Economics 501
Macroeconomics

 

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Syllabus

Lecture Notes

Lecture 1 Introduction
Lecture 2 Measuring Economic Activity
Lecture 3 Consumer and Firm Behavior
Lecture 4 A One-Period Macroeconomic Model
Lecture 5 Exogenous Economic Growth
Lecture 6 Endogenous Growth
Lecture 7 Private and Government Saving
Lecture 8 A Two-Period Macroeconomic Model
Lecture 9 The Role of Money
Lecture 10 Business Cycles: Measurement
Lecture 11 Market-Clearing Models of Business Cycles
Lecture 12 The Keynesian Approach
Lecture 13 The Inflation-Unemployment Trade-off
Lecture 14 (Bonus!) Government Deficits and Debt Revisited

Sample Short Papers

Old Exams

Year Midterm Final
2004 Exam       Key Exam       Key
2005 Exam       Key Exam       Key
2007 Exam       Key Exam       Key

Final Exam Date and Time (from UAlbany schedule): Friday, Dec 12, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.



Last Updated on August 19, 2008 by John Jones