ECON 305: INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMIC THEORY SPRING 2024
Professor: Lodovico Pizzati Office Hours: KAP 362, MW 10:00-11:20am
Email: [email protected] Phone: (310) 848-0725
Class location: SLH 102 Class Meeting: MW 2:00pm-3:20pm
GRADE: Final (20%), Midterm 1 and 2 (20% each), Quiz 1 and 2 (10% each), Homework (5%), Paper (15%)
TEXTBOOK: Gregory Mankiw, Macroeconomics, 11th Edition, Macmillan Learning
OBJECTIVE: This course addresses both short-run and long-run issues in macroeconomics. We will cover both short-term topics relating to the business cycle, and long-term matters pertaining to growth, employment and the public debt. Basic macroeconomic models will be applied to study the impact of policy alternatives and assess the appropriate course of action in different macro scenarios.
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WEEKS |
TOPICS |
CHAPTERS |
GRADE |
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1: 1/8, 1/10 |
National Income |
Ch. 1, 2, 3 |
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2: 1/17 |
Monetary System and Inflation |
Ch. 4, 5 |
Homework 1 |
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3: 1/22, 1/24 |
Open Economy |
Ch. 6 |
Quiz 1 (10%) |
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4: 1/29, 1/31 |
Labor Market |
Ch. 7 |
Homework 2 |
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5: 2/5, 2/7 |
Capital and Growth |
Ch. 8 |
Homework 3 |
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6: 2/12, 2/14 |
Technological Progress |
Ch. 9, 10 |
Midterm 1 (20%) |
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7: 2/21 |
Short Run and Fluctuations |
Ch. 11, 12 |
Homework 4 |
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8: 2/26, 2/28 |
IS-LM Model |
Ch. 13 |
Homework 5 |
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9: 3/5, 3/7 |
Mundell-Fleming Model |
Ch. 14 |
Quiz 2 (10%) |
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10: 3/19, 3/21 |
The Aggregate Supply |
Ch. 15 |
Homework 6 |
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11: 3/26, 3/28 |
AD-AS Model |
Ch. 16, 17 |
Homework 7 |
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12: 4/2, 4/4 |
Government Debt and Deficit |
Ch. 18 |
Midterm 2 (20%) |
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13: 4/9, 4/11 |
Consumption and Investment |
Ch. 20 |
Homework 8 |
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14: 4/16, 4/18 |
Paper presentations |
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Homework 9 |
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15: 4/23, 4/25 |
Paper Presentations |
Ch. 19 |
Final Paper (15%) |
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16: 5/6 |
Final (8:00am-10:00am ) |
Ch. 18 |
Final (20%) |
DISABILITIES: Students requesting academic accommodations based on a disability are required to register with Disability Services and Programs (DSP) each semester. A letter of verification for approved accommodations can be obtained from DSP when adequate documentation is filed. Please be sure that this letter is delivered to me as early in the semester as possible.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: The University takes academic integrity quite seriously. All violations of academic integrity will be reported to Student Judicial Affairs and Community Standards in accordance with university policy.