ECON 815 -- Macroeconomic Theory

Instructor: Thorsten V. Koeppl

                   Dunning Hall 235

                   econ815@econ.queensu.ca

Class Schedule: T 10:00-11:30 & Th 10:00 – 11:30

Class Room: Dunning 213

Office Hours: T 11:30 – 1:00 & Th 11:30 – 1:00

Tutorial: W 4:00 - 5:30 pm or W 5:30 - 7 pm

Course – TAs:

Daniel Teeter

Dunning 350

Office Hours: W 2:30 - 3:30

Ong, Sihui

Dunning 350

Office Hours: M 1:30 - 2:30

Syllabus

Assignment 1   (Solutions)

Assignment 2   (Solutions)

Assignment 3 (Solutions)

Assignment 4 (Solutions)

Assignment 5 (Solutions)

Assignment 6 (Solutions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lecture Slides

Introduction

Two-Period Economies

Uncertainty & Asset Prices

Lucas Critique & Ricardian Equivalence

Long-run Growth and Real Rates

Long-run Inequality

Long-run Debt

The Canonical RBC Model

Calibration

Analyzing RBC Dynamics

Fiscal Policy in the RBC Model

Vector Auto Regressions

Monetary Policy Shocks

A Classical Monetary Economy

Two-Period New Keynesian Model

NK Model I -- Aggregate Demand

NK Model II -- Philips Curve

Interest Rate Rules

Optimal Monetary Policy

"Keynesian" Supply Shocks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

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