Syllabus
Syllabus
1. Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Models: A primer [Luís F. Costa - 4 lectures]
1.1. Simple dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models
1.2. Imperfect competition
1.3. The New Keynesian model
2. Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Models: Methods and applications [Sandra Gomes - 5 lectures]
2.1. DSGE models in practice: using Dynare
2.2. Anticipated shocks as sources of economic fluctuations
2.3. DSGE models with financial frictions: housing market and the business cycle
3. Readings in Macroeconomics [António Afonso - 4 seminars]
3.1. Economic growth and fiscal policy
3.2. Fiscal-monetary policy interactions
3.3. Financial markets and fiscal policy
3.4. Imperfect competition and non-linear dynamics
3.5. DSGE models with heterogeneous agents
3.6. News and housing
Core readings:
- Galí, J. (2015). Monetary Policy, Inflation, and the Business Cycle: An Introduction to the New Keynesian Framework and Its Applications. New Jersey: Princeton University Press.
- Heijdra, B. (2009). Foundations of Modern Macroeconomics, 2 nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University. Press.
- Ljungqvist, L. & Sargent, T. (2012). Recursive Macroeconomic Theory, 3 rd ed. Cambridge (Mass.): The MIT Press.
- Romer, D. (2011). Advanced Macroeconomics, 4 th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill.
- Stokey, N. & Lucas, R. (1989). Recursive Methods in Economic Dynamics. Cambridge (Mass.): Harvard University Press.
- Wickens, M. (2012). Macroeconomic Theory: A dynamic general equilibrium approach, 2 nd ed. Oxford: Princeton University Press.