This is an archived course. A more recent version may be available at ocw.mit.edu.
The notes in this section were prepared by Jose Tessada, one of the course teaching assistants, and appear with his permission. They were used to facilitate the recitation sessions of the course and are listed by topic below.
Solow Model (PDF)
New Growth Theory (PDF)
Consumption (and Savings) (PDF)
Diamond's Overlapping-Generations Model (PDF - 1.9 MB)
Social Security in Diamond's OLG Models (PDF)
Social Security in Diamond's OLG Models (Solutions) (PDF)