schools mainly in 10-35 range with focus in international macro

[helloworld09]

Hi everyone

i've decided to switch ID because i felt like i revealed too much about myself earlier; so here's my "first" post..

I'm interested in international macro, but would like to have the opportunity to access various fields; as oft said here, who knows where my interests will be 3yrs into the program

The econ prof i consulted told me to target the 10-30 range, with some reaches/safeties and a total of max 15 schools. he gave me some names and told me to look up lists and choose more schools i feel fit me, but that is easier said than done! Could you give comments on which schools are/aren't strong in international macro? (dropping faculty names would be lovely)

Also, he wasn't keen on Minesota, U Mich and Wisconsin, saying that their quality had gone down considerably. I would be curious to know why he would think so as it seems that they are talked about highly in this forum..


list as of now (first 3 : definitely reaches)
Yale
Upenn
Columbia
(Minesota)
NYU
(U Mich)
UCLA
UCSD
(U Wisconsin)
Brown
Duke
U Maryland
U Rochester
Boston U
Pennsylvania State University
Boston College
University of California--Davis
University of Washington

[Gecko]

Gotta be mad to drop minnesota - kehoe is there

[Gerter]

Isn't Kehoe going to Princeton?

[unitroot]

Up or down, Minnesota could not have gone out of your target range 10-30. It's still a top 20 department overall and top 10 department for macro. If Kehoe leaves, they might take a hit though, but still be a top 20 department.

[helloworld09]

thanks guys, i will consider minnesota.

do you have more advices on the lower-ranked schools? i am not familiar with recent research so find it tough to track schools by citation etc, and i can't find many threads here with useful information on the international economics side.

i am under the impression that schools with good macro departments are often also good in international economics, and am looking for schools with research centers or seminars on international economics, but i am not sure whether that's a good approach. any good tips or faculty name-droppings?

[etoposido]

Santa Cruz with a phd in international economics or something like that

[claphands]

this might help: Field Rankings at IDEAS: Open MacroEconomics

[helloworld09]

thanks etoposito, claphands
exactly the kind of information i was looking for

UCSC seems like a wonderful place, including the scenery

[Gecko]

Penn State - eaton is there.

Wisconsin - Engel and Chinn.

Duke - lost scribe and schmitt grohe to columbia.

Rochester - Aguiar is doing some good work.

Boston U - Lucas and Baxter.

BC - chockful. see Ghironi, Iacovello, Anderson.

[piffle_dragon]

P. Kehoe is definitely going to Princeton, but even without him you still have T. Kehoe and Perri (although the second is more of a general international guy than trade per se).