Covers contemporary theory of consumption, production, pricing, and resource allocation.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Problem sets are time-consuming and difficult, often requiring office hours. Exams are heavy, with tests challenging and requiring significant study time beyond lectures.
Covers current developments across all fields of economics.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Historical reviews of Elizabeth Kelly, Rasmus Lentz, Stella Chan: Workload and difficulty fluctuate significantly across teaching terms. Some students found homework extremely difficult with few examples, while others noted heavy mid-semester workloads or required pre-class reading responses.
MICROECONOMICS I covers consumer theory, producer theory, and market equilibrium with applications to game theory.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
One historical review reports that homework and exams are very hard, with midterm exams containing many questions and limited time that no students finish.
ECON 750 covers theoretical and empirical analysis of labor markets, mobility, earnings, employment, and household labor supply.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
The course is demanding, requiring students to engage deeply with the material as Kennan does not spoon-feed answers, though he ensures students are never left stranded.
Covers techniques to compute and estimate structural models, transitioning from formal Econometrics, Macroeconomics, and Theory training to applications.