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Macroeconomics I

People

Pica G.

Course director

Mokhtari M.

Assistant

Description

  • Stylized facts
  • The Solow Model
  • Growth accounting and quantitative implications of the Solow model
  • Endogenous Growth Models
  • What do the data say? Causes of differences in economic performance

Objectives

The objective of the course is to develop the analytical tools to think about long-run macroeconomic policy issues. It will focus both on models of economic growth and on the available empirical evidence, with particular emphasis on the role of public policies. The course will start with a brief overview of the stylized facts of economic growth. It will then present models of exogenous and endogenous growth and their quantitative implications. The last part of the course will discuss the proximate and fundamental causes of economic development.

Teaching mode

In presence

Learning methods

The course will discuss both economic theory models and the related empirical evidence in an interconnected way. At the end of the course, students will be able to understand and discuss macroeconomic issues and related policy implications.

Examination information

Written

Bibliography

Compulsory

Education