Episodes
This lecture covers the research methods used to evaluate microcredit programs.
Published 12/30/13
Prof. Robert Townsend discusses research methods and concepts about studying risk and return in village households.
Published 12/30/13
Prof. Townsend introduces the course to the students, explains the syllabus, and covers the topics of finance, growth, and volatility.
Published 12/30/13
In this lecture, Prof. Townsend discusses insurance as it relates to financial access and targeting to risk instruments.
Published 12/10/13
In this lecture, Prof. Townsend reviews research about financial infrastructure and impact.
Published 12/10/13
In this lecture, Prof. Townsend reviews the research about dynamic financial constraints.
Published 12/10/13
In this lecture, Prof. Townsend discusses labor and development including the topics of sharing wage risk and labor and aggregation.
Published 12/10/13
This lecture continues the topic of consumption smoothing.
Published 12/10/13
In this lecture, Prof. Townsend explains the methods of measurement in the field of development economics.
Published 12/10/13
In this lecture, Prof. Robert Townsend explains growth, TFP, domestic and international capital flows with other frictions in financial intermediation.
Published 12/10/13
In this lecture, Prof. Townsend explains growth, TFP, and financial market imperfections.
Published 12/10/13
This lecture covers economic research about micro-founded macro models.
Published 12/10/13