Contact
Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts - Economics Dept
- ashantha@ualberta.ca
- Address
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9-21 Tory (H.M.) Building
11211 Saskatchewan Drive NWEdmonton ABT6G 2H4
Overview
About
Links to my work can be found on my webpage.
Research
Fields: Macroeconomics, Economic growth and development
Courses
ECON 282 - Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory I
Models of price, interest rate, output, and employment determination; the impact of fiscal, monetary, and supply shocks; open economy macroeconomics with fixed and flexible exchange rates, and prices as well as international capital mobility. Prerequisite: ECON 101 and 102 or consent of Department.
ECON 385 - Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory II
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 109, ECON 281, 282 and 299 or equivalent, and MATH 156 or equivalent.
ECON 581 - MA Macroeconomic Theory
A graduate-level examination of the core topics in macroeconomic theory: determinants of growth, business cycles and stabilization policy.