ECON105-10S2 (C) Semester Two 2010

Introduction to Macroeconomics

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 12 July 2010
End Date: Sunday, 14 November 2010
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 25 July 2010
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 10 October 2010

Description

Macroeconomic variables and their measurement. Aggregate supply and aggregate demand. Exchange rate policy. Monetary policy. Fiscal policy. Labour policy.

Course Coordinator

Stephen Hickson

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Assignment 10%
Final Exam 60%
Online Tests 10%
Term Test 20%

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Mankiw, N. Gregory. , Bandyopadhyay, Debasis., Wooding, Paul; Principles of macroeconomics in New Zealand ; Thomson Learning, 2006.

The text must be purchased as a bundle with the ECON104 text:

Mankiw, N.G. (2007), Principles of Microeconomics (4th ed.).  USA:  Thomson South Western

Students are required to purchase an ECON105 Handbook that contains supplementary material, tutorial questions and details of assessment.  The Handbook will be available from the University Printery outlet.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $593.00

International fee $2,538.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Department of Economics and Finance .

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