Teaching

Office: Sachar 214a

Office Hours: On Leave

Courses Taught

Econ 304a Advanced Macroeconomics II (Ph.D Course) The course serves as an advanced introduction the modern macroeconomic analysis of business cycles, monetary policy and asset pricing. Topic covered include, real business cycle theory, New-Keynesian theory, finance and macroeconomics e.g. : consumption capital asset pricing model, equity premium puzzle, and models of unemployment fluctuations.

Econ 171a Financial Economics This course serves as an introduction to modern financial economics. Topics we will cover include: pricing of fixed income securities, equity evaluation, portfolio choice and options.

Econ 82b Macroeconomic Theory (Intermediate Macroeconomics) The course serves as an introduction to the concepts and measurements of economic aggregates, such as: national income, consumption, investment, and economy-wide variables such as interest rates, exchange rates, inflation, and the unemployment rate. We will model the determinates of these variables and study the effect of fiscal and monetary policies on these aggregates.