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Department of Economics


Econ 302 - Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory


Class Information


Lecture


Section 2: 1:00 - 2:15 pm Tuesday/Thursday @ Room 5206 Social Sciences


Instructor


Ananth Seshadri
E-mail: aseshadr@ssc.wisc.edu
Office: 6448A Social Sciences
Office Hours: Tuesdays 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.


Teaching Assistants


Woo Jin Choi
Discussion Sessions: 315, 316, 318 and 322
E-mail: wchoi6@wisc.edu
Office: 7226 Social Sciences
Office Hours: Mondays 1 - 3 p.m.


Haixi Li
Discussion Sessions: 317, 319, 320 and 321
E-mail: hli26@wisc.edu
Office: 6473 Social Sciences
Office Hours: Wednesdays 3 - 5 p.m.


Course Information


Synopsis


Why are some countries richer than others? What are the effects of fiscal and monetary policy on macroeconomic aggregates? What are the primary causes of expansions and recessions? What explains the behavior of interest rates and exchange rates? The purpose of Intermediate Macroeconomics is to throw some light on these and many other questions by looking at real world phenomena through the eyes of Neoclassical growth theory.


Course Webpage


http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/~aseshadr/econ_302.html
Please visit the webpage from time to time for updates.


Textbook


Macroeconomics, by Robert J. Barro (5th Edition).


Assignments


There will be 4 homework assignments. Students should work on them individually. All assignments are due at the beginning of class. Late assignments will not be accepted. If a student cannot attend class on the day the assignment is due, he should turn in the assignment to my mailbox the previous day.


Examinations


There will be 2 midterms and a final. The exams should be taken at the scheduled date and time. It is the students' responsibility to make sure that there will be no conflicts with the exams. There will be no makeup exams. If a student misses one, his grade will be calculated based on his scores in the other 2 exams.


Grading


Grades will be computed as follows:
Each Assignment: 2.5%   (4*2.5 = 10%)
Each Mid-Term: 25%       (2*25 = 50%)
Final: 40%
Total: 100%


Assignments


Assignment 1: Problems 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.11, 3.8, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 4.7, 4.9, 4.10, 5.8, 5.11, 5.12 and 5.13 - due in class on Feb. 12


Assignment 2: Problems 8.1, 9.7, 9.9, 9.10, 10.5, 10.6, 11.8, 11.9, 11.11, 11.12, 11.13 - due in class on March 26


Assignment 3

Assignment 4: Problems 12.8, 12.9, 12.12, 13.7, 13.9, 14.8, 14.10, 15.6. 15.7 - due in class on May 5


Sample Mid-Term 1: http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/~aseshadr/econ302/fall_1_2003.pdf
Sample Mid-Term 2: http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/~aseshadr/econ302/fall_2_2003.pdf
Sample Mid-Term 3: http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/~aseshadr/econ302/fall_3_2003.pdf


Examinations


Midterm 1


Date: Thursday, February 19, 2009
Location: In Class


Midterm 2


Date: Thursday, April 2, 2009
Location: In Class


Final


Date: Monday, May 11, 2009
Time: 5:05 pm
Location: TBA