Macroeconomics 2

Fall 2008


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KARAKTERER 08


General Information

Lecturer:

Carl-Johan Dalgaard

Contact:
Ph 3532 4407
carl.johan.dalgaard@econ.ku.dk

Time and place: Mondays, 9-12, Aud. 9 and Wednesdays, 10-12, Aud. 5.

Sections (øvelser)
:
Wednesday, 13-16. Rasmus Landersø is the instructur. First set of exercises will be discussed on Sept. 3.
 

Course description at SIS

Readings:.
Sørensen og Whitta-Jacobsen, 2005. Introducing Advanced Macroeconomics. McGraw-Hill. Chapters (2006 edition):
2-8 & 16
.
!!!Download list of Typo's for the book!!!.

In addition: Lucas (1990) (Until Section III), Lecture notes, slides etc. Cursory readings: Caselli and Feyrer (2005)
 

Competition:
Send me an email - adress above - detailing the economic intuition behind the following result from the open economy Solow model:
An open economy which is a lender (i.e., a creditor) in the international capital markets will converge more slowly to the steady state compared to the situation where the same economy (defined by its s, n etc) were closed. Likewise an open economy, which is a net borrower (debitor) in the international credit markets, will converge more rapidly to steady state compared to a situation where the same economy (in terms of s, n etc) were closed to international capital mobility (see p.33-34 on the slides for Open economy Solow model for proof of the result).


Next Lecture:.

No more lectures. Good luck at the exam.


Past Lectures

8.10. Final lecture: Overview of key messages.
6.10. Consumption (ch. 16), finish. Then: Limits to growth (Ch. 7)
1.10. Consumption (Ch, 16).

29
.9 Endogenous Growth (Finish). Then: Consumption (Ch. 16).
22
.9 Endogenous Growth (Ch. 8)
22
.9 Open Economy Solow model.S&WJ Ch. 4 (Finish). Next: Endogenous Growth (Ch. 8)
17.9 Open Economy Solow model.S&WJ Ch. 4
15.9 Human capital (finish). (S&W-J, CH. 6). Then: Open Economy Solow model.S&WJ Ch. 4 and Lucas (1990)
10.9 Human capital (cont'ned). (S&W-J, CH. 6).
8.9.
Finish Capital accumulation and growth, the solow model (S&W-J, Ch. 3 &5); growth accounting.
Then: Human capital. (S&W-J, CH. 6)
3.9. Cont'ned: Capital accumulation and growth, the solow model (S&W-J, Ch. 3 &5).
1.9.
Cont'ned: Capital accumulation and growth, the Solow model. (S &W-J, Ch. 3 and 5)
27.8.
Capital accumulation and growth: The Solow model. (S &W-J, Ch. 3 and 5)
25.8. Introduction to Economic Growth: Issues and Regularities. Readings: Ch. 2 in S & W-J.


Course Material:

Slides etc.

Introduction to Economic Growth: Issues and Regularities
Capital Accumulation and Economic Growth - The Solow model. Lecture note.
Growth and Human Capital Accumulation - The Augmented Solow model.
The Open Economy Solow Model
Endogenous Growth
Consumption

Limits to Growth?
Overview of Key messages in Macro 2.

Summaries

Summary 1: Facts and Issues
Summary 2: The Solow Model
Summary 3: The Augmented Solow Model
Summary 4: Open economy Solow model
Summary 5: Endogenous Growth
Summary 6: Consumption
Summary 7: Limits to growth
 

Exercises

8.10 (13-15). From Ch. 8 Exercises 3 and 7 (answers to 8.7.).
8.10 (8.30-10 - IN AUD. 6, as usual): From Ch. 4: Exercises 1, 2, 4 and 6, and from Chapter 8, ex. 3 and 7.
24.9.
From Chapter 6: Execises 3 and 4. Exercise 6, but only the analytical part. That is, consider the 3 alternatives (increasing investment rates etc), and discuss their impact on the economy via Phasediagram analysis. Illustrate the evolution of y in a graph with time on the horrisontal axis.
17.9. From Chapter 5:
Ex 3,5 and 9
10.9 From Chapter 3
:  ex. 5 (similar to ex. 4), ex. 6 (similar to ex. 4), ex. 7 and ex. 11.
3.9. From Chapter 2
: Ex. 1 and Ex 3. From Chapter 3: Ex.2, Ex.4 (until, "Now, consider": rest is voluntary)..


Opdateret 26. August 2008