Embedded Files
Here you will find the course syllabus with important dates and course requirements.
Here you will find a table of contents for the supplements that I have prepared to accompany the text chapters. Please read the ones listed on the syllabus, and we will discuss some of them in class. People at Boston College can access these supplements on Google drive using this secure link.
PROBLEMS SETS
From the "Problems and Applications" section at end of chapters in Mankiw, 12th edition. Starting page number for problems in each chapter is provided in parentheses. Answers will be posted on due date. Problems denoted WIO are those that have Work It Out exercises on the textbook's Macmillan Achieve course page.
#1. Due on Thursday, September 5: Chapter 2 #2, 4, 6 (WIO), 7 (WIO), 8, 9 (WIO), and 11 (page 36); Chapter 3 #2 (WIO), 3, 4, 5, and 7 (page 60); Chapter 4 #1, 3 (WIO), and 5 (page 76).
#2. Due on Thursday, September 19: Chapter 5 #1 and 3 (page 86); Chapter 20 #1, 2, 3 (WIO), 4 (WIO), 5, 6, and 8 (WIO) (page 477); Chapter 6 #1 (WIO), 2, 3 (WIO), and 4 (page 113) and Appendix Handout with problem #1; Chapter 7 #2 (WIO), 4, 7 (WIO), 9, and 11 (page 144) and Appendix problem #1 (page 154).
#3. Due on Tuesday, October 1: Chapter 8 #1, 2, 3, 6, and 7 (page 178); Chapter 9 #1, 4, and 6 (page 199); Chapter 10 #4, 5, 6, 8 and 9 (page 218); Chapter 11 #1, 3 and 4 (page 244).
#4. Due on Tuesday, October 29: Chapter 12 #2, 3, and 4 (page 272); Chapter 13 #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 (page 295), Chapter 14 #1, 3, 4, 6, and 8 (page 319); Chapter 15 #2, 4, 5, 6, and 8 (page 352) and Appendix problems #1, 2, 3, and 4 (page 358).
#5. Due on Thursday, November 7: Chapter 16 #2, 3, 6, 8, and 9 (page 381) and Appendix problem #1 (page 387); Chapter 22 #2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, and 11 (page 527).
#6. Due on Tuesday, November 26: Chapter 17 #1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9 (page 419); and Simulation Model Exercises, using dynamic AD/AS model available at: Excel Simulation Spreadsheet.
Answers to Simulation Model Exercises
#7. Due on Thursday, December 5: Chapter 18 # 1 and 3 (page 438), Appendix problem #1 (441); Chapter 19 #1, 3, and 4 (page 462); Chapter 21 #1, 2, 3, and 4 (page 498).
OTHER SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS:
"Our Friend, The Trade Deficit," Washington Post, May 21, 1999.
DYNAMIC AGGREGATE DEMAND AND DYNAMIC AGGREGATE SUPPLY MODEL
Download Excel Simulation Spreadsheet
SLIDES TO ACCOMPANY THE LECTURES
Chapter 16 PDF see also "What's Behind the Decline in the NAIRU?" (pdf format)
Chapter 22 PDF see additional slides: Consumption Investment
Chapter 19 PDF see also Social Security Class Lecture and Social Security Forum
You may find the Flashcards and Quizzes on the Mankiw textbook site to be of use in your studying. I also encourage you to take a look at the Presidential Game, Data Plotter, Macro Models, Student Tutorials, and Animated Graphs.
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