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ECC4660

Macroeconomics ( 6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL)

Undergraduate, Postgraduate
(BUS)

Leader: Associate Professor Dietrich Fausten

Offered:
Clayton Second semester 2005 (Day)

Synopsis: Contemporary macroeconomics and recent policy debates, including market clearing and long-run equilibrium; classical dichotomy; money in the global economy; aggregate demand and price rigidity, microfoundations of macroeconomics, disequilibrium models; stock-flow interactions; wealth effects; rational expectations; policy ineffectiveness and Ricardian equivalence; money and credit; exchange rate regimes; new Keynesian macroeconomics; comovements of macro variables and macroeconomic forecasting.

Assessment: Written (3000-word essay): 30% + Examination (3 hours): 70%

Contact Hours: Three contact hours per week