ECON 489 - Central Banking: Models and Computation

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

Examples of empirical macroeconomic models using latest computer programming and estimation techniques. Models used by the Bank of Canada and other central banks to quantitatively and empirically evaluate macroeconomic models using current data from Canada and other countries. Introduces students to applied dynamic, stochastic general equilibrium modelling techniques that are used in empirical macroeconomic models. Prerequisite: ECON 385.

ECON 589 - Empirical Macroeconomics

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

Introduction to applied structural dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) modeling, employing various DSGE models with a focus on estimation and testing for inference. Advanced solution techniques for stochastic difference equations and general modeling setup.

ECON 681 - PhD Macroeconomic Theory I

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

Material covered will include an introduction to dynamic mathematics, with applications to optimal and endogenous growth theories, and real business cycles.

ECON 241 - Money

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

Money is more than a means of exchange; its use and misuse has political, psychological, and sociological consequences. This course explores the role of money in human development through time and space. Prerequisites: ECON 101 and 102.

ECON 341 - Money and Banking

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

Financial intermediation, commercial banking, central banking, securities markets, and regulation of the banking and financial sectors, the money supply process and monetary control. Prerequisite: ECON 282. Students may not receive credit for both ECON 341 and FIN 414.