15.012 Applied Macro. & International Economics (H1)
Spring 2011
Instructors: Alberto F. Cavallo, Roberto Rigobon
TAs: Aymeric Sarrazin, Sadia Sharmin, Andreina Toro
Section A:
MWF 8:30-10:00 AM
(E51-325)
Section B: MWF 10:00-11:30 AM
(E51-325)
Section C: MWF 1:00-2:30 PM
(E51-149)
Information:
- The "READINGS" section contains the link to the cases. Only those who have purchased a course packet from CopyTeach (paper or digital) will have access to this section (no need to contact us, your access will be granted automatically within a few days)
-This stellar site can be accessed quickly by typing "prices.mit.edu" in your browser address bar
Announcements
Grades Available
Your 15.012 grades will be officially posted in a few weeks, but if you can't wait to hear the news, please send an email to Rose Ziv (roseziv@mit.edu).
Also, the Sloanies behind Junar are eager to hear about your experience with their website and with the Macro Dashboard they prepared for our class. They are raffling a Kindle among those who help them out by filling out this brief 8 question survey, which shouldn't take more than 5 minutes. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/
If you have extra time and want to double your chances to win the Kindle, please contact Max Faingezicht (maxf@mit.edu) to schedule a quick 1:1 feedback session.
I hope you are enjoying your classes in H2, and please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.
Best,
Alberto
Announced on 19 April 2011 5:00 p.m. by Alberto F. Cavallo
Thanks and Class
First, thanks to everybody for making this half-semester such a great experience. As Alberto and I said, we will not forget you. Although I am quite sure I would love to forget student fish i won't.Second, for those that were unable to attend the last class from the C section i will send an email with all your emails (the ones that contacted me) and try to find a day so we can have that discussion ourselves.
Finally, the RUN. Alexandra's team run in the first heat (the slowest). Three heats and 25 teams. They ran in the Amory track, which is the place for the hall of fame of HS track. There were 14 teams in division 3 and two division 4. They came in third among that group, and 14 overall!
Of course they were all disappointed and feeling like losers for not winning everything. The team that won ran 0.96 seconds more than the national record, and they had the fourth best time in US history (for high school of course). Kind of hard to compete with that.
So I gave them a motivational talk afterwards, using a lot of examples from Brazil, Canada and France. Not surprisingly, just after I started talking about Belgium they felt quite well. Again, thanks so much for allowing me to be part of this extraordinary experience.
All the best. RR.
Announced on 12 March 2011 8:25 a.m. by Roberto Rigobon
Sign-up sheet for 10:00 am class
Hello,
I wasn't able to find the sign-up sheet after today's 10:00 am class. If any of you picked it up, please send me an email.
Thanks,
Announced on 04 March 2011 4:00 p.m. by Sadia Sharmin
5th floor
Just a minor correction to Sadia's lsat email: the box will be in front of the elevator on the 5th floor.Thanks, Alberto
Announced on 04 March 2011 9:22 a.m. by Alberto F. Cavallo
Slides for debate and online survey
Hello all,
Just a quick reminder that the slides for the debates are due today by 5:00 pm. Please turn in printouts of all the slides in the box in E-62, 4th floor.
Also, the only survey for the debates closes at 5:00 pm today, please be sure to fill it out.
Thanks,
Your TAs
Announced on 04 March 2011 9:12 a.m. by Sadia Sharmin
