Duration: 3 hours per week - 13 weeks [ECTS: 6]

Course outline

The course offers a broad review of the major topics in macroeconomics. In addition to developing the economic intuitions, the course familiarizes students with the workings of major macroeconomic models. The course starts with long-term growth, and then covers the main workhorse models used in macroeconomics. The focus then shifts to the design of optimal monetary and fiscal policy.
The final part of the course covers and analysis of financial markets and the banking sector, as well as labor market issues. As conducting research in macroeconomics requires a familiarity with technical tools, the course aims to providing student with a grasp of the techniques in relatively simple settings. For each topic, we discuss the linkages to “real life” issues for policy makers.