Email: sharkmanhmz@tamu.edu
Instructor’s Website: https://mingzehuang.github.io
Course Page: https://mingzehuang.github.io/ECON410_Macroeconomic_Theory/
GitHub Repository: https://github.com/mingzehuang/ECON410_Macroeconomic_Theory
Lecture Meeting Link https://tamu.zoom.us/j/97062446981
Instructor’s Personal Meeting Link: https://tamu.zoom.us/my/mingzehuang
Office Hour Appointment Link: Google Calendar Link to Schedule an Appointment
Reference Text Book: Olivier Blanchard, et.al. Macroeconomics: An European Perspective (As a reference, Not Required)
All required contents will be provided through lecture notes absolutely free.
Description: This course is considered to be intermediate level macroeconomic course for undergraduate students. The fundamental models and ideas in modern macroeconomic theory will be introduced. Some basic tools to collect and analyze macroeconomic data will be introduced to catch up with the job market demand in big data era.
Objectives: At the end of this course, students are expected be able to use basic macroeconomic ideas and data analysis tools to provide solid economic analysis for contemporary economic issues.
Prerequisites: Econ 203: Principle of Economics (Macro) with minimum grade of C. No previous GitHub, R or Python experience required, I’ll give you step-by-step tutoring if we use some of them in sometime.
Introduction
The Short Run
The Goods Market
Financial Markets
Goods and Financial Markets: The IS-LM Model
The IS-LM Model in an Open Economy
The Medium Run
The Labor Market
Putting All Markets Together: The AS-AD Model
The Natural Rate of Unemployment and the Philips Curve
Inflation, Activity and Nominal Money Growth
The Long Run
The Facts of Growth
Saving, Capital Accumulation and Output
Technological Progress and Growth
Homework 25%
In-class Quiz 25%
Midterm Project or Presentation 25%
Final Project or Presentation 25%
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