Macroeconomics Coursebook
The Macroeconomics Coursebook contains supplemental material written by the instructor for the students in the advanced macroeconomics course at Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³. It helps explain difficult parts of Romer's text, provides contextual background material, and contains selective reviews of empirical applications of the theories we are studying.
Coursebook chapters
- Prologue
- Chapter 1 Macroeconomics: Modeling the Behavior of Aggregate Variables
- Chapter 2 Basic Macroeconomic Models
- Chapter 3 Growth and Capital Accumulation: The Solow Model
- Chapter 4 Optimizing the Saving Decision in a Growth Model
- Chapter 5 Theories of Endogenous Growth
- Chapter 6 Empirical Evidence on Economic Growth
- Chapter 7 Stochastic Growth Models and Real Business Cycles
- Chapter 8 Money, Inflation, Growth, and Cycles
- Chapter 9 Keynesian Models of Aggregate Demand
- Chapter 10 Imperfect Competition and Real and Nominal Price Rigidity
- Chapter 11 Aggregate Supply with Imperfect Information
- Chapter 12 Aggregate Supply with Sticky Prices
- Chapter 13 Empirical Evidence on Aggregate Supply Models and Business Cycles
- Chapter 14 Models of Unemployment
- Chapter 15 Models of Investment Behavior
- Chapter 16 Models of Consumption Behavior
- Chapter 17 Monetary Policy
- Chapter 18 Fiscal Policy