FNGB 7455/BEGB7230:  Global Finance (Fall 2005)

           Course Outline and Reading Guide
                    (in word format)
           Lecture Notes:  word format or pdf format
            Instructions for downloading data from IFS cd-rom
                    (written by Maria Perez)
           Power Point Presentation of Class Lectures
           Instructions for writing short papers
           Boston College March 2002 Gasson Lecture Power Point Presentation:
                All Politics Are Local, Most Economics Crises Local:
                Lessons from the Lower Latitudes

           PLEASE REFER TO BLACKBOARD FOR ASSIGNMENTS
            AND UPDATES FOR THIS COURSE

           International Stock Price Data Set (in excel format)
           Midterm-Fall 98

           Course Outline and Reading Guide
                    (in word format)
           Lecture Notes:  word format or pdf format
            Instructions for downloading data from IFS cd-rom
                    (written by Maria Perez)
           Power Point Presentation of Class Lectures
           Instructions for writing short papers
           Boston College March 2002 Gasson Lecture Power Point Presentation:
                All Politics Are Local, Most Economics Crises Local:
                Lessons from the Lower Latitudes

           Homework Assignment 1 (Due Sept 17, in class).
           Homework Assignment 2  (Due Sept. 24)
           Homework Assignment 3  (Due Oct 6)
           Study Questions for the Easterly Book (in word format)

           International Stock Price Data Set (in excel format)
           Midterm-Fall 98

          FINAL EXAM (FALL 2003)

Econ.230: Monetary Economics (Spring 1999)
           Course Outline and Reading Guide
           Assignment 1
           Class Notes
           Assignment 2
           Assignment 3 / Take Home Mid-term
           Assignment 4
           Assignment 5

Econ.585: Senior Seminar on Emerging Markets (Fall 2003)
           Course Outline and Reading Guide (pdf format)
           Instructions for downloading data from IFS cd-rom
                    (written by Maria Perez, in pdf format)
           Boston College March 2002 Gasson Lecture Power Point Presentation:
                All Politics Are Local, Most Economics Crises Local:
                Lessons from the Lower Latitudes
           Study Questions on Easterly Book
           Power Point  Summary Notes on Emerging Markets
           Neural Network Power Point (Initial)
           Neural Network Power Point (Second Set)
           Financial Forecasting with Neural Networks (PDF Manuscript)
            Neural Net Predictor Excel Spreadsheet:  NNpred.xls
           Linear Regression Exercise for Emerging Market Returns [due October 24][in Word format]
            Sample Spreadsheet for Doing Linear Regression: msci_october2002_example.xls
            Revised Matlab Programs for Estimation and Portfolio Allocation: Matlab1aaa.zip
            Assignment for Dec. 5 (in word format):  Econ385final.doc
 
 

Econ 642:  Topics in International Finance  (Spring 2004)
           Course Outline and Reading Guide
            Lecture Notes I: Basic Models from Obsfeld and Rogoff
             OR Notes: Chapters 8 and 9
             OR Notes: Two Country Model
             DSGE Notes with Matlab Examples
             Uribe and Schmidt-Grohe:  Closing Open-Economy Models  (web link)
                      Matlab Programs for this paper
             Exercise for you of little faith (about approximation and genetic algorithm accuracy)
                      [Due Feb. 19]
             Matlab programs:  ff.m,  chebjudd.m,  hermitejudd.m,  gen8f.m
                      [ff is example function, the next two are the orthogonal polynomials, and gen8f.m
                         is the genetic algorithm].
             Spring Break Problem Set
             Matlab Progarms for Marcet-Nocolini Learning:  marcretrun.m
                                                                                       marcetnicol.m