ECON635-23S2 (C) Semester Two 2023

Macroeconomics

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 July 2023
End Date: Sunday, 12 November 2023
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 30 July 2023
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 1 October 2023

Description

Real macroeconomics. Using dynamic optimisation to think about how much households spend and save, how much firms invest in durable equipment, and the macro effects of government outlays and how they are financed.

Macroeconomics presents students with the major theories of modern macroeconomics based on micro-founded models. This course covers both advanced macroeconomic theory and empirical analysis of macroeconomic fluctuations and economic growth. Students will read and analyse articles in the academic literature.  The course further equips students with the mathematical concepts and tools necessary to understand modern macroeconomic literature (algebraic manipulations, solving systems of equations, differential calculus and differential equations, constrained optimisation).

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department.

Restrictions

ECON605

Course Coordinator

Philip Vermeulen

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Assignment 30% Reading assignment
Case Study 40%
Assigment 30% Exercise assignment

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

David Romer; Advanced Macroeconomics ; Fifth; McGraw Hill, 2019.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,037.00

* 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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