ECON 385 - Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory II

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

Designed for majors and Honors students in Economics. Theories of stabilization policy; expectations; the government budget constraint; inflation and unemployment; business cycles and growth; theories of aggregate consumption, investment, money demand, and money supply. Prerequisites: ECON 281, 282 and 299 or equivalent, and MATH 156 or equivalent.

ECON 385 - Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory II

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

Designed for majors and Honors students in Economics. Theories of stabilization policy; expectations; the government budget constraint; inflation and unemployment; business cycles and growth; theories of aggregate consumption, investment, money demand, and money supply. Prerequisites: ECON 281, 282 and 299 or equivalent, and MATH 156 or equivalent.

ECON 486 - Macroeconomics and Asset Pricing

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

The course explores the intersection of macroeconomics and financial economics, using growth, business-cycle and asset pricing theories to motivate a series of data projects that cover the long run and short run determinants of interest rates, equity premium, cyclical patterns of bond and equity returns, monetary policy, CAPM and other factor models. Prerequisites: ECON 282, ECON 299, MATH 156 or equivalent.

ECON 586 - Macroeconomics and Asset Pricing

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

The course explores the intersection of macroeconomics and financial economics, using growth, business-cycle and asset pricing theories to motivate a series of data projects that cover the long run and short run determinants of interest rates, equity premium, cyclical patterns of bond and equity returns, monetary policy, CAPM and other factor models.