Economics 502 Macroeconomics and Growth Theory

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Course Syllabus

Announcements

Final Exam is on Thursday, May 8 at 3pm.

Homework

Homework 1:  (Due Thursday, January 24)  Problems 1, 2, and 3 from chapter 1 (pages 44-45)

Homework 2:  (Due Thursday, January 31)  Excel version of the data.  Prof. Mankiw's data page.

Homework 3:  (Due Friday, February 15--turn in by e-mail, to my office, or in class the day before) (solutions)

Homework 4 (Extra Credit):  (Due Tuesday, February 26)  Problems 4, 7, and 14 from chapter 2 (pages 93-96)

Homework 5 (Due Friday, March 28--turn in by e-mail, to my office, or in class the day before)


For Further Reading

Lucas, Robert. "Some Macroeconomics for the 21st Century" Journal of Economic Perspectives 14(1), Winter 2000 pp. 159-168.

Mankiw, N. Gregory, Romer, David, and Weil, David N.  "A Contribution to the Empirics of Economic Growth" Quarterly Journal of Economics 107 (May), 1992, 407-437.

Prescott, Edward. "Theory Ahead of Business Cycle Measurement" Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Quarterly Review 10(4), Fall 1986.

Course Supplements

None posted yet

Links

Mathematica Demonstrations

Mathematica Demonstrations (economics)

Value function iteration program