14.452 Macroeconomic Theory II

Spring 2005

Apollo 17 view of the Earth.
Apollo 17 view of the Earth. (Image is taken from NASA's Web site: http://www.nasa.gov.)

Course Highlights

This course features an extensive reading list, detailed lecture notes and complete problem sets in the assignments section.

Course Description

This is the second course in the four-quarter graduate sequence in macroeconomics. Its purpose is to introduce the basic models macroeconomists use to study fluctuations. The course is organized around nine topics/sections: Fluctuations and Facts; The basic model: the consumption/saving choice; Allowing for a labor/leisure choice (the RBC model); Allowing for non trivial investment decisions; Allowing for two goods; Introducing money; Introducing price setting; Introducing staggering of price decisions; and Applications to fiscal and monetary policy.

*Some translations represent previous versions of courses.

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Staff

Instructor:
Prof. Olivier Blanchard

Course Meeting Times

Lectures:
Two sessions / week
1.5 hours / session

Recitations:
One session / week
1.5 hours / session

Level

Graduate

*Translations

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