Core Macroeconomics, Hilary Term 2015

Tutor

Brian A'Hearn

Groups

1.	Th. 3:00	Jelsma, Neo
2.	Th. 4:00	Hamer, Bateman
3.	F. 2:00	Malik, Nabarro, Wilkinson
4.	F. 3:00	Halim, Kumararajan, Mattern
5.	F. 4:00	Fowles, Richardson, Wheeler

Requirements

8 weekly tutorials
8 written assignments - a mix of problems and essays

Readings

Schedule

Week 1.	Growth
Week 2.	Intertemporal choice
Week 3.	A Keynesian closed-economy model
Week 4.	Monetary policy at the "zero lower bound"
Week 5.	The open economy
Week 6.	The open economy: shocks and imbalances
Week 7.	Fiscal policy
Week 8.	Free to choose

Below this point obsolete

Week 3.	Review IS-LM / AS-AD; theories of equilibrium unemployment
Week 4.	A Keynesian closed-economy model
Week 5.	The open economy
Week 7.	Monetary policy
Week 8.	Theory or practice

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