Economic Policy

Lecturer:
Prof. Dr. Zeno Enders

Teaching Assistants:
Dipl.-Vw. Nicolas Keller
Jörg Rieger, Ph.D.

Prerequisites:
Macroeconomic basics are required.

Short Description:
The lecture ‘Macroeconomics’ is a compulsory course of the Master’s program ‘Economics’ and the Diplomstudiengang ‘Volkswirtschaftslehre’. Written exams will be offered at the end of this semester and at the beginning of the summer semester 2012. This course will be taught in English.

Content:
The course features introductions to growth theory, real business cycle theory, and New Keynesian Economics. First, the models and their relevant solution techniques are discussed. The resulting model predictions are then compared to empirical observations.

Literature:
Barro, R. J. and Sala-i-Martin, X.: 2003, Economic Growth, 2nd edn, The MIT Press
Galí, J.: 2008, Monetary Policy, Inflation, and the Business Cycle, Princeton University Press
Romer, D.: 2005, Advanced Macroeconomics, 3rd edn, McGraw-Hill/Irwin

Links:
Material can be downloaded from moodle
Lecture times are available on the LSF-pages for Bachelor's and Diploma