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CEA CAPA Partner Institution:Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Location:Madrid, Spain
Primary Subject Area: Economics
Instruction in:English
Course Code:13649
Transcript Source:Partner Institution
Course Details:Level 200
Recommended Semester Credits:3
Contact Hours:42
Prerequisites:Students are expected to have completed: Microeconomics, Mathematics for Economics II, Microeconomic Theory (Since all models studied in this course are "micro-founded", i.e. based on agents solving explicit maximization problems, it is essential that students are familiar with solving consumers'/firms' problems and solving for general equilibrium.)
DESCRIPTION
1. Stylized facts on macroeconomic variables over the business cycle 2. Consumption-leisure decision 3. Credit markets: Inter-temporal consumption-savings decision 4. Real business cycles: Investment in overlapping-generations models 5. Government policy in the OLG model: Fiscal policy and pension systems 6. Unemployment: Search-and-matching model