Exercises in Advanced Macroeconomics Fall 2016

Mondays 8-10, until and incl. Week 43 CSS 2-1-12, in Week 44 CSS 7-0-34, henceforth in CSS 15-3-01

The exercises are an integral part of the course. You are supposed to try solving the problems before meeting in class. Instructor is Niklas Brønager. The collection of exercise problems available here. Link to lectures.
Preliminary plan for exercises:

Date Topic Problems                                    Comments
        before        after
12/9 Refresher on technology. Debt dynamics. Fiscal sustainability. I.5, II.1, and if time allows, I.1. I.1 postponed.
19/9 Debt dynamics. Deficit and debt rules. NPG and IBC of the government in relation to fiscal sustainability. II.2, II.3, and if time allows, II.4.   Came to II.4d)
26/9 Aspects of the household's intertemporal optimization. Ricardian Equivalence? Refresher on technology. Finish II.4, solve II.5, X.1 (yes!), and I.1.    
3/10 The individual's intertemporal optimization problem in Blanchard's OLG model. IV.2, IV.11, IV.3    
10/10 Demography and the rate of return. Comparing Blanchard and Ramsey/Barro. IV.4, IV.8, IV.7, and if time allows, IV.12.    
Week 42 Autumn break.
Info about change:
Week 43-50 Fridays 15-17 in CSS 2-1-12.		      
28/10 General equilibrium effects of public debt. Midterm paper. One 3/4-hour used for V.4 and one 3/4 hour used for workshop on midterm paper problem.    
4/11 Midterm paper. A technology shock in the Blanchard economy. Up to one 3/4-hour used for workshop on midterm paper problem and at leat one 3/4 hour used for V.2a)-e) and VI.4.   Came to VI.4.
  Week 45-50 Fridays 15-18 in CSS 2-1-12, except for cancellations, see below.      
11/11 Speculative bubbles. Housing market. VI.4, VII.3, VII.7, VII.4, and, if time allows, VII.5. Came to VII.4 c).
14/11 8-10, in CSS 7.0.34. Finish VII.4. Solve VIII.3 (a refresher) and VIII.5 (new, download!)   Came to VIII.5c). 
18/11 IS-LM dynamics with forward-looking expectations. Finish VIII.5. Solve IX.10 and, if time allows, IX.4. Came to IX.4f)
25/11 Cancelled or rather replaced by 14/11, 8-10, in CSS 7.0.34.    
2/12 Cancelled
9/12 The banking sector in a macro perspective. Finish IX.4. Solve X.2. After IX.4, briefly consider IX.13. Came to X.9.
16/12 The spending multiplier in case of Barro-dynasties. Dynamic AD-AS-MP model (with Phillips curve and Taylor rule). Business cycle theories and data.
  X.9 (with extension of b)).
X.10 (with extension of d).
X.7 (with correction).		    
         
         
         
         
         
         

Link to lectures
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