Overview Of Macroeconomic Analysis
                                                      Dudley Cooke
                                                   Trinity College Dublin
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    Course Details
            Contact:
        1   Lectures: 2 lectures a week [tuesdays, 1800 in Rm. 2039 and
            wednesdays, 0900 in Rm. 2041B]
        2   Classes: 1 class every two weeks, with problem set to solve (I will also
            be the TA this semester)
            Office Hours: Fridays, 1600-1800; Email: dcooke@tcd.ie
            Assessment:
        1   Mid-Term - 10%
        2   Summer Exam - 90%
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    Reading
            Main text: Sørensen, Peter Birch, and Hans Jørgen Whitta-Jacobsen
            2005. Introducing Advanced Macroeconomics: Growth and
            Business Cycles, McGraw-Hill.
            Alternative texts: Romer’s book ‘Advanced Macroeconomics’ covers
            the same topics at a higher level (not required reading); likewise
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            Mankiw’s book ‘Macroeconomics’ is at a lower level.
            Lecture notes: on my webpage.
         1E.g., the consumption topic is covered in Romer ch. 7 and Mankiw ch. 16.
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    EC3010 Topic 1: Historical Overview and Stylized Facts
            Reading
            SWJ Ch. 14 and Stock and Watson (2003), FRB Kansas City
            symposium, Jackson Hole, Wyoming (on Kansas City Fed webpage).
            Plan
            Course Overview
            Historical Perspective
            Measuring Business Cycles/stylized facts
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