Courses
14.773 - Political Economy: Institutions and Development (Part 1)
(with Ben Olken)
- Syllabus
- Lecture 1 - Introduction and Overview
- Leccture 2 - Economic Policy under Nondemocratic Institutions
- Lecture 3 - Labor Coercion
- Lectures 4 and 5 - Introduction to Dynamic Voting and Constitutions
- Lectures 6 and 7 - Weak States and State Building
- Lectures 8 and 9 - Institutional Change, Democratization and Persistence
- Lecture 10 - Information, Beliefs and Politics
- Lectures 11, 12 and 13 - Culture, Norms and Institutions
14.661 - Labor Economics (Part II)
(with Abigail Adams-Prassl)
- Syllabus
- Lectures 1 and 2 - Labor Market Externalities
- Lectures 3 and 4 - Social Mobility, Peer Effects and Human Capital
- Lecture 5 - Career Concerns and Multitasking
- Lecture 6 - Efficiency Wages
- Lectures 7-9 - Investments in General and Specific Skills
- Lectures 10-13 - Search, Matching and Unemployment
- Problem Set 2
- Problem Set 3
- Problem Set 4
- Problem Set 5
14.452 - Introduction to Economic Growth
- Syllabus
- Lecture 1 - Questions and Evidence
- Lectures 2 and 3 - The Solow Growth Model
- Lecture 4 - The Solow Growth Model and the Data
- Lectures 5 and 6 - Neoclassical Growth
- Lecture 7 - Overlapping Generations
- Lecture 8 - Neoclassical Endogenous Growth
- Lecture 9 - Endogenous Technical Change
- Lecture 10 - Beyond Factor-Augmenting Technical Change
- Lecture 11 - Inequality: The Canonical Approach
- Lecture 12 - Directed Technological Change
- Lecture 13 - Technology Diffusion, Trade and World Growth
14.773 - Political Economy of Institutions and Development
- Syllabus
- Lecture 1: Introduction and Overview
- Lecture 2: Economic Policy under Nondemocratic Institutions
- Lecture 3: Labor Coercion
- Lecture 4: Introduction to Dynamic Voting and Constitutions
- Lectures 5 and 6: Weak States and State Building
- Lectures 7 and 8. Institutional Change, Democratization and Persistence
- Lecture 9. Information, Beliefs and Politics
- Lectures 10-12: Culture, Norms and Institutions
Fall 2022
14.770 - Introduction to Collective Choice and Political Economy - Part I
(with Abhijit Banerjee)
- Syllabus
- Lecture 2
- Lectures 3 and 4
- Lectures 5, 6, 7, and 8
- Lecture 10
- Lectures 11 and 12
- Lecture 13
- Lecture 16
14.661 - Labor Economics - Part II
(with Josh Angrist)
- Syllabus
- Lectures 1 and 2 - Labor Market Externalities
- Lectures 3 and 4 - Social Mobility, Peer Effects and Human Capital
- Lecture 5 - Career Concerns and Multitasking
- Lecture 6 - Efficiency Wages
- Lectures 7-9 - Investments in General and Specific Skills
- Lectures 10-13 - Search, Matching and Unemployment
14.452 - Introduction to Economic Growth (Part II)
- Syllabus
- Lecture 1 - Questions and Evidence
- Lectures 2 and 3 - The Solow Growth Model
- Lecture 4 - The Solow Growth Model and the Data
- Lectures 5 and 6 - Neoclassical Growth
- Lecture 7 - Overlapping Generations
- Lecture 8 - Neoclassical Endogenous Growth
- Lecture 9 - Endogenous Technical Change
- Lecture 10 - Beyond Factor-Augmenting Technical Change
- Lecture 11 - Inequality: The Canonical Approach
- Lecture 12 - Directed Technological Change
- Lecture 13 - Technology Diffusion, Trade and World Growth
14.773 - Political Economy
- Syllabus
- Lecture 1 - Introduction and Overview
- Lecture 2 - Economic Policy under Non-democratic Institutions
- Lecture 3 - Labor Coercion
- Lectures 4 and 5 - Introduction to Dynamic Voting and Institutions
- Lectures 6 and 7 - Weak States and State Building
- Lectures 8 and 9 - Institutional Change, Democratization and Persistence
