Macroeconomic Finance

ECON 304

This course studies the interaction between macroeconomics and financial markets. The course begins with a modern perspective on money and banking, and then uses this foundation to examine a variety of financial market features that influence macroeconomic performance and policies. The majority of t…

A Tale of Two Recessions: 2008 and 2020

ECON 313

This seminar examines the events of the 2008 recession, as well as its causes and aftermath. Special attention is paid to the housing bubble that preceded the recession, how the crisis in the housing sector spread to the rest of the economy, and the response of monetary, fiscal, and regulatory polic…

Senior Thesis Seminar

ECON 456

Building on experience from previous economics courses, students in this course produce new independent research. Prerequisite(s): two 300-level economics courses.