This course is designed to give first year Ph.D. students an introduction to a broad selection of topics in advanced macroeconomics. The course should give a good understanding of major issues in modern macroeconomics - and should provide the necessary background for other more specialized courses in various macroeconomic subfields. The course will cover a broad selection of the following topics:
- Neoclassical growth models: Solow and Ramsey models
- Overlapping Generations (OLG) models
- Endogenous growth
- Real Business Cycles and dynamic stochastic general equilibrium theory
- Consumption
- Fiscal Policy