Economics 701: Macroeconomics II
Spring 2008
Section 2097: AS 015; MW 10:25–11:45a.m.
John Bailey Jones
BA-113
442-4926
jbjones@albany.edu
http://www.albany.edu/~jbjones/
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday, 10:30-12:00; and by appointment
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Acknowledgements: In graduate school, I was fortunate to have several outstanding teachers of macroeconomics: (in chronological order) Lars Ljungqvist, Ken West, John Shea, Rody Manuelli and Steve Durlauf. The notes contained in these overheads borrow heavily from their lectures.
| Basic (U.S) Business Cycle Facts | Entire Lecture |
| The Keynesian View, Rational Expectations and Policy (In)effectiveness | Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 |
| Optimal Consumption under Uncertainty | Entire Lecture |
| Asset Pricing | Main Lecture, LEDEs |
| Real Business Cycles | Background, Baseline Model, Extensions 1, Extensions 2 |
| Multiple Equilibria and Sunspots | Introduction, Recent Developments |
| Introduction to New Keynesian Models of Money | Entire Lecture (Complete) |
| Year | Midterm | Final |
| 2005 | Exam Key | Exam Key |
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| 2008 | Exam Key | Exam Key |