Development Economics: Macroeconomics

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Prof. Robert Townsend taught the first half of the course, 14.772 Development Economics: Macroeconomics from Spring 2013.

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Lecture 11: Evaluation of a Large Scale Microfinance Experiment

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2013 76:12

This lecture covers the research methods used to evaluate microcredit programs.

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Lecture 7: Capital Asset Pricing

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2013 83:17

Prof. Robert Townsend discusses research methods and concepts about studying risk and return in village households.

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Lecture 1: Finance, Growth, and Volatility

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2013 76:10

Prof. Townsend introduces the course to the students, explains the syllabus, and covers the topics of finance, growth, and volatility.

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Lecture 6: Insurance

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2013 83:41

In this lecture, Prof. Townsend discusses insurance as it relates to financial access and targeting to risk instruments.

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Lecture 12: From Reduced Form to Structural Evaluation

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2013 81:33

In this lecture, Prof. Townsend reviews research about financial infrastructure and impact.

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Lecture 8: Macro Approaches to Consumption Smoothing and Risk Sharing

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2013 78:44

This lecture continues the topic of consumption smoothing.

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Lecture 9: Labor and Development

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2013 82:14

In this lecture, Prof. Townsend discusses labor and development including the topics of sharing wage risk and labor and aggregation.

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Lecture 10: Dynamic Financial Constraints

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2013 70:21

In this lecture, Prof. Townsend reviews the research about dynamic financial constraints.

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Lecture 5: Measurement in Development

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2013 82:03

In this lecture, Prof. Townsend explains the methods of measurement in the field of development economics.

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Lecture 3: Growth, TFP, and Inequality

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2013 83:23

In this lecture, Prof. Townsend explains growth, TFP, and financial market imperfections.

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Lecture 4: Growth, TFP, Domestic and International Capital Flows

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2013 82:58

In this lecture, Prof. Robert Townsend explains growth, TFP, domestic and international capital flows with other frictions in financial intermediation.

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Lecture 2: Micro-Founded Macro Models

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2013 84:00

This lecture covers economic research about micro-founded macro models.

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