Professor Oscar Galvez-Soriano
Email: ogalvez@uchicago.edu
Department of Economics
ECON13310: Introduction to Macroeconomic Analysis
ECON 13310: Reading List
The content of the ECON 13310 course was developed following a set of textbooks in Macroeconomics.
The following reading list describes the chapters of these textbooks that you may read if you are interested in knowing more or understanding better the concepts explained in class. However, notice that
you are not required to read everything and that the explanations given in class should suffice for the
purpose of this course.
In this reading list, I use the following abbreviations that refer to the textbooks I use in this course.
Textbooks are shown in alphabetical order, not in order of importance.
Textbook
Hamilton, James (1994). Time Series Analysis.
Princeton University Press
Jones, Charles (2020). Macroeconomics (Fifth Edition).
W W Norton \& Company
Lester, Robert (2023). Macroeconomics. Cengage
Abbreviation
JH
CJ
RL
Miller, Merton H. and Upton, Charles (1986). Macroeconomics:
A Neoclassical Introduction. The University of Chicago Press
Romer, David (2019). Advanced Macroeconomics (Fifth Edition).
McGraw Hill
Williamson, Stephen D. (2016). Macroeconomics (Sixth Edition).
Pearson
MM
DR
SW
The next table contains the reading list, which uses the previously explained abbreviations. Notice that
the topics are shown in order.
Topics
Introduction; Review on Statistics and Time Series
Economic Growth I: Malthus and Solow Models
Economic Growth II: Steady State and Golden Rule
Economic Growth III: Calibration and Further Properties
A Two Period Model of the Economy
Permanent Income Hypothesis
The Euler Equation
Interest Rate and the Slutsky Equation
Ricardian Equivalence
Unemployment and the Business Cycle
Intertemporal Model with Investment
Government and Fiscal Policy in Practice
Money and Inflation
The Phillips Curve, the Lucas Critique and the Taylor Rule
Forecasting Macroeconomic Variables
Textbook
JH
MM; SW
MM; SW
SW
SW
SW; DR
DR
SW
SW
SW; DR
SW
SW
RL
CJ
JH
Chapter
1-2
1-2; 7
3; 7
8
9
9; 8
2
9
9
3; 11
11
11
5
12
3-4
In addition, in my lecture slides, I have some references to research papers published in leading journals
in economics, which I encourage you to read if you are interested in those particular topics.
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