Max Sties
Contact
Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Arts - Economics Dept
- max.sties@ualberta.ca
Courses
ECON 102 - Introduction to Macroeconomics
Employment, inflation, international payments, monetary policy, and fiscal policy, all in the Canadian economy. Prerequisite: ECON 101 or consent of Department. Not open to students with credit in ECON 204.
ECON 350 - The Economics of Public Expenditures
Analysis of public sector expenditures in Canada. The rationale for government spending and the problems in the provision of public services. Prerequisites: ECON 109 and ECON 281.
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 485 - Macroeconomic Policy
Analysis of the objectives, instruments and methods of macroeconomics policy using contemporary macroeconomics theory and examples from the policy experience of Canada and other nations. Prerequisites: ECON 109 and ECON 385.
ECON 494 - Economic Data Analysis I
Computer programming for the statistical analysis of data in economics with focus on SAS, R, and Python. Prerequisites: ECON 109 and ECON 299 or equivalent.
ECON 594 - Economic Data Analysis II
Computer programming for the statistical analysis of data in economics with focus on SAS, R, and Python.