中级宏观经济学

中级宏观经济学 • 沈凌 • 上海财经大学经济学院 • http://iclass.shufe.edu.cn/teacherweb/users/shenling/ Macroeconomics Chapter 1

中级宏观经济学 • 答疑时间：周三下午2：00－5：00，如需其他时间，请先预约。 • 答疑地点：经济学院楼524室 • 电话： 65903483 • Email: ling.shen@mail.shufe.edu.cn • 助教：车大为 dwche@yahoo.com.cn Macroeconomics Chapter 1

教科书： • Robert Barro: Macroeconomics -- A Modern Approach • Others： • G. Mankiw: Macroeconomics Macroeconomics Chapter 1

评分及进度 • 评分：作业及平时课堂回答问题: 30% 期中考试 : 30% 期末考试 : 40% • 进度：基本每周一章。 Macroeconomics Chapter 1

C h a p t e r 1 Thinking About Macroeconomics Macroeconomics Chapter 1

What can we learn from this course? Macro economics Determining the aggregate economic variables Real variables Nominal variables real GDP Consumption Investment Export & Import Unemployment Rate General price level Money supply Interest rate Exchange rate Macroeconomics Chapter 1

Output, Unemployment, and Prices in U.S. History Macroeconomics Chapter 1

Output, Unemployment, and Prices in U.S. History • Growth rate of real GDP for year t Multiply by 100 to get the growth rate of real GDP in percent per year. Macroeconomics Chapter 1

Output, Unemployment, and Prices in U.S. History • Inflation rate for year t Macroeconomics Chapter 1

A Brief Introduction of Chinese Success(All data without special notes are from Chinese Statistical Yearbook) Nominal 1978: 2005: GDP 364.5 Billion RMB 18308 Billion RMB GDP p.c. 381 Yuan RMB 14040 Yuan RMB Macroeconomics Chapter 1

Real GDP Macroeconomics Chapter 1

Growth rate ( in RMB ) Macroeconomics Chapter 1

Who enjoys ? • Poverty level: <100 yuan p.c. in 1978 250 Million • <625 yuan p.c. in 2000 32 Million Macroeconomics Chapter 1

In general, Gini coefficient of the income increases since 1985. Macroeconomics Chapter 1

Macroeconomics Chapter 1

如何去理解我们这个世界？ • 亚里士多德的观察：鸡毛下落速度远慢于铁球 • 伽利略的实验：两个铁球同时落地 Macroeconomics Chapter 1

如何去理解我们这个世界？ • 实验的条件是什么？忽略空气浮力 • 模型与假设 Macroeconomics Chapter 1

Economic Models • Endogenous variables are the ones that we want the model to explain. • Exogenous variables are the ones that a model takes as given and does not attempt to explain. Macroeconomics Chapter 1

Economic Models Macroeconomics Chapter 1

Economic ModelsThe Coffee Market • 目标我们想去了解咖啡价格的决定因素。 • 什么因素促使咖啡价格上升？ ---买的人多了 ---西方文化的流行 ---咖啡对身体健康作用的发现 Macroeconomics Chapter 1

Economic ModelsThe Coffee Market Macroeconomics Chapter 1

Economic Models • Disequilibrium a discrepancy between the quantities of labor demanded and supplied. • New Keynesian model, argues that some prices are sticky and move only slowly to equate the quantities of goods demanded and supplied. Macroeconomics Chapter 1

Economic Models • Economic growth model • Equilibrium business-cycle model - basic market-clearing model of economic fluctuations Macroeconomics Chapter 1

中级宏观经济学

中级宏观经济学

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