About the Program
The Institute for Capacity Development’s Internal Economics Training (IET) program provides training over a wide range of topics that are relevant for IMF economists. The objective of the program is to ensure that Fund economists at all levels stay at the forefront of the profession and remain current on the major issues of the day.
The program consists of courses (which run from two to five days) and seminars (typically half-day events) on topics in econometrics, economic theory, finance, monetary and exchange rate policy, open-economy macroeconomics, political economy, public economics, and trade. The popularity of the program has elicited a rapid expansion in the number of courses and seminars offered since the program’s inception. The Institute consults with economists from across the Fund in choosing the topics to be covered as well as the speakers to be invited, and it seeks feedback from participants in all the courses and seminars. The range of topics covered has broadened significantly in recent years, reflecting the increasingly complex and rapidly evolving environment which Fund economists operate.
The Institute invites some of the best-known scholars in their fields to the Fund to conduct the courses and seminars. Among these are recent recipients of the Nobel Prize in Economics, as well as the John Bates Clark Medal. Since 2000, country officials have also participated in selected week-long IET courses in various fields.
Economics Training Program |
2013 Courses |
Title | Lecturer |
Growth Theory and Policy | Acemoglu,Daron |
Testing Stress Tests | Acharya,Viral V. |
The Design of Growth Policy | Aghion,Philippe |
Banking Analysis | Andrews,A. Michael |
Banking Analysis | Andrews,A. Michael |
Inequality and Technological Change | Autor,David H. |
Panel Data Analysis | Baltagi,Badi H. |
Econometrics for Macroeconomists Using Stata | Baum,Christopher F. |
Practical Volatility and Correlation Modeling for Financial Market Risk | Bollerslev,Tim |
Panel Data Methods Using Stata | Cameron,A. Colin |
Solving, Estimating, and Evaluating Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) Models | Canova,Fabio |
Credit Risk Modeling | Das,Sanjiv Ranjan |
Advanced Time Series and Forecasting with Emphasis on State Space and Optimal Filtering | Diebold,Francis X. |
Macro Models with Financial Frictions | Fernandez-Villaverde,Jesus |
Credit Markets and Economic Fluctuations | Gilchrist,Simon |
Macroeconomic Models with Financial Frictions | Kiyotaki,Nobuhiro |
Basic Econometrics Using EViews | Martin,Vance |
Volatility Modeling Using EViews | Martin,Vance |
Factor Models in EViews | Martin,Vance |
Financial Econometrics of Options Using Eviews | Martin,Vance |
Bayesian Econometrics | McCausland,William J. |
Macroeconometric Modeling and Forecasting using EViews | McNown,Robert F. |
External Vulnerability in Developing Countries | Montiel,Peter J. |
Working With I(1) Variables | Ouliaris,Sam |
Understanding Exchange Rate Economics | Rebelo,Sergio |
Macroprudential Policies | Rochet,Jean-Charles |
Worldwide Income Distribution and Economic Growth | Sala-i-Martin,Xavier |
Exchange Rate Economics | Sarno,Lucio |
Cross-Border Banking and Global Liquidity | Shin,Hyun Song |
An Introduction to Futures and Options | Sundaram,Rangarajan |
Introduction to Financial Econometrics | Tsay,Ruey S. |
Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy | Uhlig,Harald |
Credit, Bubbles, and Business Cycles | Ventura,Jaume |
Modern Monetary Economics | Walsh,Carl |
Using State Space Models and the Kalman Filter | Wu,Tao |
Economics Training Program |
2013 Seminars |
Title | Lecturer |
Inclusive Growth | Aghion,Philippe |
Debt, Debt Overhang, and Fiscal Policy | Aguiar,Mark |
After the Music Stopped: The Financial Crisis, the Response, and the Work Ahead | Blinder,Alan S. |
The Macroeconomics of Uncertainty and Volatility | Bloom,Nicholas |
Financial Crises: Challenges to Monetary Theory and Policy | Calvo,Guillermo |
DSGE Models: A User Guide for Policymakers | Christiano,Lawrence J. |
Fiscal Policy Issues in the United States | DeLong,Bradford |
Regulatory Responses to Too-Big-To-Fail | DeYoung,Robert |
Foreign Exchange Intervention | Dominguez,Kathryn M.E. |
Fiscal Unions and Fiscal Policy in Currency Unions | Farhi,Emmanuel |
Coping with Commodity Volatility: Policies for Developing Countries | Frankel,Jeffrey |
How to Promote Jobs for Development | Freeman,Richard |
New Questions About Monetary Policy: How Do Central Banks Se t Interest Rates? | Friedman,Benjamin |
The U.S. Fiscal Outlook and Policy Options | Gale,William G. |
International Prices and Exchange Rate Pass-through | Gopinath,Gita |
Financial Intermediation and Financial Fragility | Gorton,Gary B. |
Understanding the Post-Crisis GDP collapse in the U.S. | Hall,Robert E. |
Turnaround: Third World Lessons for First World Growth | Henry,Peter Blair |
Current Issues in International Taxation | Hines Jr.,James R. |
Oil and Macroeconomy | Kilian,Lutz |
Current Issues in Inflation Targeting | Kuttner,Kenneth N. |
Sovereign Debt and Default | Mendoza,Enrique |
Estimating the Effects of Government Spending | Ramey,Valerie A. |
Poverty, Inequality, and Growth: Debates, Theories, and Evidence | Ravallion,Martin |
Sources of Wage Inequality | Redding,Stephen J. |
Central Bank Balance Sheets | Reis,Ricardo A.M.R. |
Democracy, Public Policy, and Economic Growth | Robinson,James |
Employment and Business Cycles | Rogerson,Richard |
A Future of Bubbles and Financial Crises? Perspectives from Behavioral Economics | Shiller,Robert |
Wage Rigidities and Aggregate Fluctuations | Shimer,Robert |
The Effects of Marginal Tax Rates on Taxable Income | Slemrod,Joel |
The Long-Term Effects of Temporary Labor Market Conditions | von Wachter,Till Marco |
How Deep Are the Roots of Economic Development? | Wacziarg,Romain |
Capital Controls | Werning,Ivan |
The Theory and Practice of Sovereign Debt Restructuring | Wright,Mark L.J. |
A New Capital Regulation For Large Financial Institutions | Zingales,Luigi |
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