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Advanced Macroeconomics

Advanced Macroeconomics

Course Textbook

  • Recursive Macroeconomic Theory (Fourth Edition), L. Ljungqvist and T. J. Sargent. ISBN: 9780262038669
  • Recursive Methods in Economic Dynamics. (Fourth Edition), N. L. Stokey and R. E. Lucas with E. C. Prescott. ISBN: 9780674750968

Office Hours

  • Office: 310C Umphrey Lee.
  • Dates & Times: Tuesdays, 17:30-18:30, by appointment (book your slot [here]https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bGFww0JEo29uQztX8ICl4bFTjOMuRy-NR1NCmpTZ7hE/edit?gid=0#gid=0)).
  • Email: luisperez@smu.edu.

Lecture Meeting Times

  • TuThu 12:30PM - 1:50PM

Midterm and Final Exams

  • Midterm: Friday, March 13.
  • Final: Thursday, May 7.

Course Materials

Here you can find syllabus, slides, and examples of past exams.
  • [Syllabus].
  • [Lecture 0]: Introduction and course logistics.
  • [Lecture 1]: Introduction to macroeconomics and macroeconomics modeling.
  • [Lectures 2]: The Solow model.
  • [Lecture 3]: The Neoclassical growth model.
  • [Lecture 4]: Trend growth and fiscal policy in the neoclassical growth model.
  • [Lecture 5]: The stochadtic Neoclassical growth model.
  • [Lecture 6]: Monetary economies.
  • [Lecture 7]: Incomplete markets and heterogeneous agents models.
  • [Lecture 8]: OLG economies.