Course Information
Instructor:
James Murray, Ph.D.
Office: 403T Wimberly Hall
Phone: 608-406-4068
E-mail: jmurray@uwlax.edu
Office Hours
Office Hours Walk-in: 9:00 - 10:00am Monday / Wednesday
Office Hours Appointments available:
10:00 - 12:00pm Monday / Wednesday
1:30 - 3:30pm Monday / Wednesday
9:00 - 11:00am Tuesday / Thursday
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Syllabus (PDF)
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Practice Exams
Practice Exam 1
Practice Exam 2
Unit 7: Short-run Model Aggregate Supply / Demand
Class notes: Slides, Printer Friendly Version
In-class Exercise on the Expenditure Multiplier Model
Pencasts on Expenditure Multiplier
Pencasts on Aggregate Supply and Aggregate Demand
Unit 6: Economic Growth
Reading: Modules 37 and 38.
Class notes: Slides, Printer Friendly Version
In-class Exercise
Unit 5: Markets for Factors of Production
Reading: - Labor Markets: Hubbard and O'Brien, pages 500-510, available on D2L
- Module 29, pages 277-282
Class notes: Slides, Printer Friendly Version
Pencasts on Loanable Funds Markets
In-class Exercise on Labor Markets
In-class Exercise on Loanable Funds Markets
Unit 4: Measuring the Aggregate Economy
Reading: - Gross domestic product: Module 10 (pages 106-110) and Module 11
- Measuring unemployment: Modules 12-13
- Measuring prices: Module 15
Class notes on Real GDP and Prices: Slides, Printer Friendly Version
Class notes on Unemployment and Prices: Slides, Printer Friendly Version
In-class Exercise on Measuring Real GDP and Prices
In-class Exercise on Employment Situation in the United States
Pencasts on Measuring the Macroeconomy
Unit 3: Exchange Rates
Reading: Module 42
Class notes: Slides, Printer Friendly Version
In-class exercise (Tue Feb 17): Supply and Demand for Currencies
Pencasts on Markets for Currency
Unit 2: Supply and demand
Reading: - Demand: Module 5
- Supply: Module 6
- Equilibrium: Module 7
Class notes: Slides, Printer Friendly Version
In-class exercise (Tue Feb 10): Supply and Demand Exercises
Pencasts on Supply and Demand
Homework Writing Assignment on the Market for Florida Orange Juice
Unit 1: Introduction to Economics and Production Possibilities
Reading:
Class notes: Slides, Printer Friendly Version
In-class practice problem
Pencasts on Production Possibilities and Computing Opportunity Costs
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