ECON 2080: Macroeconomics II (26S)

Course Description

The first half of the course departs from the basic growth model to explore topics ranging from complete and incomplete markets to unemployment, employing both discrete- and continuous-time formulations. The second half introduces modern DSGE models for analyzing business cycles and financial crises, covering time series concepts, linear rational expectations models, and monetary policy.

Time & Location

• Lectures: Mondays and Wednesdays, 1:30 PM – 2:50 PM in Robinson Hall 301
• TA sessions: TBD
• TA office hours: TBD

Notes from TA Sessions

TBD

Other useful resources

• A new first-year PhD Macroeconomics textbook with many relevant materials
• QuantEcon provides Python and Julia programs for many models covered in class