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Course Outlines

Spring 2018 - ECON 809 G100

Advanced Macroeconomic Theory (4)

Class Number: 7021

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Jan 3 – Apr 10, 2018: Wed, 4:30–5:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

    Jan 3 – Apr 10, 2018: Fri, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    ECON 808.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

This course covers advanced macroeconomic theory topics. Emphasis will be placed on current research techniques. Topics covered may include: capital and growth theory, real business cycle models, models of fiat money, asset pricing models, endogenous growth models, development traps, macroeconomic complementarities, co-ordination failures, and adaptive behavior in macroeconomic models. Students with credit for ECON 806 may not take this course for further credit.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

Growth theory, search and matching theory, computational methods.

Grading

  • Assignments 25%
  • Midterm Exam 25%
  • Final Exam 50%

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Title:              Introduction to Modern Economic Growth
 Author:             Acemoglu,  Daron
ISBN:               9780691132921
Year:                 2009
Publisher:          Princeton University Press

Title:              Economic Dynamics, Theory and Computation
 Author:           John Stachurski
ISBN:              9780262012775
Year:               2009
ublisher:          Princeton University Press

RECOMMENDED READING:

Ljungqvist and Sargent: Recursive Macroeconomic Theory 3rd  Edition. 2012

Stokey and Lucas with Prescott: Recursive Methods in Economic Dynamics  

Graduate Studies Notes:

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Registrar Notes:

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