To be confirmed.

This course is compulsory on the BSc in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, BSc in Economics and MSc in Economics (2 Year Programme). This course is not available as an outside option nor to General Course students.

Microeconomics I (EC1A1) and Macroeconomics I (EC1B1)

This is an intermediate course in macroeconomics that builds on the knowledge learned in Macroeconomics I (EC1B1). You will be confronted with the following topics: economic growth, business cycles (booms and recessions), monetary and fiscal policy, unemployment, inequality, inflation, financial markets and financial crises, sovereign debt crises and international economics. A set of popular frameworks and approaches to model macroeconomic behaviour will be discussed. You will be challenged to apply the tools that we develop in the course to understand better historical and contemporary events. An important aspect of the course is that you will acquire a deeper understanding of the material through an assignment containing some programming and data analysis.

20 hours of lectures and 10 hours of classes in the MT. 20 hours of lectures and 10 hours of classes in the LT.

There are weekly assignments and feedback will be given on two.

• Macroeconomics, Williamson.
• Economic growth, Weil.
• Economics – Daron Acemoglu, David I. Laibson, and John A. List.
• Macroeconomics, Gregory Mankiw.

Exam (70%, duration: 3 hours) in the summer exam period.
Project (30%, 1500 words).

The project constitutes a programming component, some data analysis, and a description of the results.

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