Macroeconomics
208
Marek Kapička
Spring
2008
This course studies micro-founded
macroeconomic models. Concepts and tools from microeconomics will be
applied to macroeconomic issues, including economic growth, credit
markets, fiscal and monetary policies, current account determination.
The topics will be presented and analyzed using simple mathematical
models with emphasis on general equilibrium and intertemporal economic
analysis. The primary goal of this class is to introduce some of
standard tools, widely used in modern macroeconomics and necessary to
understand articles both in the press and academic journals.
There are two textbooks for this course:
1. Macroeconomics, by Matthias Doepke, Andreas Lehnert, and Andrew Sellgren (henceforth, DLS),
2. International Macroeconomics, by Stephanie Schmitt-Grohe and Martin Uribe (henceforth, SGU).
The lectures will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays
at 2pm-3:15pm in NH 2111. I will have office hours on Mondays and
Wednesdays from 9 to 10 in NH 3052. I can also be contacted by email at
mkapicka@econ.ucsb.edu. The teaching assistant for this class will be
Erin Larive (larive@econ.ucsb.edu). The TA session will meet on
Thursday 3:30-4:20 in Phelps 3523.