- Lecture 10 - Information, Beliefs and Politics
- Lectures 11, 12 and 13 - Culture, Norms and Institutions
14.661 - Labor Economics
14.452 - Economic Growth
- Syllabus
- Lecture 1 - Questions and Evidence
- Lectures 2 and 3 - The Solow Growth Model
- Lecture 4 - The Solow Growth Model and the Data
- Lectures 5-7 - Neoclassical Growth
- Lecture 8 - Overlapping Generations
- Lecture 9 - Neoclassical Endogenous Growth
- Lecture 10 - Endogenous Technological Change
- Lecture 11 - Directed Technological Change
- Lecture 12 - Beyond Factor-Augmenting Technological Change
- Lecture 13 - Technology Diffusion, Trade and World Growth
14.193 - Symposium on Discrimination
14.773 - Political Economy
- Syllabus
- Problem Set 1|
- Lecture 1 - Introduction and Overview
- Lecture 2 - Economic Policy under Nondemocratic Institutions
- Lecture 3 - Labor Coercion
- Lectures 4-5 - Introduction to Dynamic Voting and Constitutions
- Lectures 6-7 - Weak States and State Building
- Lectures 8-9 - Institutional Change, Democratization and Persistence
- Lecture 10 - Information, Beliefs and Politics
- Lectures 11-13 - Cultures, Norms and Institutions
14.661 - Labor Economics
- Syllabus
- Lectures 1 and 2 - Labor Market Externalities
- Lectures 3 and 4 - Social Mobility, Peer Effects and Human Capital
- Lectures 5 and 6 - Career Concerns and Multitasking
- Lecture 7 - Efficiency Wages
- Lectures 8-10 - Investments in General and Specific Skills
- Lectures 11-13 - Search, Matching and Unemployment
- Problem Set 1
- Problem Set 2
14.452 - Economic Growth
- Syllabus
- Problem Set 1
- Problem Set 2
- Problem Set 3
- Lecture 1 - Questions and Evidence
- Lectures 2 and 3 - The Solow Grow Model
- Lecture 4 - The Solow Growth Model and the Data
- Lectures 5-7 - Neoclassical Growth
- Lecture 8 - Overlapping Generations
- Lecture 9 - Neoclassical Endogenous Growth
- Lecture 10 - Endogenous Technological Change
- Lecture 11 - Directed Technological Change
- Lecture 12 - Beyond Factor-Augmenting Technological Change
- Lecture 13 - Technology Diffusion, Trade and World Growth
14.773 - Political Economy
- Syllabus
- Problem Set 1
- Problem Set 2
- Problem Set 3 (practice)
- Lecture 1 - Introduction and Overview
- Lectures 2 and 3 - Introduction to Dynamic Voting and Constitutions
- Lecture 4 - Labor Coercion
- Lectures 5-7 - Weak States and State Building
- Lecture 8 - Institutional Change and Democratization
- Lecture 9 - Persistence and Dysfunctional Democracies
- Lectures 10 - Information, Beliefs and Politics
- Lectures 11-13 - Culture, Norms and Institutions
14.452 - Economic Growth
- Syllabus
- Problem Set 1
- Problem Set 2
- Problem Set 3
- Lecture 1 - Questions and Evidence
- Lectures 2 and 3 - The Solow Growth Model
- Lecture 4 - The Solow Growth Model and the Data
- Lectures 5 -7 - Neoclassical Growth
- Lecture 8 - Overlapping Generations
- Lecture 9 - Neoclassical Endogenous Growth
- Lectures 10 and 11 - Endogenous Technological Change
- Lecture 12 - Directed Technological Change
- Lecture 13 - Technology Diffusion, Trade and World Growth
14.661 - Labor Economics
- Syllabus
- Problem Set 1
- Lectures 1 and 2 - Labor Market Externalities
- Lectures 3 and 4 - Social Mobility, Peer Effects and Human Capital
- Lectures 5 and 6 - Career Concerns and Multitasking
- Lecture 7 - Efficiency Wages
- Lectures 8-10 - Investments in General Specific Skills
- Lectures 11-13 - Search, Matching and Unemployment
14.770 - Political Economy and Collective Choice
- Syllabus
- Lectures 1 and 2 - Collective Choice and Voting
