Macroeconomics
Code
1103
Academic unit
null
Department
null
Credits
7,5
Teacher in charge
André Castro silva e António Pinto Barbosa
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
The purpose of this course is to give students a general understanding of the working economy in aggregate terms and of the policies, both monetary and fiscal, that may improve its functioning. Students should be able to interpret the main macroeconomic events that show up in economic newspapers and to assess possible implications of such events.
Prerequisites
Subject matter
1. Economic cycles
2. Consumption and investment
3. Ricardian equivalence; Public sector
4. Flexible prices; Labor market; Aggregate offer
5. Currency supply; Monetary policy
6. Open Economy.
Bibliography
-Macroeconomics: A European Text, M. Burda e C. Wyploz, Oxford.
-Macroeconomia, A.S.P. Barbosa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
-Macroeconomics, O. Blanchard, Prentice Hall.
-Macroeconomics, R. Gordon, Little & Brown.
-Macroeconomics, G. Mankiw, Worth Publishers.
-Macroeconomics in The Global Economy, Sachs e Larrain, Harvester Wheatsheaf.
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