Course materials for ECON307 Winter 2022

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Syllabus

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Problem Sets and Exams

1. Due Midnight PST on January 20th - Problem Set 0
2. Due Midnight PST on January 30th - Problem Set 1
3. Due Midnight PST on February 8th - Problem Set 2
4. Due Midnight PST on February 15th - Problem Set 3
5. Midterm Practice Problems
6. February 18th - Midterm Exam 12:15-2:15 in IONA 167
7. Due Midnight PST on March 13th - Problem Set 4
8. Due Midnight PST on March 27th - Problem Set 5
9. Due Midnight PST on April 10th - Problem Set 6. Grading is pass/fail on this one.
10. Final Practice Problems

Lectures

1. January 10th - Introduction to Modern Macro
2. January 12th - Math Review
3. January 14th - Finish Introduction to Modern Macro, start Asset Pricing and Difference Equations
4. January 17th - More Asset Pricing and Difference Equations and potentially start Permanent Income Model
5. January 19th - Permanent Income Model
6. January 21th - PS0 Review in class
7. January 24th - Permanent Income Model
8. January 26th - Permanent Income Model
9. January 28th - Review last part of Permanent Income Model and start Markov Chains and Unemployment
10. January 31st - PS1 Review in class
11. February 2nd - Markov Chains and Unemployment
12. February 4th - Stochastic Asset Pricing
13. February 7th - BACK IN PERSON Stochastic Asset Pricing
14. February 9th - Stochastic Asset Pricing
15. February 11th - PS2 Review in class
16. February 14th - Stochastic Asset Pricing
17. February 16th - PS3 and Midterm Practice Problems (Midterm Practice Problems) Review Session
18. February 18th - Midterm Exam 12:15-2:15 in IONA 167
19. February 21st - Break
20. February 23rd - Break
21. February 25th - Break
22. February 28th - Stochastic Permanent Income Model
23. March 2nd - Stochastic Permanent Income Model
24. March 4th - Finish Stochastic Permanent Income Model and start Incomplete Markets
25. March 7th - Incomplete Markets
26. March 9th - Finish Incomplete Markets and do Search
27. March 11th - Search
28. March 14th - PS4 Review in class
29. March 16th - General Equilibrium
30. March 18th - General Equilibrium
31. March 21st - General Equilibrium and Interest Rates
32. March 23rd - Interest Rates
33. March 25th - Interest Rates
34. March 28th - PS5 Review in class
35. March 30th - Growth
36. April 1st - Growth
37. April 4th - Growth and Growth and Fiscal Policy
38. April 6th - Growth and Fiscal Policy
39. April 8th - Growth and Fiscal Policy and partial review of PS6