5点；
Topic 20 [May 18]:Financial crisis and new developments in macroeconomics.上午：9点-11点；