Econ520 - Advanced Macroeconomic Theory¶

Announcements¶

Panels on career options for econ majors, Jan 18 to Feb 23
Syllabus
Final exam:
- May 8, 4pm. You will have 3 hours, but I expect that you will need less time than that.
- Material covered: TBA
Midterm exam:
- Mar 2 (in class). Midterm answer key
- Material covered: up to (not including) open economy.
Important: you must have passed Intermediate Macroeconomics to register for this course.
Important: students who do not attend the first week of classes will be dropped from the course. This is department policy. Please contact me if you need an accomodation.
Slides will be updated as the course progresses.
Tips for taking exams

Jan-10 (Tue): Introduction, IS-LM model (each of these links leads to the slides that were used in class)
Jan-12 (Thu): IS/LM Equilibrium
Jan-17 (Tue): IS/LM Equilibrium (cont.)
Jan-19 (Thu): IS/LM Monetary Policy

Jan-24 (Tue): Labor market
Jan-26 (Thu): Labor market (continued)
Jan-31 (Tue): The term paper: We discuss how to find topics and how to write. We discuss what makes a good topic.
Feb-2 (Thu): AS-AD model
Feb-7 (Tue): AS-AD model (continued)
Feb-9 (Thu): AS-AD model (continued)
Feb-14 (Tue): Wellness day Term paper topic decisions are due.
Feb-16 (Thu): Inflation and unemployment
Feb-21 (Tue): Inflation expectations and monetary policy
Feb-23 (Thu): Fiscal Deficits

Apr-11 (Tue): Growth facts
Apr-13 (Thu): Methods for identifying causes and effects
Apr-18 (Tue): Institutions
Apr-20 (Thu): Solow model Term paper (final version) is due.
Apr-25 (Tue): Solow diagram
Apr-27 (Thu): Solow Applications.
Apr-27 (Thu): Last class. Model summary. All questions answered! (or almost all...).