ECON206-11S2 (C) Semester Two 2011

Intermediate Macroeconomics

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 11 July 2011
End Date: Sunday, 13 November 2011
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 24 July 2011
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 9 October 2011

Description

This is a course in intermediate macroeconomic theory and policy analysis. It will familiarize students with some important concepts and tools of contemporary macroeconomics. The course will develop a framework for understanding how the overall level of national economic activity is determined including output, unemployment, inflation, interest rates, trade deficits, and exchange rates. We will also explore the roles of monetary and fiscal policies in stabilizing the economy and promoting growth, with a focus on contemporary policy debates. The objective of the course is to help students think independently and critically about macroeconomic policies.

Prerequisites

Restrictions

Course Administrator

Kuntal Das

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Assignments 20%
Final Exa, 45%
Mid-Term Test 35%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Blanchard, Olivier , Sheen, Jeffrey R; Macroeconomics : Australasian edition ; 3rd ed; Pearson Australia, 2009.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $630.00

International fee $2,775.00

* 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 .

All ECON206 Occurrences

  • ECON206-11S2 (C) Semester Two 2011
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