Course materials for ECON307 Winter 2019

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Syllabus

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Problem Sets and Exams

1. Due in Class January 22nd - Problem Set 0 and Problem Set 1
2. Due in Class February 7th - Problem Set 2
3. Due in Class February 12 - Problem Set 3
4. Discussed in Class February 12 - Midterm Practice Problems not handed ni
5. Midterm February 14th 11:30-1:30pm - Exam is in IONA 301 - NOT the regular classroom.
6. Due in Class March 9th - Problem Set 4
7. Due at Class time March 23rd - Problem Set 5
8. Practice Problems Discussed 6th/8th - Practice Problems
9. Assigned April 8th, due midnight April 10th - Final Problem Set

Lectures

1. January 6th - Introduction to Modern Macro
2. January 8th - Asset Pricing and Difference Equations
3. January 10th - Asset Pricing and Difference Equations
4. January 13th - Math Review
5. January 15th - Snow Day!
6. January 17th - Permanent Income Model
7. January 20th - Permanent Income Model
8. January 22nd - Problem Set 0 and Problem Set 1 review
9. January 24nd - More on consumption smoothing
10. January 27th - Markov Chains and Unemployment
11. January 29th - Markov Chains and Unemployment
12. January 31st - Stochastic Asset Pricing
13. February 3rd - Stochastic Asset Pricing
14. February 5th - Stochastic Permanent Income
15. February 7th - PS2 Review
16. February 10th - Stochastic Permanent Income
17. February 12th - PS3/Midterm review
18. February 14th - Midterm exam
19. February 17th/19th/21st - SPRING BREAK
20. February 24th - Incomplete Markets
21. February 26th - Incomplete Markets
22. February 28th -Search
23. March 2nd - General Equilibrium
24. March 4th - General Equilibrium
25. March 6th - General Equilibrium
26. March 9th - PS4 Review
27. March 11th - Interest Rates
28. March 13th - Interest Rates
29. March 16th - Stochastic Interest Rates
30. March 18th - Growth
31. March 20th - Growth
32. March 23th - PS4
33. March 25th - PS4
34. March 27th - PS4/PS5
35. March 30th - Growth
36. April 1st - Growth and Fiscal Policy
37. April 3rd - Growth and Fiscal Policy
38. April 6th - Growth and Fiscal Policy
39. April 8th - Final take home assignment assigned after class, review session