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10th EABCN Training School: Learning and Expectations Formation

18/10/2009 to 22/10/2009
Deutsche Bundesbank, Hachenburg

The tenth EABCN Training School was a five-day course entitled “Learning and Expectations Formation”, taught by Professor Klaus Adam and Professor Albert Marcet. The course reviewed the implications of relaxing the rational expectations assumption in dynamic models, focussing on applications to macroeconomics and asset pricing. It was held at the Deutsche Bundesbank, Hachenburg on 19 - 23 October 2009.

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Incorporating Financial Factors within Microeconomic Modelling and Policy Analysis

30/06/2009 to 02/07/2009
London

The ninth EABCN Training School was a three-day course on “Incorporating Financial Factors within Microeconomic Modelling and Policy Analysis” taught by Professor Mark Gertler. This training school, hosted by Bank of England, took place in London from 1- 3 July 2009.

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8th EABCN Training Course on "Monetary Policy Design in the New Keynesian Model"

09/12/2008 to 12/12/2008
Barcelona

The eighth EABCN Training School was on Monetary Policy Design in the New Keynesian Model taught by Professors Jordi Galí and Tommaso Monacelli. The course discussed the construction and use of New Keynesian Models in the analysis and design of monetary policy. The lectures provided an overview of the recent literature on monetary policy design in the context of the New Keynesian framework. This training school, hosted by CREI and Universitat Pompeu Fabra, took place in Barcelona from 9- 12 December 2008. Click here for more details

7th EABCN Training Course on "Quantitative Business Cycle Analysis"

03/03/2008 to 07/03/2008
Madrid

The seventh training course took place in Madrid from 3-7 March 2008. Hosted by the Banco de España, it focussed on Using DSGE models for Quantitative Business Cycle Analysis. The instructor was Professor Lawrence Christiano, who is a Professor of Economics at Northwestern University, where he holds the Alfred W. Chase Chair in Business Institutions.

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6th EABCN Training Course on "Forecast Evaluation and Related Topics in Applied Time Series"

09/09/2007 to 13/09/2007
Banco de Portugal

The sixth training course took place from 10-14 September 2007, hosted by Banco de Portugal. It focused on Forecast Evaluation and Related Topics in Applied Time Series. The instructor was Professor Kenneth West, Ragnar Frisch Professor of Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 

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5th EABCN Training Course on "Topics in Econometric Models for Macroeconomics and Finance"

12/02/2007 to 16/02/2007
Vienna

The fifth training course took place in Vienna from 12th-16th February 2007, hosted by Oesterreichische Nationalbank. It focused on Topics in Econometric Models for Macroeconomics and Finance. The instructor is Carlo A. Favero.

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4th EABCN Training Course on "Bayesian Methods for DSGE Models and VARs"

04/06/2006 to 08/06/2006
Eltville

The fourth training course took place from 5-9 June 2006. Focusing on 'Bayesian Methods for DSGE Models and VARs', the course was hosted by the Bundesbank, Eltville, Germany. Professor Frank Schorfheide, from University of Pennsylvania, instructed the course.

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3rd EABCN Training Course on "Topics in Applied Time Series and Forecasting"

07/11/2005 to 11/11/2005
Banca d'Italia

The third training course took place from 7-11 November 2005. Hosted by the Banca d'Italia, it focused on Topics in Applied Time Series and Forecasting. The instructor was Mark Watson, Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. 

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2nd EABCN Training Course on "Dynamic Factor Models for large panels of time series"

19/09/2005 to 23/09/2005
Bank of Belgium

The second training course was held on 20-24 September 2004. Hosted by the National Bank of Belgium, it focused on Dynamic Factor Models for large panels of time series. Professor Lucrezia Reichlin gave the course which covered dynamic factor models.

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1st EABCN Training Course on "Bayesian methodologies for business cycle analysis"

06/01/2004
Milan

The first training course was held in Milan in January 2004. Hosted by Bocconi University, it focused on Bayesian methodologies for business cycle analysis. The course was taught by Professor Fabio Canova (Universitàt Pompeu Fabra). Each of the five days consisted of three hours of lectures and five hours of practical computer based laboratory sessions.