Macro II 2003 Course Info

This is the second in the two-course sequence in macroeconomics. This sequence is compulsory for doctoral students at SSE/SU. There will be compulsory assignments and seminars given by Alessandra Bonfiglioli.

The teachers will be

• Kjetil Storesletten (teacher responsible)
• Alessandra Bonfiglioli (teacher assistant)

Prerequisites and preparations

• MatFuI and II
• Macro I
• Micro I and II

Course description, Reading List and Schedule

• Course Description
• Syllabus and Reading List
• Schedule for classes.

Lecture Notes

Dynamic general equilibrium models (notes of Dirk Krueger)

• Lecture 1 (pdf and slides)
• Lecture 2 (pdf and slides)
• Krueger on the neoclassical growth model (pdf):

Business cycles: (notes of Harald Uhlig)

• Slides on Hansen model (pdf)
• Uhlig’s Toolkit on log-linear approximiation (pdf)

Economic Growth and Fluctuations (notes of Fabrizio Zilibotti).

• A. The Neoclassical Growth Model, pdf.
• B. Endogenous Growth (part 1; competitive models), pdf.
• C. Endogenous Growth (part 2; non-competitive models), pdf.
• D. Real Business Cycle, pdf.

Problem sets by Alessandra

• Problem set #1 and suggested solutions.
• Problem set #2, a set of useful matlab programs, and suggested solutions (not available yet).
• Problem set #3 and suggested solutions (not available yet).