| Unit 1 - Economic Growth |
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Introduction |
Easterlin, Richard A. "The Worldwide Standard of Living Since 1800." Journal of Economic Perspectives 14 (Winter 2000): 7-26. |
| 2-3 |
Solow Growth Model |
Romer, David. Advanced Macroeconomics. Chapter 1.
Denison, Edward F. Why Growth Rates Differ. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 1967, chapter 21, pp. 296-301 and 319-345. |
| 4-5 |
TFP and Economic Growth |
Jones, Charles I. "On the Evolution of the World Income Distribution." Journal of Economic Perspectives 11 (Summer 1997): 19-36.
Abramovitz, Moses, and Paul A. David. "American Macroeconomic Growth in the Era of Knowledge-Based Progress: A Long-Run Interpretation." In The Cambridge Economic History of the United States. Vol. 3. Edited by Stanley L. Engerman and Robert E. Gallman. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000, pp. 1-40 (only). ISBN: 0521553083.
Young, Alwyn. "Lessons from the East Asian NICs: A contrarian view." European Economic Review 38 (April 1994): 964-73.
Sachs, Jeffery. "Reforms in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union in Light of the East Asian Experience." Journal of the Japanese and International Economies 9 (December 1995): 454-485.
Svejnar, Jan. "Transition Economies: Performance and Challenges." Journal of Economic Perspectives 16 (Winter 2002): 3-28. |
| 6-7 |
New Growth Theory |
Romer, David. Advanced Macroeconomics. Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.8-10, and 3.12. |
| 8-9 |
Knowledge and Economic Growth |
Romer, David. Advanced Macroeconomics. Section 3.7.
Temin, Peter. "Evolutionary History: A Review Essay." Journal of Interdisciplinary History 28, no. 3 (Winter 1998): 405-15.
Acemoglu, Daron, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson. "The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation." American Economic Review 91 (December 2001): 1369-87.
———. "An African Success Story: Botswana." In Search of Prosperity: Analytical Narrative on Economic Growth. Edited by Dani Rodrik. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2003. ISBN: 0691092699. |
| 10 |
First Exam |
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| Unit 2 - Savings |
| 11-12 |
Representative Consumer Model |
Romer, David. Advanced Macroeconomics. Sections 2.1, 7.4, and 7.5.
Siegel, Jeremy J., and Richard H. Thaler. "Anomalies: The Equity Premium Puzzle." Journal of Economic Perspectives 11 (Winter 1997): 191-200.
Romer, David. Advanced Macroeconomics. Sections 2.7, and 11.2-3. |
| 13-14 |
Overlapping Generations Model |
Romer, David. Advanced Macroeconomics. Chapter 2B. |
| 15-16 |
Government Policy, Savings, and Social Security |
Diamond, Peter A. "Social Security, the National Budget, and National Savings." MIT Department of Economics Working Paper 05-09.
Diamond, Peter A., and Peter R. Orszag. "Saving Social Security." Journal of Economic Perspectives 19 (Spring 2005): 11-32.
Feldstein, Martin. "Structural Reform of Social Security." Journal of Economic Perspectives 19 (Spring 2005): 33-55. |
| 17 |
International Comparisons |
Gruber, Jonathan, and David Wise. "Social Security, Retirement Incentives, and Retirement Behavior: An International Perspective." In Demographic Change and Fiscal Policy. Edited by Alan J. Auerbach and Ronald D. Lee. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2001, pp. 159-90. ISBN: 0521662443. |
| 18 |
Second Exam |
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| Unit 3 - Exchange Rates and Wage Setting |
| 19-20 |
Mundell-Fleming Model |
Romer, David. Advanced Macroeconomics. Section 5.2.
Eichengreen, Barry, and Jeffrey Sachs. "Exchange Rates and Economic Recovery in the 1930s." Journal of Economic History 45 (December 1985): 925-46.
Temin, Peter. Lessons from the Great Depression. Appendix A, pp. 139-46. |
| 21 |
Great Depression, Bretton Woods and Today |
Temin, Peter. Lessons from the Great Depression. Chapters 1 and 2.
Eichengreen, Barry. "Global Imbalances and the Lessons of Bretton Woods." NBER WP 10497. May 2004. |
| 22-23 |
Unemployment Then and Now |
Romer, David. Advanced Macroeconomics. Section 5.3.
Temin, Peter. Lessons from the Great Depression. Chapter 3.
Nickell, Stephen. "Unemployment and Labor Market Rigidities; Europe versus North America." Journal of Economic Perspectives 11 (Summer 1997): 55-74. |
| 24-25 |
The International Economy |
Eichengreen, Barry. "Financial Instability." In Global Crises, Global Solutions. Edited by Bjorn Lomborg. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2004, pp. 251-72. ISBN: 0521606144. |
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Third Exam |
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