ECON 8861 Monetary Economics I
The course is organized into three broad parts. The first part introduces you to the growing HANK literature. The second part introduces you to a recent strand of the macrolabor literature that incorporates labor market frictions into models with aggregate shocks and heterogeneity. The final part explores how departures from the assumption that agents have full information contributes to our understanding of business cycles.
Course overview
- Department
- Economics
- School
- MCAS
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Graduate
- Offered
- Every Fall
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.74 / 5 · Excellent
- Instructor rating
- 4.74 / 5 · Excellent
- Terms evaluated
- 5
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | Robert Ulbricht | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 10+ hrs/week | 3 of 5 |
| Fall 2024 | Robert Ulbricht | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | — | 2 of 4 |
| Spring 2024 | Robert Ulbricht | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.6 | — | 7 of 8 |
| Fall 2022 | Robert Ulbricht | 4.9 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 7–9 hrs/week | 7 of 9 |
| Fall 2021 | Robert Ulbricht | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 10+ hrs/week | 4 of 8 |