syllabus macroeconomics

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1、Syllabus:MacroeconomicsCourseDescriptionMacroeconomicsisthemostdisputed,confused,yetexcitedfieldineconomics.Thiscourseintroducesyouhoweconomiststhinkaboutthosemacroeconomicproblemssuchasinflation,unemploymentandrecession,andhowmacroeconomicpoliciescouldbeusedtoresolv

2、etheseproblems.Wewillfindthateconomistsmaygiveyoumanydifferentanswers.Yetbehindtheirdifferentanswersisthedifferenceintheframeworkofmacroeconomicanalysis.Thecoursewillthusintroduceyoutwomajorframeworksinmacroeconomicanalysis:theKeynesianmacroeconomicsandtheNeoorNewCla

3、ssicalmacroeconomics.Textbooks1.Macroeconomics(2ndedition,translatedinChinese),byOlivierBlanchard,PrenticeHallInc.，2000.2.Macroeconomics(5thedition,translatedinChinese),byRobertJ.Barro,MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology,1997.3.Macroeconomics(6thedition),byRudigerDomb

4、uschandStanleyFischer,McGraw-HillInc”1994.Grading,ExamandHomeworkTherewillbesomehomeworkduringthecourse.Themid-termexamwillbetakeninclass.Therewillbenotaken-in-classfinalexam.Instead,thestudentsarerequestedtosubmitaprojectplusaseminarpaperbeforetheendofthesemester.Yo

5、urfinalgradewillbeaccountedonyourattendance(10%),homework(20%),project(20%),mid-termexam(30%)andseminarpaper(20%).l2CourseOutlinePartI:IntroductionChapter1:TheScienceofMacroeconomicsChapter2:TheMacroeconomicVariablesPartII:KeynesianMacroeconomicAnalysisChapter3:ThePr

6、oductMarketAnalysisChapter4:TheMoneyMarketAnalysisChapter5:TheIS-LMModelChapter6:TheMacroeconomicPolicyAnalysis(Mid-termExam)PartHI:NeoandNewClassicalMacroeconomicAnalysisChapter7:TheNeoclassicalGrowthModelChapter8:SomeBehaviorAnalysisChapter9:TheMarketClearingModelC

7、hapter10:MoreonMarketClearingModelChapter11:TheChallengefromNewClassicalMacroeconomicsThisisonlyatentativeoutline.Itmightbeadjustedwiththecourseprogress.2