Programa

Mestrado em Economia

Programa

This course offers an introduction to macroeconomic modeling in general and economic growth in particular. During the course we will make use of a number of models of (non-)stochastic macroeconomic equilibrium to shed light both on the process of economic growth at the world level and on sources of income and growth differences across countries. Thereby we apply analytical and to some extent computational methods for macroeconomic research. Thus, the course provides the ground for conducting research in macroeconomics. Topics include: - Overview on economic growth and economic development - Overview on mathematical methods in macroeconomics - The Solow-Swan model as a starting point in growth theory - The Ramsey-Cass-Koopmans model as the central workhorse - Human capital and economic growth - First-Generation models of endogenous growth - Models of endogenous technological change Note that Overlapping Generations models are covered in the course ?Macroeconomics? by Vivaldo Mendes