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 Exams
Practice Exam 1
Practice Exam 2
End of Semester Review
Unit 7: Dynamic General Equilibrium Model with Sticky Wages
Reading: Williamson, Chapter 14
In-class Exercise
Unit 6: Dynamic General Equilibrium Real Business Cycle Model
Reading: Williamson, Chapter 11, pages 375-380, 382-391, 396-408
In-class Exercise
Pencasts on Dynamic General Equilibrium Model
Unit 5: Two Period Model of Consumption and Saving
Reading: Williamson, Chapter 9, pages 292-316, 319-322, 329-331, 333-336.
In-class Exercise
Pencasts
Unit 4: Economic Growth: Malthusian and Solow Growth Models
Reading: Williamson, Chapter 7.
Presentation slides: Slides, Printer Friendly Version
Pencasts on Malthusian and Solow Growth Models
Unit 3: Optimal One-period General Equilibrium Model
Reading: Williamson, Chapter 5, pages 137-147.
In-class exercise (Thursday Feb 25): One period General Equilibrium Model
Unit 2: Optimal Consumer and Producer Behavior
Reading:
- Consumer Behavior: Williamson, Chapter 4, pages 96-116.
- Producer Behavior: Williamson, Chapter 4, pages 116-131.
In-class exercise (Thursday Feb 18): Optimal Consumption and Leisure Choices
Pencasts on the Consumption / Leisure Model
Pencasts on the Production and Labor Market Equilibrium
Unit 1: Measuring Macroeconomic Variables and the Business Cycle
Reading: Williamson, Chapter 3.
In-class exercise (Tuesday Jan 26): Measuring Macroeconomic Variables
Pencasts on Measuring GDP, Inflation, and Unemployment
Presentation slides: Slides, Printer Friendly Version
Homework Assignment due on Thursday, February 4, 12:40pm to the appropriate D2L dropbox folder.
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