ECON206-12S2 (C) Semester Two 2012

Intermediate Macroeconomics

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 9 July 2012
End Date: Sunday, 11 November 2012
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 22 July 2012
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 7 October 2012

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 Coordinator

Kuntal Das

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Problem Sets 15%
Mid-term Test 35%
Final Exam 50%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

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

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $655.00

International fee $2,888.00

* 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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