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Econ 2410: Principles of Macroeconomics

Course Syllabus Summer 2010

Mankiw Lecture Slides

Fall 2005	Spring 2006	Summer 2006	Spring 2007	Summer 2007	Spring 2008	Summer 2008	Summer 2009	Summer 2010
Exam 1	Exam 1	Exam 1	Exam 1	Exam 1	Exam 1	Exam 1	Exam 1	Exam 1
Exam 2	Exam 2	Exam 2	Exam 2	Exam 2	Exam 2	Exam 2	Exam 2	Exam 2
Exam 3	Exam 3	Exam 3	Exam 3	Exam 3	Exam 3	Exam 3	Exam 3	Exam 3

Econ 3510: Macroeconomic Theory and Policy

Course Syllabus Fall 2007

Lecture Slides	In-Class Practice Problems	Problem Sets and Answer Keys
Chapter 1: The Science of Macroeconomics		problem set #1     due (9/4)     key
Chapter 2: The Data of Macroeconomics	GDP, price deflator, CPI	problem set #2     due (9/11)     key
Chapter 3: National Income	saving/investment, loanable funds	problem set #3     due (9/27)     key
Chapter 4: Money and Inflation	Quantity theory, Fisher equation	problem set #4    due (10/4)     key
Chapter 5: The Open Economy	nominal/real exchange rates, trade balance	problem set #5     due (10/25)     key
Chapter 6: Unemployment
Chapter 7: Economic Growth I	Solow model, golden rule Excel worksheet
Chapter 8: Economic Growth II	Solow model, technological growth	problem set #6     due (11/13)     key
Chapter 9: Introduction to Economic Fluctuations
Chapter 10: Building the IS-LM Model	AD-AS, Keynesian cross, multiplier	problem set #7     due (12/6)     key
Chapter 11: Applying the IS-LM Model
Chapter 12: The Mundell-Fleming Model
Chapter 13: Aggregate Supply

Econ 6110: Advanced Macroeconomics I

Course Syllabus Fall 2010

Topic	Problem Set	Answer Key
I. Long Run Economic Growth
Exogenous Growth Models	problem set #1 due 9/20	answer key #1
New Growth Theory	problem set #2 due 10/4	answer key #2
Overlapping Generations Models	problem set #3 due 10/25	answer key #3
The Neoclassical Growth Model	problem set #4 due 11/8	answer key #4
II. Short Run Economic Fluctuations
Real Business Cycle Models	problem set #5 due 11/29	answer key #5
Traditional Keynesian Theory	problem set #6 due 12/15	answer key #6

Previous Final Exams	Ph.D. Qualifying Exams
Fall 2005	June 2006, August 2006
Fall 2006	June 2007, August 2007
Fall 2007	June 2008, August 2008
Fall 2008	June 2009, August 2009
Fall 2009	June 2010

Econ 7720: Monetary Economics

Course Syllabus Spring 2010

Topic	Matlab Codes	Candidate Exam Questions
Empirical Evidence on Money, Prices, and Output	econ7720_corr.m, econ7720_corr_data.xls, mth2qtr.m, hpfilter.m, sample_moments.m, econ7720_VAR.m, econ7720_VAR_data.xls, var.m, ols.m, sims_ident.m, lag.m, cols.m, trimr.m, triang_fact.m	question 1
Flexible Price Models (Part A): Money-in-the-Utility Function	econ7720_MIU.m, artf_data.m, multirandn.m	question 2, question 3
Solving Linear Rational Expectations Models	klein.m, reorder.m, qzswitch.m, e.m
Flexible Price Models (Part B): Cash-in-Advance Models	econ7720_CIA.m	question 4
Sticky Price Models: New Keynesian Approach	econ7720_NK.m	question 5
Interest Rate Rules and Equilibrium Determinacy
Maximum Likelihood Estimation Using the Kalman Filter	econ7720_Ireland.m, econ7720_kalman.m, grad_hess.m, vec.m
Optimal Monetary Policy in the New Keynesian Framework	econ7720_optpolicy.m	question 6, question 7
Inflation Stabilization and Welfare		question 8