Course Information
Instructor:
James Murray, Ph.D.
Office: 403T Wimberly Hall
Phone: 608-406-4068
E-mail: jmurray@uwlax.edu
Office Hours
Office Hours Appointments generally available at the following times:
8:30 AM - 1:00 PM Monday
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Tuesday / Thursday
8:30 AM - 11:00 AM Wednesday / Friday
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Friday
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Syllabus (PDF)
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Practice Problems
Practice Exam 1
Practice Exam 2
Practice Homework Problems
Study Advice
Unit 7: Short-run Model Aggregate Supply / Demand
Class notes: Slides, Printer Friendly Version
In-class Exercise: Expenditure Multiplier Model
In-class Exercise: More on the Expenditure Multiplier
In-class Exercise: Aggregate Supply / Aggregate Demand
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 on Economic Growth
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
In-class Exercise on Labor Markets
In-class Exercise on Loanable Funds Markets
Pencasts on Loanable Funds Markets
Unit 4: Measuring the Aggregate Economy
Reading:
- Gross domestic product: Module 10 (pages 106-110) and Module 11
- Unemployment: Module 12 and 13
Class notes:
In-class Exercise on Measuring GDP and prices
In-class Exercise on the BLS Employment Situation Exercise, BLS March 4, 2016 Employment Press Release
Pencasts on Measuring the Macroeconomy
Unit 3: Exchange Rates
Reading: Module 42
Class notes: Slides, Printer Friendly Version
In-class exercise on Exchange Rates
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: Equilibrium exercises
Pencasts on Supply and Demand
Homework Writing Assignment on the Market for Florida Orange Juice Due Wednesday, February 24 by 11:59pm to the appropriate D2L dropbox folder.
Unit 1: Introduction to Economics and Production Possibilities
Reading:
Class notes: Slides, Printer Friendly Version
In-class exercise on Production Possibilities in Mali
Pencasts on Production Possibilities and Computing Opportunity Costs
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