ECON 5500

Macroeconomics

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This course is an introduction to the contemporary issues in dynamic macroeconomics. The course will survey some of the classical and recent topics excluding monetary issues which are addressed in ECON 5502.03. The topics covered include intertemporal consumption and saving decisions under uncertainty, capital asset pricing models, the theory of investment under uncertainty, Solow growth model, endogenous economic growth, alternative explanations of business cycles, and financial market imperfections.

Sections

Lecture

From the syllabus

From the Fall 2024 syllabus by James McNeil. Fall 2026 is taught by Giusto A., so details may differ. Open the PDF

Grading

30%Assignments (4)Lowest grade dropped; remaining assignments worth 10% each
25%Midterm examOctober 3
45%Final examScheduled exam period

Textbooks

  • Asset Pricing: Revised Edition, John H. Cochrane (optional)
  • Monetary Policy, Inflation, and the Business Cycle: An Introduction to the New Keynesian Framework and Its Applications, Jordi Galí (optional)
  • Structural Vector Autoregressive Analysis, L. Kilian and H. Lütkepohl (optional)
  • Advanced Macroeconomics, David Romer (optional)
  • Monetary Theory and Policy, Carl E. Walsh (optional)
  • Macroeconomics, S. D. Williamson (optional)

Course rules

Late work
Assignments lose a full letter grade per late day; work over three days late receives zero.
Submission
Submit paper assignments at the start of class; electronic submissions are not accepted.
Missed midterm
Illness requires a Student Declaration of Absence; the midterm weight transfers to the final, with no makeup.
Missed final
For illness, notify the instructor before the exam; a makeup exam will be scheduled.
Collaboration
Assignment collaboration is expected, but submitted work must be individual; no exam collaboration is permitted.

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