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ECON 3410/4410 International Macro and Finance

ECON 3410/4410 International Macro and Finance. Spring 2005 Some start-up remarks. Course pages on the internet:. http://www.uio.no/studier/emner/sv/oekonomi/ECON4410/v05/ Time and place, detailed reading list, Official announcements of examination dates will be posted here

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ECON 3410/4410 International Macro and Finance

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  1. ECON 3410/4410 International Macro and Finance Spring 2005 Some start-up remarks

  2. Course pages on the internet: • http://www.uio.no/studier/emner/sv/oekonomi/ECON4410/v05/ • Time and place, detailed reading list, • Official announcements of examination dates will be posted here • Click Lecture notes and handoutsto attain the work page of the course. • Lecture plan • Lecture notes, data, • Copies of slides in pdf format • etc

  3. The seminars • The seminars start in week 5 (31/1 - 4/2) • The exercise set will be available from the internet on Wednesday19th January. • The two first seminars will take you through several “warm-up” exercises (theoretical and operational concepts, linear and log-linear model etc) • Exercise 3-8 are meant to train you in the theory and methodology that make out the main content of the course (see for example next slipe for outline). • Exercise 9, is an earlier exam question set. • In addition: Optional introduction to PcGive ( in connection with ECON 4150).

  4. Course-outline by topic • Introduction to dynamic models • Wage and price setting • Models of inflation and the macroeconomy • Financial markets and the macroeconomy • Monetary policy Follow link on homepage for detailed plan.

  5. The reading list See course page for details • Burda, M. and C. Wyplosz: Macroeconomics. A European Text, third edition. Oxford University Press (2001), Chap 9, 12-13, 15-17 and 19-20. • Introductory Dynamic Macroeconomics. See home page: http://folk.uio.no/rnymoen/rnyteach.html • Rødseth, A: Open Economy Macroeconomics. Cambridge University Press (2000). Chap. 1,3.1, 3.4, 10.1. • The chapter by A. Rødseth, in Christiansen A. B, and J. F Qvigstad (eds) : Choosing a Monetary Policy Target. Scandinavian University Press (1997)

  6. Home assignment and exam • Compulsory assignment • Week 8 or thereabout • There will be a limit on the lenght of the term paper, in terms of pages and/or words • The paper will be not be marked, • In May: 3 hour school exam, graded (A-F) • Question will be in English, but you can write in English or Norwegian (Swedish/Danish)

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