- Lecture 3 - Voting and Information Aggregation
- Lectures 4 and 5 - Voting and Political Decisions in Practice
- Lectures 6 and 7 - Electoral Politics Gone Wrong
- Lectures 8 and 9 - Political Agency
- Lecture 10 - Political Agency Gone Wrong
- Lecture 11 - Economic Policy under Representative Democracy
- Lecture 12 - Political Compromise
- Lecture 13 - Economic Policy Under Nondemocratic Institutions
- Problem Set 1
- Problem Set 2
14.773 - Political Economy of Institutions and Development
- Syllabus
- Lecture 1 - Introduction and Overview
- Lectures 2 and 3 - Introduction to Dynamic Voting and Constitutions
- Lecture 4 - Labor Coercion
- Lectures 5, 6 and 7 - Weak States and State Building
- Lecture 8 - Institutional Change and Democratization
- Lecture 9 - Persistence and Dysfunctional Democracies
- Lecture 10 - Information, Beliefs and Politics
- Lectures 11, 12 and 13 - Culture, Values and Cooperation
14.661 - Labor Economics
- Syllabus
- Lectures 1 and 2 - Labor Market Externalities
- Lectures 3 and 4 - Social Mobility, Peer Effects and Human Capital
- Lectures 5 and 6 - Career Concerns and Multitasking
- Lecture 7 - Efficiency Wages
- Lectures 8-10 - Investments in General and Specific Skills
- Lectures 11-13 - Search, Matching and Unemployment
- Additional Lectures in Search, Matching and Unemployment
- Problem Set 1
- Problem Set 2
- Problem Set 3
14.452 - Introduction to Economic Growth
- Syllabus
- Lecture 1 - Questions and Evidence
- Lectures 2 and 3 - The Solow Growth Model
- Lecture 4 - The Solow Growth Model and the Data
- Lectures 5-7 - Neoclassical Growth
- Lecture 8 - Overlapping Generations
- Lecture 9 - Neoclassical Endogenous Growth
- Lectures 10 and 11 - Endogenous Technological Change
- Lecture 12 - Directed Technological Change
- Lecture 13 - Technology Diffusion, Trade and World Growth
- Problem Set 1
- Problem Set 2
- Problem Set 3
- Problem Set 4
- Problem Set 5
14.770 - Political Economy and Collective Choice
- Syllabus
- Lectures 1 and 2 - Collective Choice and Voting
- Lecture 3 - Voting and Information Aggregation
- Lectures 4 and 5 - Voting and Political Decisions in Practice
- Lectures 6 and 7 - Electoral Politics Gone Wrong
- Lectures 8 and 9 - Political Agency
- Lecture 10 - Political Agency Gone Wrong
- Lecture 11 - Economic Policy under Representative Democracy
- Lecture 12 - Political Compromise
- Lectures 13 and 14 - Economic Policy under Nondemocratic Institutions
- Problem Set 1
- Problem Set 2
- Problem Set 3
14.773 - Political Economy of Institutions and Development
- Syllabus
- Lecture 1 - Introduction and Overview
- Lectures 2 and 3 - Introduction to Dynamic Voting and Constitutions
- Lecture 4 - Economic Institutions under Elite Domination
- Lecture 5 - Labor Coercion
- Lecture 6 - Political Economy of Weak States
- Lecture 7 - Guest Leture by Camilo Garcia Jimenez
- Lecture 8 - Institutional Change and Democratization
- Lecture 9 - Persistence and Dysfunctional Democracies
- Lectures 10 and 11 - Information, Beliefs and Politics
- Lectures 12, 13 and 14 - Culture, Values and Cooperation
- Problem Set 1
14.452 - Economic Growth
- Syllabus
- Lecture 1 - Questions and Evidence
- Lectures 2 and 3 - The Solow Growth Model
- Lecture 4 - The Solow Growth Model and the Data
- Lectures 5 and 6 - Neoclassical Growth
- Lecture 7 - Overlapping Generations
- Lecture 8 - Neoclassical Endogenous Growth
- Lectures 9 and 10 - Endogenous Technological Change
- Lecture 11 - Technology Di¤usion, Trade and World Growth
