| SES # | TOPICS |
|---|---|
| 1 | Fiscal policy I: Optimal taxation with heterogeneity and idiosyncratic uncertainty |
| 2 | Public liquidity |
| 3 | Default and sovereign debt |
| 4 | Monetary policy with nominal rigidities |
| 5 | Liquidity traps |
| 6 | Fiscal policy II: Government spending |
| 7 | Time inconsistency and reputation |
| 8 | Borrowing constraints, investment, and fluctuations |
| 9 | Inefficient insurance |
| 10 | Employment and unemployment dynamics with wage rigidity |
| 11 | Classic coordination games in macroeconomics |
| 12 | Global games, with applications to crises |
| 13 | Beauty contests, social value of information, and information aggregation |
| 14 | Expectations and the business cycle |
| 15 | Informational frictions and monetary policy |
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