Frontiers of Household Finance

English
DRE 4022
4 Credits

Introduction

This course will cover research in household finance. We will discuss results and methods at the frontier of this field of finance and economics. We will consider several important economic decisions made by households concerning investments, leverage, consumption and labor. We will examine how households approach these important decisions, what errors they might make in doing so, and which frictions they face when attempting to solve these problems.

Course content

The course will cover a selection of recent papers, intended to train students to be able to formulate and execute own research within the field.

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