Econ 8009 Spring 2017

Econ 8009 Spring 2017

Macroeconomic Theory II

General Course Information

  The lecture meets Wednesday from 9:00AM -12:10 PM in Social Science 608.

  Office Hours: 1:00pm -2:00pm Wednesday at Social Science 724 or by appointment.

  The midterm (final for this portion) will be in class on April 19.

TA's Contact Information

  To be Added.

Course Syllabus (updated 2/28/17)

Lecture Notes

  Lecture 1: Life-cycle model and labor supply

  Lecture 2: Labor Market Search Equilibrium

  Lecture 3: Money in a Neoclassical Framework

  Lecture 4: Search Theoretic Models of Money

  Lecture 5: The New Keynesian Model

  Lecture 6: Policy in the New Keynesian Model

  Lecture 7: New Dynamic Public Finance

Problem Sets

  Problem Set 1 (due in class on 3/15/17) (AKs)

  Problem Set 2 (due in class on 3/29/17) (AKs)

  Problem Set 3 (due in class on 4/12/17) (AKs)

Computational Assignments

  Computational Assignment 1, due on March 8. 

  Computational Assignment 2, due on March 22.

  Computational Assignment 3, due in class on April 12. Data. 

Exams

  Midterm (In class, 4/19/17)