Degree | Type | Year |
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2501572 Business Administration and Management | OT | 4 |
2501573 Economics | OB | 3 |
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Introduction to Economics.
Mathematics I.
Mathematics II.
Statistics I.
Macroeconomics I.
Macroeconomics II.
This course presents the standard models to study the economic growth of countries and the determination of their long-run income. It analyzes how fiscal and monetary policy affect the long-run economic variables and it presents a brief introduction to economic fluctuations.
PART I: DYNAMIC MACROECONOMIC MODELS
1. Introduction to dynamic general equilibrium macroeconomics
2. Infinite horizon models
2.1. The Solow growth model
2.2. The planner's problem
2.3. Efficiency of the competitive equilibrium
2.4. Exogenous technological progress
2.5. The leisure-labour decision
3. Overlapping generations (OLG) models
3.1. The planner's problem
3.2. Competitive equilibrium
3.3. Efficiency of the competitive equilibrium
3.4. The model with production
PART II: MACROECONOMIC POLICY
4. Fiscal policy
4.1. The goverment's budget constraint
4.2. The Ricardian Equivalence Theorem
4.3. Proportional taxes
4.4. Financing pension systems
5. Monetary policy
5.1. The OLG model with money
5.2. Money in the utility function
5.3. Money with a cash-in-advance constraint
PART III: BUSINESS CYCLES
6. Economic fluctuations
6.1. The real business cycle model without capital
6.2. The real business cycle model with capital
6.3. Extensions of the real business cycle model
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Lectures Homework | 17 | 0.68 | 1, 2, 7, 9, 10, 12, 18 |
Theory Lectures | 32.5 | 1.3 | 2, 7, 9, 10, 18 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Office Hours | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 2, 7, 9, 10, 12, 18 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Studying, reading and homework | 94.5 | 3.78 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18 |
Teaching will be offered on-campus.
In this subject we combine traditional lectures with ICT support with more applied sessions devoted to solving problem sets and exercises.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Class Participation | 5% of the final grade | 0.5 | 0.02 | 13, 14, 15, 17 |
Final exam | 50% of the final grade | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 18 |
Homework | 10% of the final grade | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19 |
Midterm exam | 35% of the final grade | 1.5 | 0.06 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18 |
Evaluation criteria
1. Continuous Evaluation
The evaluation of the course will be carried out continuously and will include four evaluation activities of three different typologies, one of them will be a final exam with a weight of 50% in the final grade, one midterm exam with a weight of 35% in the final grade, a series of homeworks with a total weight of 10% in the final grade and class participation with a wieght of 5%.
Calendar of evaluation activities
The dates of the evaluation activities (midterm exams, exercises in the classroom, assignments, ...) will be announced well in advance during the semester.
The date of the final exam is scheduled in the assessment calendar of the Faculty.
"The dates of evaluation activities cannot be modified, unless there is an exceptional and duly justified reason why an evaluation activity cannot be carried out. In this case, the degree coordinator will contact both the teaching staff and the affected student, and a new date will be scheduled within the same academic period to make up for the missed evaluation activity." Section 1 of Article 264. Calendar of evaluation activities (Academic Regulations UAB).
Students of the Faculty of Economics and Business, who in accordance with the previous paragraph need to change an evaluation activity date must process the request by filling out an Application for exams' reschedule: e-Formulari per a la reprogramació de proves.
Grade revision process
After all grading activities have ended, students will be informed of the date and way in which the course grades will be published. Students will be also be informed of the procedure, place, date and time of grade revision following University regulations.
Retake Process
"To be eligible to participate in the retake process, it is required for students to have been previously been evaluated for at least two thirds of the total evaluation activities of the subject." Section 2 of Article 261. The recovery (UAB Academic Regulations). Additionally, it is required that the student to have achieved an average grade of the subject greater than or equal to 3.5 and less than 5.
The date of the retake exam will be posted in the calendar of evaluation activities of the Faculty. Students who take this exam and pass, will get a grade of 5 for the subject. If the student does not pass the retake, the grade will remain unchanged, and hence, student will fail the course.
Irregularities in evaluation activities
In spite of other disciplinary measures deemed appropriate, and in accordance with current academic regulations, "in the case that the student makes any irregularity that could lead to a significant variation in the grade of an evaluation activity, it will be graded with a 0, regardless of the disciplinary process that can be instructed. In case of various irregularities occur in the evaluation of the same subject, the final grade of this subject will be 0". Section 11 of Article 266. Results of the evaluation. (UAB Academic Regulations).
2. Comprehensive Evaluation (Art. 265 of the UAB Academic Regulations)
By requesting the comprehensive evaluation the student waives the option of continuous evaluation.
The comprehensive evaluation must be requested at the Academic Management (Gestió acadèmica) of the Campus where the degree/master's degree is taught. The request must be filed according to the procedure and the deadline established by the administrative calendar of the Faculty of Economics and Business.
Student attendance is mandatory on the day of the comprehensive assessment. The date will be the same as that of the final exam of the semester as per the evaluation calendar published by the Faculty of Economics and Business and approved by the Faculty's Teaching and Academic Affairs Committee.
Acemoglu, D. (2009); "Introduction to Modern Economic Growth", Princeton University Press
Challe, E. (2019) "Macroeconomic Fluctuations and Policies", The MIT Press.
Krueger, D. (2012); "Macroeconomic Theory", unpublished manuscript, http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/~aseshadr/econ714/MacroTheory.pdf
Galí, J. (2016); "Real Business Cycle Models", class materials, http://www.crei.cat/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/rbc_models_april2018.pdf
Romer, D. (2002); "Advanced Macroeconomics. Second Edition", McGraw Hill.
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Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
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(PAUL) Classroom practices | 1 | Spanish | second semester | morning-mixed |
(PAUL) Classroom practices | 8 | English | second semester | morning-mixed |
(PAUL) Classroom practices | 14 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
(PAUL) Classroom practices | 51 | Spanish | second semester | afternoon |
(TE) Theory | 1 | Spanish | second semester | morning-mixed |
(TE) Theory | 8 | English | second semester | morning-mixed |
(TE) Theory | 14 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
(TE) Theory | 51 | Spanish | second semester | afternoon |