Office hours for this class are Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM or by appointment.
We will not cover every chapter of the textbook, and I will cover some material not covered in the textbook. Supplementary material along with links to more on certain topics on the web are provided below.
Date | Topic | Textbook Pages | Recommended Exercices | |
1 | 20 Jan | Course Introduction | ||
2 | 22 Jan | Macroeconomic measurement I | 39-63 | C2: S1-6, S8-9, S12, G1-2 |
3 | 27 Jan | Dealing with business cycle data | 65-75, notes 1-11 | |
4 | 29 Jan | Business cycle facts I | 75-83, notes 12-21 | C3: S1-3 |
5 | 3 Feb | Quiz 1 (solution), Business cycles facts II, Data problem handed out | notes 12-21 | |
6 | 5 Feb | Household decisions I | 89-103 | C4: S1-2, G1-2, G6 |
7 | 10 Feb | Household decisions II, Firm decisions I | 103-120 | C4: S3, G3-4 |
8 | 12 Feb | Firm decisions I, A first macroeconomic model: statics I | 120-126, 131-134 | C4: S5, G5 |
9 | 17 Feb | Quiz 2 (solution), A first macroeconomic model: statics II | 134-149 | C5: S2-5, S7, S10-12, G3 |
10 | 19 Feb | Data problem due, Review session | ||
11 | 24 Feb | Mid-term I | Material: all until page 146 | |
12 | 26 Feb | Bringing some dynamics: consumption and savings | 165-192 | C6: S1-2, S4-6, G1, G3 |
13 | 2 Mar | Bringing some dynamics: Ricardian equivalence | 192-204 | C6: S8-9, G4 |
14 | 4 Mar | Quiz 3, Bringing some dynamics: investment and investment | 215-235 | |
15 | 16 Mar | Bringing some dynamics: market equilibrium I | 235-249 | C7: S1-4, G1 |
16 | 18 Mar | Bringing some dynamics: policy; Growth introduction | 249-259 | C7: S7-9, G2 |
17 | 23 Mar | Quiz 4, Growth: the Maltusian model | notes 1-8 | |
18 | 25 Mar | Growth: modern stylized facts | notes 8-12 | |
30 Mar | Reserve | |||
19 | 1 Apr | Growth: Growth accounting, the Solow model | 265-280 | |
20 | 6 Apr | Review session | ||
21 | 8 Apr | Mid-term II | pages 147-280 | |
22 | 13 Apr | Growth: Solow revisited, Golden Rules | 280-297 | C8: S3-7, G1-2 |
23 | 15 Apr | Engogenous growth: a survey | 297-309 | C9: S9-10 |
24 | 20 Apr | Quiz 5, Money: what it is | 317-323, 513-520 | C9: S1, C14: S1-4 |
25 | 22 Apr | Money: what it does I, Teacher evaluation | 323-339 | C9: G1, S2-4 |
26 | 27 Apr | Money: what it does II | 339-347 | C9: S5-6 |
27 | 29 Apr | Quiz 6, Money: what it does III | 347-358 | C9: S7-8 |
4 May, 10:30-12:30 | Final exam, Monteith 303 | All of the above |
A word about grades. When I grade, the average is usually around 60%. This allows me to reward better those who do well. Do not be too alarmed when you get a grade that is lower than those you get in other classes. But if it is really low, you should do something about it...
There are past exams available on the Spring 2003 page and the Fall 2003 page. More are on the Fall 2002 page, but this class followed somewhat different schedule and/or material. If I encourage you to do particular exercices, keep in mind that I may ask similar questions.