Unit information: Macroeconomic Theory and Policy in 2008/09

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Unit name Macroeconomic Theory and Policy
Unit code ECON30077
Credit points 20
Level of study H/6
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24)
Unit director Dr. Duck
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

Intermediate Macroeconomics ECON22134

Co-requisites

None

School/department School of Economics
Faculty Faculty of Social Sciences and Law

Description including Unit Aims

The broad aims of this unit are to extend studentsÂ’ knowledge of macroeconomic theory beyond the second year level, and to explore the implications for current macroeconomic issues - and government policy to deal with them - of recent developments in macroeconomic theory.

The topics covered change each year but they are generally a mixture of new topics and extensions of topics introduced in the first and second years.

Arguments will be explained in lectures using mainly diagrams; the lecturers will supply additional material, including any more technical material, in handouts.

These lecturers' handouts provide the core reading - 'the textbook' - for each topic in the unit. Other readings will include mathematical and non-mathematical alternatives.