The course aims to introduce the students to dynamic macroeconomics. We will review some topics in economic series analysis and cover topics like Markov process, Hodrick-Prescott filter, etc. Then we will study the macroeconomic models that became the workhorses of modern macro, with the focus on the neoclassical growth model. We will cover basic theoretical concepts of economic dynamics such as dynamic programming, value function, Bellman equation, Euler equation, recursive equilibrium, etc. Numerical solution methods, calibration and simulation of the models will also be covered. (Syllabus).

Slides from Lecture 1

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