Economic Policy

Overview

The course is designed to students with provide a comprehensive understanding of the many facets of economic policymaking, to strengthen their analytical skills, and to enable them to formulate economic policy recommendations and advice.


You can find the course syllabus here.

Textbook


F. Mishkin, Macroeconomics: Policy and Practice, 2nd Edition,Pearson.

Course Plan

Lecture 1: Introduction to Economic Policy: Economic Analysis  

Mishkin, Macroeconomics - Chapter 1 and 2

Lecture_1_Intro.pdf
jahan_keynes.pdf
ramcharan-regression.pdf
economic-models_-simulations-of-reality-back-to-basics_-finance-development.pdf
ouliaris_econometrics.pdf

Lecture 2: Interpretation of Macroeconomic Data 

Lecture_2.pdf

Lecture 3: Macroeconomic Basics 

Mishkin, Macroeconomics – Chapter 3,4,5

Lecture_3_Macroeconomic_Basics.pdf

Lecture 4: Business Cycles 

Mishkin, Macroeconomics – Chapter 8

BusinessCycles.pdf
oner-inflation.pdf
oner_unemploy.pdf
jahan_output.pdf
claessens-recession.pdf

Lecture 5: Inflation and Phillips Curve

Mishkin, Macroeconomics – Chapter 11


Economic_Policy_Inflation_Phillips Curve.pdf
nairu.pdf
causes-of-inflation.pdf

Lecture 6: Aggregate Demand

Mishkin, Macroeconomics - Chapter 9

Economic_Policy_Aggregate Demand.pdf

Lecture 7: Monetary Policy

Mishkin, Macroeconomics - Chapter 10

Economic_Policy_Monetary Policy.pdf

Lecture 8: Monetary Transmission Mechanism

Economic_Policy_MTM.pdf
the-transmission-of-monetary-policy.pdf

Lecture 9: Macroeconomic Analysis

Mishkin, Macroeconomics - Chapter 13

Economic_Policy_Macroanalysis.pdf

Lecture 10: Macroeconomic Policy

Mishkin, Macroeconomics - Chapter 16 and 17

Lecture_9_MacroPolicy.pdf