Office hours for this class are Tuesdays and Thursdays 1-2:15 PM 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 | 29 Aug | Course Introduction | ||
2 | 3 Sep | Macroeconomic measurement | 39-63 | 2-1, 2-4, 2-8 |
3 | 5 Sep | Dealing with business cycle data | 65-75 | 1-1, 3-1, 3-3, 3-4 |
4 | 10 Sep | Business cycle facts I | 75-83 | |
5 | 12 Sep | Quiz 1, Business cycles facts II | Not in textbook | |
6 | 17 Sep | Household decisions, Data problem handed out | 89-112 | 4-3, 4-5 |
7 | 19 Sep | Firm decisions | 113-126 | 4-6, 4-9 |
8 | 24 Sep | Quiz 2, A first macroeconomic model: statics I | 131-134 | |
9 | 26 Sep | A first macroeconomic model: statics II, Data problem due | 134-149 | 5-3, 5-4 |
30 Sept | Review session, Monteith 311, 5-6pm | |||
10 | 1 Oct | Mid-term I | ||
11 | 3 Oct | Bringing some dynamics: consumption and savings | 165-192 | 6-1, 6-3 |
12 | 8 Oct | Bringing some dynamics: Ricardian equivalence | 192-208 | 6-6,6-8 |
13 | 10 Oct | Bringing some dynamics: investment and interest rates | 215-231 | |
14 | 15 Oct | Quiz III, Bringing some dynamics: aggregate output and employment | 231-259 | 7-1, 7-3 |
15 | 17 Oct | Growth: stylized facts | Partially in textbook | |
16 | 22 Oct | Growth: the Malthusian model | Not in textbook | |
17 | 24 Oct | Quiz IV, Growth: the Solow model | 265-276 | 8-1 |
18 | 29 Oct | Growth: Golden Rules | 276-297 | 8-3, 8-5 |
19 | 31 Oct | Endogenous growth | 297-309 | 8-9 |
3 Nov | Review session, Monteith 311, 6-7pm | |||
20 | 5 Nov | Mid-term II | ||
21 | 7 Nov | Money: what it is | 317-319,513-520 | |
22 | 12 Nov | Money: what it does I | 321-332 | |
23 | 14 Nov | Money: what it does II | 333-360 | 9-2, 9-3, 9-7, 9-8 |
24 | 19 Nov | Quiz V, Sticky wages I | 369-385 | |
25 | 21 Nov | Sticky wages II | 386-406 | 10-1, 10-3 |
26 | 3 Dec | Money surprises, coordination failures, Instructor Evaluation | 411-417, 426-438 | 11-1, 11-7 |
27 | 5 Dec | Quiz VI, Real business cycles | 417-426 | 11-4 |
28 | 10 Dec | Did we mention unemployment? | 539-556 | |
11 Dec | Review Session | Monteith 311, 1:00-2:00 | ||
29 | 17 Dec | Final exam, Arjona 115, 3:30-5:30 | 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 no past exams available so far. If I encourage you to do particular exercices, keep in mind that I may ask similar questions.