112062 Macroeconomics & National Accounting

Course offering details

Instructors: Prof. Dr. Jarko Fidrmuc

Event type: Seminar

Org-unit: Corporate Management & Economics

Displayed in timetable as: Makro & VGR

Hours per week: 3

Credits: 6,0
Note: In your exam regulations, differing credits may have been specified.

Location: Campus der Zeppelin Universität

Language of instruction: Englisch

Min. | Max. participants: 10 | 41

Course content:
Introduction

|  Macroeconomic developments in the global economy

|  Financial crisis

 

Short-run model (ISLM)

| output determination in the short run

| GDP composition, fiscal policy, multiplier effects

| money market, determination of interest rate

| derivation of the IS-curve

| derivation of the LM-curve

| economic policy in the ISLM model

 

Medium-run model (ASAD)

| labor market, wages, unemployment, rigidities

| AS-AD Modell

| expectations, dynamic analysis, Phillips-curve

 

Open macroeconomics 

| balance of payments

| Mundell-Fleming model

 

Growth models:

| stylized facts of growth

| saving, capital accumulation, and growth

| technological progress

Educational objective:
The students should improve and deepen their knowledge and analytical capabilities in the areas of macroeconomics and economic policy.

Mandatory literature:
Blanchard, O., Johnson, D.R: Macroeconomics, Global 6th Edition, Pearson, 2013, chapters 1-13; 18-21.Forster, J., U. Klüh und S. Sauer (2009), Übungen zur Makroökonomie, 3. Auflage, Pearson Studium.

Appointments
Date From To Room Instructors
1 Tue, 30. Jan. 2018 13:30 16:00 Fab 3 | 2.10 Prof. Dr. Jarko Fidrmuc
2 Tue, 13. Feb. 2018 13:30 16:00 Fab 3 | 2.10 Prof. Dr. Jarko Fidrmuc
3 Tue, 27. Feb. 2018 13:30 16:00 Fab 3 | 2.10 Prof. Dr. Jarko Fidrmuc
4 Tue, 6. Mar. 2018 13:30 16:00 Fab 3 | 2.10 Prof. Dr. Jarko Fidrmuc
5 Tue, 13. Mar. 2018 13:30 16:00 Fab 3 | 2.10 Prof. Dr. Jarko Fidrmuc
6 Tue, 10. Apr. 2018 13:30 16:00 Fab 3 | 2.10 Prof. Dr. Jarko Fidrmuc
7 Tue, 17. Apr. 2018 13:30 16:00 Fab 3 | 2.10 Prof. Dr. Jarko Fidrmuc
8 Tue, 17. Apr. 2018 16:30 19:00 Fab 3 | 2.10 Prof. Dr. Jarko Fidrmuc
9 Tue, 24. Apr. 2018 13:30 16:00 Fab 3 | 2.10 Prof. Dr. Jarko Fidrmuc
Course specific exams
Description Date Instructors Compulsory pass
1. Exam Mon, 14. May 2018 15:00-16:30 Prof. Dr. Jarko Fidrmuc Yes
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Instructors
Prof. Dr. Jarko Fidrmuc