- Lectures 12 and 13 - Directed Technological Change and Applications
14.661 - Labor Economics
- Syllabus
- Lectures 1 and 2 - Labor Market Externalities
- Lectures 3 and 4 - Social Mobility, Peer Effects and Human Capital
- Lecture 5 - Peer Effects over Networks
- Lectures 6 and 7 - Career Concerns and Multitasking
- Lecture 8 - Efficiency Wages
- Lectures 9 and 10 - Invesatments in General and Specific Skills
- Lectures 11-13 - Search, Matching and Unemployment
- Additional Lectures in Search, Matching and Unemployment
14.461 - Advanced Macroeconomics I
- Syllabus
- Lecture 1 - Technological Change
- Lecture 2 - Knowledge Spillovers and Diffusion
- Lecture 3 - Competition Policy and Technological Progress
- Lecture 4 - Technology and the Labor Market
- Lectures 5-7 -Directed Technological Change and Applications
- Lecture 8 - Innovation, Reallocation and Growth
- Lecture 9 - Climate Change and Technology
- Lecture 10 - Modeling Creativity and Technological Leadership
- Lecture 11 - Misallocation and Productivity Differences across Countries
- Lectures 12-13 - Propogation of Shocks over Economic Networks
14.999 - Topics in Inequality
- Reading List
- Lecture 4 - Endogenous Technology and Automation
- Lecture 5 - Superstars and Top Inequality
- Lecture 8 - Pareto Income and Wealth Distributions
- Lecture 14 - Political Economy of Inequality
14.773 - Political Economy of Institutions and Development
- Syllabus
- Lecture 1 - Introduction and Overview
- Lectures 2 and 3 - Introduction to Dynamic Voting and Constitutions
- Lecture 4 - Economic Institutions under Elite Domination
- Lecture 5 - Labor Coercion
- Lectures 6 and 7 - Weak States and State Building
- Lecture 8 - Institutional Change and Democratization
- Lecture 9 - Persistence and Dysfunctional Democracies
- Lectures 10 and 11 - Information, Beliefs and Politics
- Lectures 12 and 13 - Culture, Values and Cooperation
14.452 Economic Growth
- Syllabus
- Lecture 1 (first half): Stylized Facts of Economic Growth and Development
- Lectures 1 (second half), 2 and 3: The Solow Growth Model
- Lecture 4: The Solow Growth Model and the Data
- Lectures 5 and 6: Neoclassical Growth
- Lecture 7: Overlapping Generations
- Lecture 8: Neoclassical Endogenous Growth
- Lectures 9 and 10: Endogenous Technological Change
- Lecture 11: Technology Diffusion, Trade and World Growth
- Lectures 12 and 13: Directed Technological Change
- Problem Set 1
- Problem Set 2
- Problem Set 3
14.661 Labor Economics I
- Acemoglu Syllabus (part 2)
- Full Syllabus (parts 1 and 2)
- Lectures 1 and 2: Labor Market Externalities
- Lectures 3 and 4: Social Mobility, Peer Effects and Human Capital
- Lecture 5: Peer Effects over Networks
- Lectures 6 and 7: Moral Hazard and Applications
- Lecture 8: Efficiency Wages
- Lectures 9 and 10: Investments in General and Specific Skills
- Lectures 11, 12 and 13: Search, Matching and Unemployment
- Problem Set 1
- Problem Set 2
- Problem Set 3
- Problem Set 4
14.461 Advanced Macroeconomics
- Syllabus
- Lecture 1: Technological Change
- Lecture 2: Knowledge Spillovers and Diffusion
- Lecture 3: Competition, Policy and Technological Progress
- Lecture 4: Technology and the Labor Market
- Lectures 5 and 6: Directed Technological Change
- Lectures 7 and 8: Innovation, Reallocation and Growth
- Lecture 9: Climate Change and Technology
- Lecture 10: Modeling Creativity and Technological Leadership
- Lecture 11: Misallocation and Productivity Differences across Countries
- Lectures 12, 13 and 14: Network Linkages: Technology, Productivity and Volatility
- Notes from Recitation 1
