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graduate)
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ECON 202 Macroeconomics - 3KU/6ECTS credits
Economics and Management
Undergraduate
Spring, 2013
Jeyhun Mammadov
Instructor
jmammadov@hotmail.de
E-mail:
Phone:
Bashir Safaroglu 122, Monday 15:10 – 18:00
Classroom/hours
Thursday, 14:00 to 16:00 in office 26 or by appointment
Office hours
MATH 101Calculus I/ECON 101 Introduction to Economics
English
Compulsory
N. Gregory Mankiw. “Macroeconomics” 5 th edition, 2003
The course provides an understanding of the analytic methods of macroeconomics. Students
should examine models explaining fluctuations in national income, unemployment, price levels,
GNP, monetary issues, limitations and applications of these models.
To equip the students with the main principles and methods of macroeconomics.
Students should be able to understand and describe the concepts and measurement of gross
domestic product, unemployment, and inflation; the difference between business cycles and
economic growth; the concept of macroeconomic equilibrium; how aggregate demand and
aggregate supply determine equilibrium price and output in the short-run and long-run.
x
Lecture
x
Group discussion
x
Experiential exercise
x
Case analysis
Simulation
Course paper
Others
Methods
Date/deadlines
Percentage (%)
25
Midterm Exam
Case studies
10
Class Participation
25
Assignment and quizzes
Project
Presentation/Group
Discussion
40
Final Exam
Others
100
Total
Week
Policy
Date/Day
(tentative)
1
2
3
4
5
6
11.02.13
18.02.13
25.02.13
04.03.13
11.03.13
18.03.13
Tentative Schedule
Topics
The Science of Macroeconomics
The Data of Macroeconomics
National Income: Where It Comes From and Where It Goes
Money and Inflation
The Open Economy
Unemployment
Textbook/Assignments
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
01.03.13
08.04.13
15.04.13
22.04.13
29.04.13
06.04.13
13.05.13
20.05.13
27.05.13
Economic Growth I
Chapter 7
Midterm Exam
Economic Growth II
Introduction to Economic Fluctuations
Aggregate Demand I
Aggregate Demand II
Aggregate Demand in the Open Economy
Aggregate Supply
Stabilization Policy and Government Debt
Final Exam
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14-15