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040158 KU Macroeconomics for Economics and Finance (MA) (2023W)

8.00 ECTS (4.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work
ON-SITE
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 50 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 02.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 04.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 11 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Monday 09.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 11.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Monday 16.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 18.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 11 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Monday 23.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 25.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 11 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Monday 30.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Monday 06.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 08.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 11 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Monday 13.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 15.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 11 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Monday 20.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 22.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 11 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Monday 27.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 29.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 11 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Monday 04.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 06.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 11 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Monday 11.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 13.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 11 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Monday 08.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 10.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 11 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Monday 15.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 17.01. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum 13 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Monday 22.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 24.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 11 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Monday 29.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 31.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 11 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Aims and contents: Students who have successfully completed the course are familiar with
a) important modelling frameworks which are used to study economic growth, business cycles, and unemployment;
b) important mathematical methods to analyze the above mentioned models, including dynamic optimization, recursive methods (dynamic programming), and dynamic general equilibrium analysis.

Methods: The basic material of the course will be presented in the form of lectures. This will be complemented by weekly exercise classes in which students have to present solutions to homework exercises.

Assessment and permitted materials

Assessment will be based on weekly homework exercises, a final (written or oral) exam, and classroom participation.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Students can earn points by solving and presenting the homework exercises. They can also earn points in the final exam. The minimum requirement to make an assessment possible is that the student submits at least half of the homework exercises and takes part in the final exam.

Examination topics

Defined by beamer presentation and homework exercises.

Reading list

A detailed syllabus will be published on Moodle. The main references are

D. Romer: Advanced Macroeconomics, 5th ed., McGraw-Hill, 2019.

G. Sorger: Dynamic Economic Analysis: Deterministic Models in Discrete Time, Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Tu 23.01.2024 08:45