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EC 861.01 -- BC

EC 202.05 -- BC

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Macroeconomic Theory
EC 202.05
Boston College
Fall 2013 Semester



Syllabus

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Lecture Slides

PDF file  Septemer 3, 2013

PDF file  September 5, 2013

PDF file  September 10, 2013

PDF file  September 12, 2013

PDF file  September 17, 2013

PDF file  September 19, 2013

PDF file  September 24, 2013

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PDF file  October 1, 2013

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PDF file  November 5, 2013

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PDF file  November 19, 2013

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PDF file  December 3, 2013

PDF file  (Part 1)  PDF file  (Part 2)  December 5, 2013



Practice Problem Sets (not to be submitted)

Problem Set 1  PDF file  Solutions

Problem Set 2  PDF file  Solutions

Problem Set 3  PDF file  Solutions

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Problem Sets (to be submitted)

Problem Set 1  PDF file  Solutions

Problem Set 2  PDF file  Solutions



In The News

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Sample Exams


PDF  PDF solutions  Sample Final Exam I

PDF  PDF solutions  Sample Final Exam II

Solutions  Midterm Exam

PDF Part 1  PDF Part 2  PDF solutions  Sample Midterm Exam I

PDF Part 1  PDF Part 2  PDF solutions  Sample Midterm Exam II



Supplementary Reading

PDF file  Exchange Rates:  A Simply Supply-Demand Analysis

PDF file  "The Economic Crisis from a Neoclassical Perspective," Lee Ohanian, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2010, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 45-66.

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  2004 Nobel Lecture, Edward Prescott

PDF file  2004 Nobel Lecture, Finn Kydland

PDF file  1995 Nobel Lecture, Robert E. Lucas

PDF file  1986 Nobel Lecture, Robert Solow

PDF file  "The Macroeconomist as Scientist and Engineer," N. Gregory Mankiw, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2006, Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. 29-46.

PDF file  "Modern Macroeconomics in Practice:  How Theory is Shaping Policy," V.V. Chari and Patrick J. Kehoe, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2006, Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. 3-28.

PDF file  "The Missing Motivation in Macroeconomics," George A. Akerlof, American Economic Review, 2007, Vol. 97, No. 1, pp. 5-36.

PDF file  "Dillemas of an Economic Theorist," Ariel Rubinstein, Econometrica, 2006, Vol. 74, No. 4, pp. 865-883.



Review Notes

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These notes provide a brief review of important concepts from introductory macroeconomics.  I will assume everyone is comfortable with these basic concepts from the beginning of the course.