ECON 413 - Applied Macroeconomics

Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): (ECON 303 and ECON 304) and (MATH 108 or MATH 111 or MATH 131)
College Curriculum: COLL 400
This course will survey frontier research in macroeconomics, focusing on the applications of both reduced-form and structural dynamic models. Examples include monetary policy, fiscal policy, climate change, and inequality. Background lectures in time series econometrics and structural dynamic modeling will help improve literacy in macroeconomic research, but most of the course is directed by students and their specific macroeconomic interests. Students will have the opportunity to share their interests through discussion, diverse writing assignments, and presentations.