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Current Courses
Business 33403, Advanced Macroeconomics
This class is an advanced class in macroeconomics that is designed for students who majored in economics as undergraduates or have taken 33040 and would like to learn more. The course will have an extremely applied focus and teach tools and facts that would be relevant for people who need to understand aspects about the macroeconomy for their jobs, particularly in consulting or financial services. Each week we will cover a different topic. Many of the topics in the course will be organized around the impact of the pandemic on the macroeconomy, but the tools we develop will be of lasting value for studying many classic macroeconomic issues.
Students currently on the waiting list for BUSN 33403 should submit their first assignment to course TA, Zhiyu Fu at ZhiyuFu@uchicago.edu. For those taking the course via Take 3, please contact my assistant at Peggy.Eppink@chicagobooth.edu for the Zoom link.
Zoom course links are available through Canvas. Please make sure to click on the appropriate course section.
Spring Syllabus 2022
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Updated Class Outline and List of Guests for Spring 2021 33403
First Class Assignment for 2022
Previous Courses
Business 35211, The Analytics of Financial Crises
The Analytics of Financial Crises is an advanced course that uses the tools of corporate finance to analyze financial crises. Much of the material pertains to the most recent global crisis, but also includes studies of past crises. Topics covered by the course include: the Great Depression; the Japanese and Swedish economic crises in the 1990s; proximate causes of the recent crisis; housing and structured finance; the periods of stress related to the demise of Bear Stearns, the failure of Lehman Brothers and the sovereign debt problems that surfaced for Greece; and regulatory reform proposals aimed at averting future crises.
Business 33402, Understanding Central Banks
An advanced macroeconomics course that will analyze the role and performance of Central Banks (particularly the Federal Reserve, the Bank of Japan, and the European Central Bank) and other international agencies such as the International Monetary Fund in the world economy. Covers two broad themes: financial crises and the art of making (and interpreting) monetary policy, with a heavy emphasis on current events. 2001-Present.
Business 35200, Corporation Finance
Selected problem areas in financial management, including capital expenditure and capital structure policies; dividend policies, mergers, and consolidations; capital markets; and short-term asset management. 2001-2009.
Business 331, Money and Banking
Analyzing the macroeconomic linkages between financial institutions, financial markets, and the economy. 1991-2000.
Business 584, Understanding the Japanese Big Bang
Special Seminar course looking at the fallout from the deregulation of Japanese financial markets. 1998.
Business 717/718, Lab in Developing Business Strategy for the Japanese Market
Laboratory Course in which student teams are sponsored by companies to write business plans on how the companies could break into the Japanese market. 1995-1996.
Business 309, Introduction to the Japanese Economy
Surveying the Japanese economy. 1993-1996.