[ INSTRUCTOR : Prof. Menzie D. Chinn ]

Course : Economics 330, Money and Banking

Syllabus in PDF file

Other TA: Chikako Baba

[ TEACHING ASSISTANT : Deokwoo Nam ]

Discussion Sections on Friday

09:55 am, 490 at Van Hise (Section # - 305)

11:00 am, 4308 at Social Science (Section # - 306)

01:20 pm, 6112 at Social Science (Section # - 308)

* If you are enrolled in one of four sections and have conflict with other classes,

then you can attend any section above without formal change of discussion setion.

One thing you must keep in mind is that you write dowrn your formal discussion section number

on incoming problem sets.

* If none of the above sections matches yours, talk to the other TA.

 

Office Hours :

12:10 pm - 01:10 pm and 02:10 pm - 03:10 pm on Friday, or by appointment.

Contact Information - 6473 Social Science Bldg. ( 608-262-1003, dnam@wisc.edu )

 

Announcement Board (Last Updated : 12/15/2006)

General:

* Pick up your MID 2 exams & problem sets 1 - 4 at my office.

* Office hours: on 12/20, Wednesday, 1:00pm-3:00pm

Incoming Schedule

* The Final will be held on Friday, 12/22 at 07:45 A.M. in Social Sciences 6210.

- No calculators (cell phone one) will be allowed.

- Closed book/no notes.

- Note that

(i) feel free to bring your own questions and

(ii) be sure that you check out Prof. Chinn's and the other TA's webpages (link above) for useful material.

Discussion Materials

09/15: Understanding Interest Rates in Ch. 4 (Questions)

09/22: Behavior of Interest Rates in Ch. 5 (Questions)

09/29: Term Structure of Interest Rates in Ch. 6 (Questions)

10/06: Stock Market in Ch. 7 and Review Midterm 1

Answer Key to Questions

10/13: Cancelled (Midterm 1 week); Office hours - Tuesday (10/10) at 12:00-1:00 and 1:00-2:00

 

10/20: Foreign Exchange Market in Ch. 19 (or in Ch. 17 of 8th Edition)

10/27: Banking and the Management of Financial Institutions in Ch. 9

11/03: Review Mid 2

11/10: Cancelled (Midterm 2 week); Office hours - Tuesday (11/07) at 12:00-1:00 and 1:00-2:00

 

11/17: Financial Derivatives in Ch. 13 of 7th edition - Here is a hard copy

11/24: Cancelled - Thanksgiving

12/01: Chs. 15, 16, & 17 (7th edition)

12/08: Money Demand in Ch. 22

12/15: Chs. 23 & 24 (IS-LM model) and AD-AS model

 

Problem Sets and Exams by Prof. Chinn - Fall 2006

Problem Set and Answer Key:

PS #1 (AK - PS #1), PS #2 (AK - PS #2), PS #3 (AK - PS #3), PS #4 (AK - PS #4), PS # 5 ( AK - PS #5)

Exam:

Mid I (Curve), Mid 2 (Curve), Final (Curve)

 

Older Problem Sets and Exams by Prof. Chinn - Fall 2005

Problem Set: PS #1, PS #2, PS #3, PS #4, PS #5

Exams:

Practice Exams. : Mid 1, Mid2, Final