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MA course at the University of Bern. The classes follow selected chapters in the textbook Macroeconomic Analysis (MIT Press, 2019) and build on the material covered in the macro II course which follows the same text. Table of contents of the book. Uni Bern’s official course page. Main contents: Concepts. RA model with government spending and taxes. Government debt in RA model. Government debt and social security in OLG model. Neutrality results. Consolidated government budget constraint....

MA course at the University of Bern. Time: Wed 10-12. KSL course site. Course assistant: Christian Wipf. The course introduces Master students to modern macroeconomic theory. Building on the analysis of the consumption-saving tradeoff and on concepts from general equilibrium theory, the course covers workhorse general equilibrium models of modern macroeconomics, including the representative agent framework, the overlapping generations model, and possibly the Lucas tree model. Lectures...

MA course at the University of Bern. The classes follow these notes and build on the material covered in the macro II course. Uni Bern’s official course page. The course TA is Lukas Völlmy. Main contents: Concepts. RA model with government spending and taxes. Government debt in RA model. Government debt and social security in OLG model. Neutrality results. Consolidated government budget constraint. Fiscal effects on inflation. Game of chicken. FTPL. Active and passive policies. Tax...

MA course at the University of Bern. The classes follow these notes and build on the material covered in the macro II course. Uni Bern’s official course page. The course TA is Lukas Völlmy. Main contents: Concepts. RA model with government spending and taxes. Government debt in RA model. Government debt and social security in OLG model. Neutrality results. Consolidated government budget constraint. Fiscal effects on inflation. Game of chicken. FTPL. Active and passive policies. Tax...

MA course at the University of Bern. Time: Wed 10-12. KSL course site. Course assistant: Lukas Voellmy. The course introduces Master students to modern macroeconomic theory. Building on the analysis of the consumption-saving trade off and on concepts from general equilibrium theory, the course covers workhorse general equilibrium models of modern macroeconomics, including the representative agent framework, the overlapping generations model, and possibly the Lucas tree model. Lectures...

MA course at the University of Bern. Time: Wed 10-12. KSL course site. Course assistant: Lukas Voellmy. The course introduces Master students to modern macroeconomic theory. Building on the analysis of the consumption-saving trade off and on concepts from general equilibrium theory, the course covers workhorse general equilibrium models of modern macroeconomics, including the representative agent framework, the overlapping generations model, and possibly the Lucas tree model. Lectures...

MA course at the University of Bern. The classes follow chapters 11–13 in this text and build on the material covered in chapters 1–5. Uni Bern’s official course page. The course TA is Christian Myohl. Main contents: Concepts. RA model with government spending and taxes. Government debt in RA model. Government debt and social security in OLG model. Neutrality results. Consolidated government budget constraint. Fiscal effects on inflation. Game of chicken. FTPL. Active and passive...

Economics is not about predicting stock markets, exchange rates, or GDP. Its aim is to make sense of human interaction in the small and the large. Marek Hlavac’s online course Nobel Prize-Winning Contributions to Economics provides an overview over the work of deep economic thinkers.

MA course at the University of Bern. Time: Wed 10-12. KSL course site. Course assistant: Christian Myohl. The course introduces Master students to modern macroeconomic theory. Building on the analysis of the consumption-saving trade off and on concepts from general equilibrium theory, the course covers workhorse general equilibrium models of modern macroeconomics, including the representative agent framework, the overlapping generations model, and possibly the Lucas tree model. Lectures...

MA course at the University of Bern. The classes follow chapters 11–13 in this text (to be updated) and build on the material covered in chapters 1–5. Uni Bern’s official course page. The course TA is Christian Myohl. Main contents: Concepts. RA model with government spending and taxes. Government debt in RA model. Government debt and social security in OLG model. Neutrality results. Consolidated government budget constraint. Fiscal effects on inflation. Game of chicken. FTPL. Active and...