Macro Lectures have been posted

Hi guys,

Eric Mingione has once again worked his magic and posted audio recordings of Prof. Thurston's lectures. You can access them at the hunter econ site.

Best of luck.

Bear Stearns Economist to speak this Wednesday

Prof. Tim Kearney, adjunct faculty for the Hunter MA program, will be discussing the role that an economist plays in a large investment bank. He should know - he's a senior economist and managing director at Bear Stearns & Company.

The presentation will be this Wednesday, May 10th from 1:00 to 2:00 in the econ conference room (HW 1537)

Hope to see you there.

Graduate Classes for the Fall

From Prof. Filer:

Here is the schedule for the fall. The college should post it officially including course registration codes soon. Please see the end of the e-mail for important registration instructions.

Eco 701 Microeconomic Theory Tuesday 17:30 - 19:20 Professor Baker

Professor Baker is a new full-time hire. He is currently teaching at the U.S. Naval Academy. You can see his web page at: http://www.usna.edu/Users/econ/mbaker/


Eco 721 Economic Statistics

Section 1 Thursday 17:30 - 19:20 Professor Deb

Section 2 Wednesday 17:30 - 19:20 Professor Williams

Professor Williams is a full-time member of the Math and Statistics Department. He is a former senior official at the Gallop Poll.

Eco 724 Microeconometrics Monday 19:30 - 21:20 Professor Colman

Professor Colman has a Ph.D. from the CUNY Graduate Center and is currently a full-time faculty member at Pace University. His overall rating on Rate My Professors is 4.1

Eco 735 Urban Economics Monday 17:30 - 19:20 Professor Treffeisen

Professor Treffeisen has a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley and currently works for the New York City Independent Budget Office. He has previously been a full-time faculty member at the European University Institute in Florence and the University of Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona.

Eco 740 International Economics Tuesday 19:30 - 21:20 Professor Conning

Eco 760 Financial Economics Thursday 19:30 - 21:20 Professor Kearney

Professor Kearney has a Ph.D. from the CUNY Graduate Center and currently works at Bear Stearns. Two of you have rated his class this semester at Rate My Professors, with an average of 5.0.

Eco 765 Game Theory and Information Wednesday 19:30 - 21:45 Professor Shay

Professor Shay is a full-time member of the Math and Statistics Department.

IMPORTANT RULES AND PROCEDURES

1. All courses require permission of the graduate Advisor (me!). Permissions will be entered in batches on a first come - first served basis.
2. To request permission to register for a course, you MUST send me an e-mail at rfiler@hunter.cuny.edu and include your ID number. I am happy to discuss your program with you during office hours (or anytime I am in the department) but only e-mailed requests for registration permission WITH ID NUMBERS will be processed.
3. Given that we are offering more courses than we normally do, registration limits will be strictly enforced. Do not go by what you see on E-SIMS. I will have the official count of permissions given. If the class is full, you will be put on a waiting list in the order your request was received.
4. All students who have not registered for requested classes by August 15th will have their permissions REVOKED so that places may be opened for those on the waiting list and non-matriculated students This is a new procedure required by the fact that some of you requested seats for popular classes this spring and then did not register, resulting in some of your colleagues being denied places.

As always, the blog will have the required texts posted before classes begin. Stay tuned in. Same bat time, same bat channel.