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This course introduces Master students to modern macroeconomic theory. Building on the analysis of the consumption-savings tradeoff in dynamic economies and on concepts from general equilibrium theory, the course covers workhorse general equilibrium models of modern macroeconomics: the representative agent framework, the overlapping generations model, and the Lucas tree model.
Readings: The course follows the lecturer’s textbook "Macroeconomic Analysis”, MIT Press, 2019.
Language: English
Credits: 3 SWS / 4.5 ECTS
Prerequisites: Macroeconomics I, Microeconomics I, good understanding of constrained optimization
Evaluation: Closed-book written final exam, in English
Compulsory, fall term
Lecture (Mondays): 10.15-12.00h, A-126, UniS
Exercises with Teaching Assistant Noah Köhli
(bi-weekly), thursdays, 214, H4
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Thursday, 04.12.25 12.15-14.00, lecture instead of exercise
Monday, 08.12.25 10.15-12.00, exercise (with Sally Dubach) instead of lecture
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1st exam: Monday, December 15, 2025 10:15 - 12.00 hrs, 105 min
Due to high demand for the first exam date please note the following room distribution:
Family names starting A – R: Please go to room A-126, UniS
Family names starting S – Z: Please go to room A 222, UniS
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2nd exam: Monday, February 09, 2026, 10.15-12.00 hrs, 105 min, 201, H4
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