Teaching
Fall 2012: Macroeconomics.
Course Outline. (Policies, Readings and Schedule.)
Topic 1: Introduction to Macro and Measurement. Optional material: Topic 1 (Extended).
Topic 2: Basic Macroeconomic Model: Where We Are Headed.
Topic 3: The Aggregate Production Function. Optional material: Topic 3 (Extended).
Topic 4: Economic Growth. Optional material: Topic 4 (Extended).
Topic 5: The Labor Market. Optional material: Topic 5 (Extended).
Topic 6: Household Consumption and Savings. Optional material: Topic 6 (Extended).
Topic 7: Investment. Optional material: Topic 7 (Extended).
Topic 8: Fiscal Policy. Optional material: Topic 8 (Extended).
Topic 9: The IS Curve. Optional material: Topic 9 (Extended).
Topic 10: Money, Inflation and Monetary Policy. Optional material: Topic 10 (Extended).
Topic 11: Aggregate Demand.
Topic 12: Aggregate Supply in the Short-Run. Optional material: Topic 12 (Extended).
Topic 13: Macroeconomic Equilibrium. Optional material: Topic 13 (Extended).