Hans Gersbach: Katalogdaten im Frühjahrssemester 2018 |
| Name | Herr Prof. Dr. Hans Gersbach |
| Lehrgebiet | Makroökonomie: Innovation und Politik |
| Adresse | Makroökonomie, Gersbach ETH Zürich, LEE F 101 Leonhardstrasse 21 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Telefon | +41 44 632 82 80 |
| gersbach@kof.ethz.ch | |
| Departement | Management, Technologie und Ökonomie |
| Beziehung | Ordentlicher Professor |
| Nummer | Titel | ECTS | Umfang | Dozierende | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 363-0575-00L | Economic Growth, Cycles and Policy | 3 KP | 2G | H. Gersbach | |
| Kurzbeschreibung | This intermediate macroeconomics course focuses on topics in macroeconomics and monetary economics, like economic growth, financial markets and expectations, the goods market in an open economy, monetary policy, and fiscal policy. | ||||
| Lernziel | Students obtain a deeper understanding of some important macroeconomic issues. | ||||
| Inhalt | This intermediate macroeconomics course focuses on topics in macroeconomics and monetary economics, like economic growth, financial markets and expectations, the goods market in an open economy, monetary policy, and fiscal policy. | ||||
| Skript | Copies of the slides will be made available. | ||||
| Literatur | Chapters in Manfred Gärtner (2009), Macroeconomics, Third Edition, Prentice Hall. and selected chapters in other books and/or papers | ||||
| Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | It is required that participants have attended the lecture "Principles of Macroeconomics" (363-0565-00L). | ||||
| 364-0531-00L | CER-ETH Research Seminar  | 0 KP | 2S | L. Bretschger, A. Bommier, H. Gersbach, W. Mimra | |
| Kurzbeschreibung | Forschungsseminar des Center of Economic Research CER-ETH | ||||
| Lernziel | Verständnis der aktuell führenden Forschung in der ökonomischen Theorie, insbesondere aus dem Bereich der CER-ETH Forschung. | ||||
| Inhalt | Referate zu aktuellen Forschungsergebnissen aus den Bereichen der CER-ETH Forschung von in- und ausländischen Gastreferierenden. | ||||
| Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | Bitte spezielle Ankündigungen beachten. | ||||
| 364-0556-00L | Doctoral Workshop: Astute Modelling Prerequisite: Students are expected to attend the course 364-0559-02L "Design of Institutions and Political Economy", before registering for this workshop. | 3 KP | 1G | H. Gersbach | |
| Kurzbeschreibung | In this workshop, we present ongoing research at MIP and discuss the criteria and guidelines for smart modelling of social and economic situations. | ||||
| Lernziel | We will learn how to present our own research and improve our modelling skills. | ||||
| 364-0559-02L | Design of Institutions and Political Economy | 3 KP | 2V | V. Britz, H. Gersbach | |
| Kurzbeschreibung | Institutions and in particular political institutions are a central determinant of economic performance. In this course, we learn the characteristics of collective decision making and political processes as well as the theoretical tools in institutional design. At the end of the course we will discuss recent research in political economics.Design of Institutions and Policy | ||||
| Lernziel | In this doctoral course, we learn the theoretical tools and major results in collective decision theory and political economics. We will use this knowledge to discuss recent research in political economics. The course enables the participants to do their own research in political economics or apply the frameworks to interesting institutional design problems in their own research area. | ||||
| Inhalt | Part I: Theoretical Tools and Important Results (lectures) 1. Collective Decision Making and Impossibility Results 2. Voting Models 3. Lobbying 4. Creating Institutions: A Mechanism Design Perspective 5. Dynamic Political Economy Part II: Recent Research in Political Economics (presentations) | ||||
| Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | In the first part, the theory is presented in lectures. In the second part, each participant will present a paper of her/his interest from the syllabus (provided in the first class meeting) and has to write a referee report (of max. 3 pages) on it. | ||||
| 364-0581-00L | Microeconomics Seminar (ETH/UZH) No enrolment to this course at ETH Zurich. Book the corresponding module directly at UZH. UZH Module Code: DOEC6089 Mind the enrolment deadlines at UZH: https://www.uzh.ch/cmsssl/en/studies/application/mobilitaet.html | 0 KP | 2S | H. Gersbach | |
| Kurzbeschreibung | Research Seminar research papers of leading researchers in Microeconomics are presented and discussed | ||||
| Lernziel | Research Seminar research papers of leading researchers in Microeconomics are presented and discussed | ||||
| Inhalt | Invited Speakers present current research in Microeconomics | ||||
| 364-1058-00L | Risk Center Seminar Series Maximale Teilnehmerzahl: 50 | 0 KP | 2S | A. Bommier, D. Basin, D. N. Bresch, L.‑E. Cederman, P. Cheridito, P. Embrechts, H. Gersbach, H. R. Heinimann, M. Larsson, W. Mimra, G. Sansavini, F. Schweitzer, D. Sornette, B. Stojadinovic, B. Sudret, U. A. Weidmann, S. Wiemer, M. Zeilinger, R. Zenklusen | |
| Kurzbeschreibung | This course is a mixture between a seminar primarily for PhD and postdoc students and a colloquium involving invited speakers. It consists of presentations and subsequent discussions in the area of modeling and governing complex socio-economic systems, and managing risks and crises. Students and other guests are welcome. | ||||
| Lernziel | Participants should learn to get an overview of the state of the art in the field, to present it in a well understandable way to an interdisciplinary scientific audience, to develop novel mathematical models and approaches for open problems, to analyze them with computers or other means, and to defend their results in response to critical questions. In essence, participants should improve their scientific skills and learn to work scientifically on an internationally competitive level. | ||||
| Inhalt | This course is a mixture between a seminar primarily for PhD and postdoc students and a colloquium involving invited speakers. It consists of presentations and subsequent discussions in the area of modeling complex socio-economic systems and crises. For details of the program see the webpage of the seminar. Students and other guests are welcome. | ||||
| Skript | There is no script, but the sessions will be recorded and be made available. Transparencies of the presentations may be put on the course webpage. | ||||
| Literatur | Literature will be provided by the speakers in their respective presentations. | ||||
| Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | Participants should have relatively good scientific, in particular mathematical skills and some experience of how scientific work is performed. | ||||
| 364-1090-00L | Research Seminar in Contract Theory, Banking and Money (University of Zurich) No enrolment to this course at ETH Zurich. Book the corresponding module directly at UZH. UZH Module Code: DOEC0786 Mind the enrolment deadlines at UZH: http://www.uzh.ch/studies/application/mobilitaet_en.html | 3 KP | 2S | H. Gersbach, Uni-Dozierende | |
| Kurzbeschreibung | Recent developments in the fields of contract theory, finance, banking, money and macroeconomics. | ||||
| Lernziel | Understanding recent developments in the fields of contract theory, finance, banking and macroeconomics. | ||||