Recursive macroeconomic theory offers both an introduction to recursive methods and more advanced material. Note that the solution to this problem depends on the pareto weights. As in class, maintain the simplifying assumption that a 0 0. This princeton university press monograph is about a class of linear quadratic economies for which competitive equilibria can be computed quickly using linear control theory. Enter your answer to each question in the table below. Sargent and ljungqvists book solutions freddy rojas cama fall 2011 macroeconomics theory this is a supplementary material for the sargent and ljungqvists book. Exercises in recursive macroeconomic theory preliminary and incomplete stijn van nieuwerburgh pierreolivier weill lars ljungqvist thomas j. Needing to engage in signal extracting, the optimal solution agents will. The book discusses model formulation and estimation and provides a variety of examples. Consider the islm framework in a fixedprice level model of a closed economy. Macroeconomic theory dirk krueger1 department of economics university of pennsylvania january 26, 2012 1i am grateful to my teachers in minnesota, v. There is no uncertainty, so the expected ination rate equals the actual one. Develops in a simple and rigorous manner the central topics of modern macroeconomic theory including rational expectations, growth, business cycles, money, unemployment, government policy, and the macroeconomics of nonclearing markets. As we will show, this is equivalent, under some circumstances, to studying an economy with.
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Course information the course will have a teaching assistant, who will hold weekly recitations. Diego daruich new york university spring 2014 problem 1 consider an economy populated by a continuum of measure one of in nitely lived, exante equal agents with. This book is a companion volume to dynamic macroeconomic theory by thomas j. Table cells left blank will receive a zero mark for that question. This course is the third part of a threecourse sequence.
Macroeconomic theory jeanpascal bonassy problemssolutions. First, to the extent that the deep parameters describing preferences and constraints are approximated reasonably well, the theory can provide reliable predictions. During the great depression of the 1930s, existing economic theory was unable either to explain the. Recursive macroeconomic theory by lars ljungqvist stockholm school of economics and thomas j. Major theories in macroeconomics boundless economics. Chapter1 simplerepresentativeagent models thischapterdealswiththemostsimplekindofmacroeconomicmodel, whichabstractsfromallissuesofheterogeneityanddistributionamong. This book is virtually complete and to be published by mit press in fall 2000. Keynesian economics are various macroeconomic theories about how in the short run and. Econ 205b advanced macroeconomic theory ii ucsc winter. My intention is provide some alternative approaches in order to solve the sargent and ljungqvists book questions or just ll out the missing lines you can nd in the book. Munich personal repec archive macroeconomic theory and policy 2nd edition andolfatto, david simon fraser university 1 january 2008 online at.
Recursive macroeconomic theory offers both an introduction. Find materials for this course in the pages linked along the left. Macroeconomic theory is the most uptodate graduatelevel macroeconomics textbook available today. Suppose that at the beginning of t, period m t1 100 and the government has to repay 10 nominal units in government bonds our usual oneperiod, fv 1 bonds. Macroeconomic theory iii economics mit opencourseware. Keynes argued that the solution to the great depression was to stimulate the country incentive to invest. Macroeconomic theory practice problem set 4 suggested solutions. Recursive methods provide powerful ways to pose and solve problems in dynamic macroeconomics. Sargent and ljungqvists book solutions rutgers university. This revised second edition emphasizes the general equilibrium character of macroeconomics to explain effects across the whole economy while taking into account recent research in the field. Instructor information professor alan finkelstein shapiro braker hall, room 306 email. Recursive macroeconomic theory international growth centre. The substantially revised fourth edition of a widely used text, offering both an introduction to recursive methods and advanced material, mixing tools and sample applications.
This chapter deals with the simplest kind of macroeconomic model, which abstracts from all issues of heterogeneity and distribution among economic agents. It was an interesting time for economic speculation considering the dramatic adverse effect of the great depression. John maynard keynes published a book in 1936 called the general theory of employment, interest, and money, laying the groundwork for his legacy of the keynesian theory of economics. Few would deny that it plays a key role in the economy. Macroeconomic theory and policy munich personal repec archive. V chari, timothy kehoe and ed ward prescott, my excolleagues at stanford, robert hall, beatrix paal and tom. This book truly offers something new by emphasizing the general equilibrium character of. Economic theory provides an outlet for research in all areas of economics based. The most important omission is the fact that these notes do not cover dynamic macroeconomic models in any detail. V chari, timothy kehoe and edward prescott, my excolleagues at stanford, robert hall, beatrix paal and tom sargent, my colleagues at upenn hal cole, jeremy greenwood, randy wright and.
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Consider the twoperiod consumption savings model we have been developing in class. Only the answer recorded in the table will be marked. Grades will be based on one midterm, homework assignments, and the final exam. Sargent hoover institution and stanford university final april 28 draft. Recursive macroeconomic theory stanford university. Sargent new york university and hoover institution the mit press cambridge, massachusetts london, england. There is today a large discrepancy in the way macroeconomic theory is prac ticed by researchers and. The history of macroeconomics from keyness general theory to the. Recursive methods offer a powerful approach for characterizing and solving complicated problems in dynamic macroeconomics.
This is a first version of the solutions to the exercises in recursive macroeco nomic therory, first edition, 2000, mit press, by lars ljungqvist and. Macroeconomic applications of mathematical economics. Textbook references in the syllabus are denoted in bold type. This graduate textbook is a primer in macroeconomics.
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