Lecturer

prof. aggr. Stefano Comino stefano.comino@uniud.it

Credits

9 CFU

Department

Department of Economics and Statistics

Course aims

The course provides an in-depth presentation of the fundamental macroeconomic models, and it is divided into two main pats. During the first part of the course we will focus on growth theory and we will discuss the main macroeconomics models for the long-run: Solow, human capital, overlapping generations, endogenous growth models. The second part of the course will be devoted to the macroeconomics for the short-run, with a particular emphasis on the economic crisis of 2008. After presenting the building blocks of the AD-AS short-run model, we will focus on more specific arguments: stabilization policies, unemployment, monetary policy during an economic crises.

Programme

The detailed syllabus will be available online (https://materialedidattico.uniud.it) at the end of the course. The main arguments that are going to be covered include:
• exogenous growth;
• endogenous growth;
• unemployment;
• AD-AS model;
• stabilization policies

Exam

Written exam and students’ presentation.

References

The main reference for the whole course is: Sorensen and Whitta-Jacobsen: Introducing advanced macroeconomics: growth and business cycles. (second edition). McGraw-Hill. Other, more specific, references will be suggested during the course.