ECONOMICS 301

INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMICS

Exam: Wednesday, May 14, 3:30-5:30

Rescheduled office hours for May 13: 2:00-3:00 (not 4:00)

Syllabus

Lecture Notes

• 1 Introduction (Chapter 1)
• 2 Measurement (Chapter 2)
• 3 Classical Labor Demand (Chapter 3)
• 4 Labor Supply and Labor Market Equilibrium (Chapter 3)
• 5 Household Consumption and Saving (Chapter 4)
• 6 Investment (Chapter 4)
• 7 Saving and Investment in an Open Economy (Chapter 5)
• 8 Growth 1 (Chapter 6)
• 9 Growth 2 (Chapter 6)
• 10 Money (Chapter 7)
• 11 Stocks and Bonds
• 12 Business Cycles (Chapter 8)
• 13 IS-LM-FE (Chapter 9)
• 14 AS-AD (Chapter 9)
• 15 RBC Models (Chapter 10)
• 16 Classical Business Cycles (Chapter 10)
• 17 Stickiness in Keynesian Models (Chapter 11)
• 18 Keynesian Business Cycles and Policy (Chapter 11)
• 19 Inflation and Unemployment (Chapter 12)
• 20 Open Economies (Chapter 13)

Homeworks

· Due 2/8/08: Sixth Edition: Chapter 2, Numerical Problems 5, 8; Chapter 3, Numerical Problems 1 and Analytical Problems 2, 4, 5. Fifth Edition: same except replace table for Chapter 3, Numerical Problem 1 with the table on the link.

· Answers to 2/8/08

· Due 2/25/08

· Answers to 2/25/08

· S I Practice Questions

· Answers to SI Practice

· Due 3/19/08

· Answers to 3/19/08 answer to extra question

· Due 4/11/08

· Answers to 4/11/08

· Due 4/30/08 Chapter 10, Analytical Problems 1,2,3.

· Answers to 4/30/08

· Final homework: Chapter 11, Analytical Problems 1,3 and Chapter 12 Analytical Problems 1,2,3. (Do not turn in).

· Answers to final homework

Short Paper

Instructions

· Due 3/19/08

· Due 4/25/08