Spring 2024 - ECON 809 G100
Advanced Macroeconomic Theory (4)
Class Number: 2589
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 8 – Apr 12, 2024: Mon, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
John Knowles
jaknowle@sfu.ca
1 778 782-3444
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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 DETAILS:
Description: Economic inequality in equilibrium models: recent papers on wealth, matching and human capital.
Prerequisite: ECON 808. Students who have taken ECON 806 cannot take 809 for further credit
Grading
- Assignments: 25%
- Midterm Exam 25%
- Final exam: 50%
Materials
RECOMMENDED READING:
- Ljungqvist and Sargent: Recursive Macroeconomic Theory (3rd edition). 2012, MIT Press.
- Stokey and Lucas with Prescott: Recursive Methods in Economic Dynamics. Harvard University Press.
REQUIRED READING NOTES:
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Graduate Studies Notes:
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Registrar Notes:
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