Description:
| Aims:
* To develop further students' understanding of macroeconomic theory.
* To enable students to use macroeconomic models to interpret policy problems.
* To be aware of the main contributions of the leading schools of macroeconomic thought.
Learning Outcomes: At the end of the course unit, students should be able to:
* Understand and use for policy analysis a series of macroeconomic models.
* Use their knowledge of theory to interpret problems in macroeconomic policy making.
* Solve problems under exam conditions from the material learnt.
Skills: Use and analysis of economic data; problem-solving; expressing understanding of macroeconomic theory and policy in written form through examination and coursework.
Content: IS-LM analysis in an open economy context - the Mundell-Fleming Model; AD-AS analysis; aggregate supply and inflation; introduction to modelling expectations within macroeconomics. Key text: Gärtner, M. (2003), Macroeconomics, Financial Times PrenticeHall, (library ref.: 330 GAR).
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