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Publication date 1987 topics equilibrium economics mathematical models, macroeconomics mathematical models. Find materials for this course in the pages linked along the left. Center for economic research, department of economics, university of minnesota, 1975 view download file 197556. Thus, these notes are not a substitute for a textbooklecture i. He specializes in the fields of macroeconomics, monetary economics and time series econometrics. The rational expectations hypothesis swept through macroeconomics during the 1970s and permanently altered the landscape. The material in sargents book is uptodate and challenging. Dynamic macroeconomic theory edition 1 available in hardcover. Econ 5118 macroeconomic theory winter 20 instructor. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. General equilibrium models form a convenient context for analyzing such alternative government policies.
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The university of hong kong faculty of business and economics. It remains the prevailing paradigm in macroeconomics, and rational expectations is routinely used as the standard solution concept in both. You may find the following text books useful to read krusell note will be used substantially in the first section of the course per krusell, lecture notes for macroeconomics i, 2004 k jerome adda and russell cooper, mit press, 2003 ac. The sequence to sargents dynamic macroeconomic theory with uptodate examples and applications of recursive methods.
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