Topics in Macroeconomics

Econ 5110

Course outline

Midterm results

Plan and reading list (updated 6 Nov., 2014)

Midterm exam from 13 November, 2012

Information about midterm format etc.

Problems, Excel file for simulation

Lecture notes

Aggregation

Pontryagin’s Max Principle; Ramsey in cont. time

New Pontryagin slides (sans Ramsey)

Ramsey with pop. growth and technical change

Ramsey with Cobb-Douglas production

Linearizing the dynamical system in Ramsey model

Lucas (1988)

Galor and Zeira (1993)

Tobin’s q

The Fernández (2012) model

The Mulligan-Tsui (2010) model

The Acemoglu-Robinson (2000) model

The Hansen-Prescott (2002) model

 

Links to related course material:

           Econ 5750

           Econ 5011