Lecture Notes

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SES # TOPICS FILES
1–2

Introduction

The Solow Model

Introduction and the Solow Model (PDF)
3 Consumption and Saving Consumption and Saving (PDF)
4 Labor Supply Labor Supply (PDF)
5 The Neoclassical Growth Model (aka Ramsey Model) The Neoclassical Growth Model (PDF)
7 Endogenous Growth Endogenous Growth (PDF)
8 Fiscal Policy: Taxation, Public Debt, and Redistribution

Ricardian Equivalence (PDF)

Redistribution As Optimal Social Insurance (PDF)

Fairness and Redistribution (PDF)

11 Monetary Policy: Stabilization Policies and Rules vs. Discretion Inflation Traps, and Rules vs. Discretion (PDF)
13 Financial Crises and Coordination Failures Crises and Multiple Equilibria (PDF)