495479-HS2025-0-PhD - Ludwig Straub: Advanced Topics in Monetary Economics with Heterogenous Agents





Root number 495479
Semester HS2025
Type of course Seminar
Allocation to subject Economics
Type of exam not defined
Title PhD - Ludwig Straub: Advanced Topics in Monetary Economics with Heterogenous Agents
Description *** IMPORTANT ***
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The course will be hosted by Pierpaolo Beigno and
delivered by Ludwig Straub, Harvard University

Course dates: 15.09.-19.09.2025

**** this course has limited slots - first come first served - to register please use the link underneath:
https://www.vwi.unibe.ch/ueber_uns/anmeldung/phd_macro_finance_external_lectures/index_ger.html
registration period: 10.04.- 10.09.2025 *******************************************************

form of examination: attendance

Course objective:
This intense short course is a second-year PhD course on advanced topics in
monetary economics with heterogeneous agents. We will cover both standard topics and recent
advances in the field.
Background reading:
Kaplan, G. and Violante, G.L. (2018). Microeconomic Heterogeneity and Macroeconomic Shocks.
Journal of Economic Perspectives 32(3):167–194
Galí, J. (2018). The State of New Keynesian Economics: A Partial Assessment. Journal of Economic
Perspectives 32(3):87–112
* Auclert, A., Rognlie, M. and Straub, L. (2024). Fiscal and monetary policy with heterogeneous
agents

Methods reading
* Auclert, A., Bardóczy, B., Rognlie, M. and Straub, L. (2019). Using the Sequence-Space Jacobian
to Solve and Estimate Heterogeneous-Agent Models. Working Paper 26123, National Bureau of
Economic Research,
* Reiter, M. (2009). Solving Heterogeneous-Agent Models by Projection and Perturbation. Journal
of Economic Dynamics and Control 33(3):649–665
Ahn, S., Kaplan, G., Moll, B.,Winberry, T. andWolf, C. (2018). When Inequality Matters for Macro
and Macro Matters for Inequality. NBER Macroeconomics Annual 32(1):1–75

further details see Syllabus on ILIAS
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Lecturers Prof. Dr. Pierpaolo BenignoTeaching Staff, Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences 
ECTS 6
Recognition as optional course possible No
Grading 1 to 6
 
Dates Monday 15/9/2025 08:15-17:00
Tuesday 16/9/2025 08:15-17:00
Wednesday 17/9/2025 08:15-17:00
Thursday 18/9/2025 08:15-17:00
Friday 19/9/2025 08:15-17:00
 
Rooms Kursraum B -102, UniS
External rooms A222, UniS
A222, UniS
 
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