- Problem Set 1
- Problem Set 2
- Problem Set 3
14.773 Political Economy of Institutions and Development (Part 1)
- Syllabus
- Lecture 1: Introduction and Overview
- Lectures 2 and 3: Introduction to Dynamic Voting and Constitutions
- Lecture 4: Economic Institutions under Elite Domination
- Lecture 5: Labor Coercion
- Lectures 6 and 7: Weak States and State Building
- Lecture 8: Institutional Change and Democratization
- Lecture 9: Persistence and Dysfunctional Democracies
- Lectures 10 and 11: Information, Belief and Politics
- Lectures 12 and 13: Culture, Values and Cooperation
- Political Economy Lecture Notes
- Problem Set 1
14.452 Economic Growth
- Syllabus
- Lecture 1 (part 1) - Stylized Facts of Economic Growth and Development
- Lectures 1 (part 2), 2 and 3 - The Solow Growth Model
- Lecture 4 - The Solow Growth Model and the Data
- Lectures 5 and 6 - Neoclassical Growth
- Lecture 7 - Overlapping Generations
- Lecture 8 - Neoclassical Endogenous Growth
- Lectures 9 and 10 - Endogenous Technological Change
- Lecture 11 - Technology Diffusion, Trade and World Growth
- Lecture 12 - Directed Technological Change
- Lecture 13 - Stochastic Growth
- Problem Set 1
- Problem Set 2
14.461 Advanced Macroeconomics
- Syllabus
- Lecture 1 - Technological Change
- Lecture 2 - Knowledge Spillovers and Diffusion
- Lecture 3 - Competition, Policy and Technological Progress
- Lecture 4 - Technology and the Labor Market
- Lectures 5 and 6 - Directed Technological Change
- Lecture 7 - Innovation, Reallocation and Growth
- Lecture 8 - Modeling Firm Dynamics
- Lecture 9 - Climate Change and Technology
- Lecture 10 - Creativity and Leadership
- Lecture 11 - Misallocation and Productivity Differences across Countries
- Lectures 12 and 13: Input-Output Linkages: Implications for Productivity and Volatility
14.773 - Political Economy of Institutions and Development
- Syllabus
- Lecture 1: Introduction and Overview
- Lectures 2 and 3: Static Voting Models
- Lectures 4 and 5: Introduction to Dynamic Voting and Constitutions
- Lecture 6: Economic Institutions under Elite Domination
- Lecture 7: The Role of the State and Different Political Regimes
- Lecture 8 - Institutional Change and Democratization
- Lectures 9 and 10: Persistence and Dysfunctional Democracies
- Lectures 11 and 12: Information, Beliefs and Politics
- Lecture 13: Culture, Values and Cooperation
- Problem Set 1
- Problem Set 2
- Problem Set 3
14.452 - Economic Growth
- Syllabus
- Lecture 1 (part 1): Stylized Facts of Economic Growth and Development
- Lecture 1 (part 2), Lecture 2, Lecture 3 (part 1): The Solow Growth Model
- Lecture 3 (part 2): The Solow Growth Model and the Data
- Lecture 4: Foundations of Neoclassical Growth
- Lecture 5: Neoclassical Growth
- Lecture 6: Overlapping Generations
- Lecture 7: Stochastic Growth
- Lecture 8: Neoclassical Endogenous Growth
- Lectures 9 and 10: Endogenous Technological Change
- Lecture 11: Technology Diffusion, Interdependences and World Growth
- Lecture 12: Directed Technological Change
14.773 - Political Economy of Institutions and Development
- Syllabus
- Lecture Notes
- Lectures 1 and 2: Static Voting Models
- Lectures 3, 4 and 5: Introduction to Dynamic Voting and Constitutions
- Lecture 6: Economic Institutions under Elite Domination
- Lecture 7: The Role of the State and Different Political Regimes
- Lecture 8: Institutional Change and Democratization
- Lecture 9: Persistence of Elites and Institutions
- Lectures 10 and 11: Information, Beliefs and Politics
