88065 - MACROECONOMICS

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

The course is an introduction to the study of macroeconomics. It covers the main issues, methods, data, concepts and models. Students will be able and motivated to follow and understand the current debates on macroeconomic issues, as they are reported by the qualified press and media. A special focus will be on understanding and debating the appropriateness of the macroeconomic policies adopted in the Great Recession, and the roles of fiscal and monetary policies for the EU members that have adopted the euro. Students will also be prepared to follow more advanced courses on macroeconomic analysis and policies, should they want to do so in their graduate studies.

Contenuti

Topics are given with corresponding chapters

Introduction & Data (4 hours lectures) chapters 1&2

National Income (4 hours lectures) chapter 3

Money chapter 4

Inflation chapter 5

Labor market chapter 7 (4 hours lectures)

Introduction into growth (own slides)

Solow model of growth chapter 8 (4 hours lectures)

Endogenous growth models chapter 9

The open economy chapter 6

Business cycles chapter 10

Aggregate Demand chapters 11 and 12 (6 hours lectures)

Mundell-Fleming model chapter 13

Aggregate supply chapter 14

Stabilization policies chapter 15

Public debt chapter 16

European monetary union chapter 17

The Great Recession (own slides)

Testi/Bibliografia

Mankiw and Taylor "Macroeconomics", second edition.

Copie dei capitoli individuali saranno caricati in modo sequenziale sul sito del corso:

http://www.macroeconomics-forli.weebly.com

Metodi didattici

Lezioni frontali e esercitazioni

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

3 esami parziali ed un esame finale.

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

Projector and blackboard

Link ad altre eventuali informazioni

http://www.macroeconomics-forli.weebly.com

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Hartmut Lehmann