Lecture Notes in Macroeconomics

Lecture Notes in Macroeconomics

Lecture Notes in Macroeconomics

Course Mechanics
• Requirements: Two exams, each 50% of grade, each covers half of material
in class. First exam: on Tuesday, March 12th. Second and final exam: on
Tuesday, April 30th.
• Problem sets: will be several, which will be handed in and corrected, but
not graded. Good way to learn macro, good practice for exams and core.
• On the reading list: It is very ambitious. We may well not cover everything.
That is fine, as not everything is essential. I may cut material as I
go along, and will try to give you fair warning when that happens.
• The lectures will very closely follow my lecture notes. There are two
other general textbooks available: Romer, which should be familiar and
Blanchard and Fischer. The latter is harder but covers more material.
The lecture notes combine the approaches of and adapt materials in both
books.

John C. Driscoll
Brown University and NBER