Intermediate Macroeconomics: Source Files

This repository contains the source files for the course "Intermediate Macroeconomics", developed by Pascal Michaillat, and taught at Brown University.

Course webpage

The course materials are available at https://pascalmichaillat.org/y/.

Lecture slides

The source files for the lecture slides are located in the lectureslides folder. The lecture slides are written with Keynote and exported to PDF. The lecture slides are organized in thirty slide decks for thirty one-hour lectures:

• slides0.key, slides0.pdf - Overview of macroeconomics

Macroeconomic concepts

• slides1.key, slides1.pdf - The world
• slides2.key, slides2.pdf - Defining GDP
• slides3.key, slides3.pdf - GDP over time
• slides4.key, slides4.pdf - Composition of GDP
• slides5.key, slides5.pdf - Inflation
• slides6.key, slides6.pdf - Unemployment

IS-LM model of business cycles

• slides7.key, slides7.pdf - Expenditure function
• slides8.key, slides8.pdf - IS submodel
• slides9.key, slides9.pdf - LM submodel
• slides10.key, slides10.pdf - OMO, ZLB, and money multiplier
• slides11.key, slides11.pdf - IS and LM curves
• slides12.key, slides12.pdf - Recessions
• slides13.key, slides13.pdf - Monetary and fiscal policy

Matching model of unemployment

• slides14.key, slides14.pdf - Matching function
• slides15.key, slides15.pdf - Labor supply
• slides16.key, slides16.pdf - Labor demand
• slides17.key, slides17.pdf - Wages
• slides18.key, slides18.pdf - Equilibrium of the matching model
• slides19.key, slides19.pdf - Labor-market policies
• slides20.key, slides20.pdf - Unemployment types

Models of inflation

• slides21.key, slides21.pdf - Phillips curve and quantity theory

Malthusian model of growth

• slides22.key, slides22.pdf - Overview of the Malthusian model
• slides23.key, slides23.pdf - Population
• slides24.key, slides24.pdf - Output per worker in the Malthusian model

Solowian model of growth

• slides25.key, slides25.pdf - Production and saving
• slides26.key, slides26.pdf - Output per worker in the Solowian model
• slides27.key, slides27.pdf - Golden rule
• slides28.key, slides28.pdf - Technological progress
• slides29.key, slides29.pdf - Balanced growth

Problem sets

The source files for the problem sets are located in the problemsets folder. The problem sets are written with Pages and exported to PDF:

• ps1.pages, ps1.pdf - Problem set on macroeconomic concepts
• ps2.pages, ps2.pdf - Problem set on IS-LM model of business cycles
• ps3.pages, ps3.pdf - Problem set on matching model of unemployment
• ps4.pages, ps4.pdf - Problem set on Malthusian model of growth
• ps5.pages, ps5.pdf - Problem set on Solowian model of growth

Solutions to the problems sets are available to instructors upon request.

Quizzes

The source files for the quizzes are located in the quizzes folder. The quizzes are written with Pages and exported to PDF. Each quiz is composed of many multiple-choice questions:

• quiz1.pages, quiz1.pdf - Quiz on macroeconomic concepts
• quiz2.pages, quiz2.pdf - Quiz on IS-LM model of business cycles
• quiz3.pages, quiz3.pdf - Quiz on matching model of unemployment
• quiz4.pages, quiz4.pdf - Quiz on models of inflation
• quiz5.pages, quiz5.pdf - Quiz on Malthusian model of growth
• quiz6.pages, quiz6.pdf - Quiz on Solowian model of growth

Solutions to the quizzes are available to instructors upon request.

License

This repository is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.