Highlights of this Course
This readings-based course has an extensive list of articles and journals which make up the base of the teaching. In addition, MATLAB® program files, as applied to key topics in the course, are shown. A set of lecture notes and homework assignments are available for key topics.
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Course Description
This is the second course in the four-quarter graduate sequence in macroeconomics. Its purpose is to introduce the basic models macroeconomists use to study fluctuations.
The course is organized around nine topics/sections:
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Fluctuations and Facts
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The basic model: the consumption/saving choice
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Allowing for a labor/leisure choice (the RBC model)
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Allowing for non trivial investment decisions
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Allowing for two goods
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Introducing money
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Introducing price setting
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Introducing staggering of price decisions
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Applications to fiscal and monetary policy
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