SemesterSpring Semester, 2025
DepartmentMA Program of Economics, First Year MA Program of Economics, Second Year
Course NameMacroeconomic Theory (II)
InstructorLIANG FEI-CHI
Credit3.0
Course TypeSelectively
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule






















































































































Week (date)



Topics



Content and Reading Assignment



Teaching Activities



W1 (2/21)



Introduction


 

Lecture



W2 (2/28)



228 Holiday


   

W3 (3/07)



Dynamic optimization



[L&S]



Lecture



W4 (3/14)



Dynamic competitive equilibrium: sequential method



[L&S]



Lecture



W5 (3/21)



Dynamic competitive equilibrium: recursive method  



[L&S]



Lecture



W6 (3/28)



Overlapping generation (OLG) model



[L&S]



Lecture



W7 (4/04)



Holiday


   

W8 (4/11)



Incomplete market model



[L&S]



Lecture



W9 (4/18)



Midterm


   

W10 (4/25)



Labor search model



[L&S]



Lecture



W11 (5/02)


The fiscal policy: representative agent

 



Lecture



W12 (5/09)



The fiscal policy: heterogenous agent



 



Lecture



W13 (5/16)



The New Keynesian model



[G]



Lecture



W14 (5/23)



The monetary policy



[G]



Lecture



W15 (5/30)



Holiday



 


 

W16 (6/06)



Final exam



 


 

W17 (6/11)



Capstone self-learning


   

W18 (6/18)



Capstone self-learning


   

Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant
Requirement/Grading

Evaluation: 



Participation, and discussion (20%)



Midterm (40%)



Final exam (40%)


Textbook & Reference

[L&S]: Lars Ljungqvist and Thomas Sargent (2018)  Recursive Macroeconomic Theory, 4th edition



[G]: Jordi Gali (2015) Monetary Policy, Inflation and the Business Cycle, 2nd edition 


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