- Lectures 12 and 13: Culture, Values and Cooperation
14.661 Labor Economics I
Syllabus
Problem Set 1
Problem Set 2
Problem Set 3
Problem Set 4
Lectures in Labor Economics
Lectures 1 and 2 - Investment in Education and Skills
Lecture 3 - Education, Selection, and Signaling
Lectures 4 and 5 - Externalities and Peer Effects
Lectures 6 and 7 - Moral Hazard and Applications
Lecture 8 - Efficiency Wages
Lectures 9 and 10 - Investments in General and Specific Skills
Lecture 11 - Partial Equilibrium Sequential Search
Lecture 12 - Equilibrium Search and Matching
14.452 Economic Growth
- Syllabus
- Problem Set 1
- Problem Set 2
- Lecture 1 - Stylized Facts of Economic Growth and Development
- Lectures 2 and 3 - The Solow Growth Model
- Lecture 4 - The Solow Growth Model and the Data
- Lecture 5 - Foundations of Neoclassical Growth
- Lectures 6 and 7 - Neoclassical Growth
- Lecture 8 - Overlapping Generations
- Lecture 9 - Neoclassical Endogenous Growth
- Lectures 10 and 11 - Endogenous Technical Change
- Lecture 12 - Technology Diffusion, Interdependences and World Growth
- Lecture 13 - Directed Technological Change
14.461 Advanced Macroeconomics: Technological Change
- Syllabus
- Problem Set 1
- Problem Set 2
- Lectures 1 and 2 - Review of Models of Endogenous Technological Change
- Lecture 3 - Knowledge Spillovers and Diffusion
- Lecture 4 - Competition and Innovation
- Lectures 5 - 7 - Directed Technological Change
- Lecture 8 - Technology and the Labor Market
- Lecture 9 - Prodcutivity Differences Across Countries
- Lecture 10 - Misallocation and Productivity
- Lecture 11 and 12 - Innovation and Firm Dynamics
6.207/14.15 Networks
- Syllabus
- Lecture 1 - Introduction
- Lecture 2 - Graph Theory and Social Networks
- Lecture 3 - Erdos-Renyi Graphs and Branching Processes
- Lecture 4 - Erdos-Renyi Graphs and Phase Transitions
- Lecture 5 - Generalized Random Graphs and Small-World Model
- Lecture 6 - Growing Random Networks and Power Laws
- Lecture 7 - Search on Networks: Navigation and Web Search
- Lecture 8 - Diffusion through Networks
- Lecture 9 - Introduction to Game Theory-1
- Lecture 10 - Introduction to Game Theory-2
- Lecture 11 - Introduction to Game Theory-3
- Lecture 12 - Applications of Game Theory to Networks
- Lectures 13 and 14 - Evolution and Learning in Games
- Lecture 15 - Repeated Games and Cooperation
- Lecture 16 - Cooperation and Trust in Networks
- Lectures 17 and 18 - Network Effects
- Lectures 19-21 - Bayesian Nash Equilibria, Auctions and Introduction to Social Learning
- Lectures 22 and 23 - Social Learning in Networks
- Lecture 24 - Decisions in Groups
- Problem Set 1
- Problem Set 2
- Problem Set 3
- Problem Set 4
- Problem Set 5
14.463 Advanced Economic Growth
- Syllabus
- Lecture 1 - Introduction
- Lecture 2 - Review of Endogenous Growth: Explaining Variety Models
- Lecture 3 - Review of Endogenous Growth: Schumpterian Models
- Lecture 4 - Directed Technological Change
- Lecture 7 - Innovation by Incumbents and Cumulative Research
- Lecture 8 - Technology Diffusion, Trade and Interdependencies: Diffusion of Technology
- Lecture 10 - Appropriate Technologies and Barriers to Technology Adoption
- Lectures 15 and 17 - Trade Growth and Innovation
- Lecture 19 - Structural Change
- Lecture 21 - Stochastic Dynamic Programming and Applications
- Lecture 22 - Stochastic Growth
- Lecture 23 - Structural Transformations and Market Failures in Development (Part 1)
- Lecture 27 - Structural Transformations and Market Failures in Development (Part 2)
- Problem Set 1
- Problem Set 2
- Problem Set 3