Macrofinance Models Analysis

This lecture provides students with a working knowledge of macroeconomic models that explicitly incorporate financial markets, aiming to develop an analytical framework for analyzing financial decisions, macroeconomic events, and policy decisions. Topics covered include infinite-horizon consumption-based models, uncertainty, risk aversion, equity premium puzzle, term structure of interest rates, labor and firms interactions, investment, financial frictions, and the basic New Keynesian model. Students will also work on a project analyzing the monetary-fiscal response to public debt accumulation, focusing on the Covid-19 pandemic's impact on economies.