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Syllabus 2017-18 - 11112022 - Macroeconomics (Macroeconomía)

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DEGREE: Grado en Administración y dirección de empresas (11112022)
FACULTY: FACULTY OF LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEGREE: Grado en Finanzas y contabilidad (11312020)
FACULTY: FACULTY OF LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
ACADEMIC YEAR: 2017-18
COURSE: Macroeconomics
SYLLABUS
1. COURSE BASIC INFORMATION
NAME: Macroeconomics
CODE: 11112022 (*) ACADEMIC YEAR: 2017-18
LANGUAGE: English LEVEL: 3
ECTS CREDITS: 6.0 YEAR: 2 SEMESTER: PC
2. LECTURER BASIC INFORMATION
NAME: ORTEGA DÍAZ, MARÍA ISABEL
DEPARTMENT: U110 - ECONOMIA
FIELD OF STUDY: 225 - ECONOMÍA APLICADA
OFFICE NO.: D3 - 265 E-MAIL: iortega@ujaen.es P: 212297
WEBSITE: https://www.uja.es/departamentos/economia/contactos/ortega-diaz-ma-isabel
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5280-9619
LANGUAGE: - LEVEL: 3
NAME: MONTIJANO GUARDIA, FRANCISCO
DEPARTMENT: U110 - ECONOMIA
FIELD OF STUDY: 225 - ECONOMÍA APLICADA
OFFICE NO.: D3 - D3-628 E-MAIL: fguardia@ujaen.es P: 953212068
WEBSITE: http://dv.ujaen.es/docencia/goto_docencia_crs_275211.html
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8691-2649
LANGUAGE: - LEVEL: 3
3. CONTENT DESCRIPTION

Introduction- Defining the macroeconomics variables. The Short Run, the Medium Run and the Long Run
PART I -The Short Run: The goods market, the financial markets and the IS-LM model. Fiscal and monetary policies in the short run.
PART II – The Medium Run: The labour market and the natural rate of unemployment. The AS-AD model: inflation, production and money growth. Fiscal and monetary policies in the medium run
PART III – The Long Run: Saving, capital accumulation and growth. The role of technological progress. The facts of growth: capital accumulation vs. technological progress
PART IV – The open economy: The interest rate parity. The Mundell-Fleming model.

4. COURSE DESCRIPTION AND TEACHING METHODOLOGY

Lectures and written exercises based on the problem set which will be made available few days before the class. The solutions of the problem set will be discussed in class.

Students with special educational needs should contact the Student Attention Service (Servicio de Atención y Ayudas al Estudiante) in order to receive the appropriate academic support

5. ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY

Grading will be based on a final written exam. The exam is based on the topics covered during the lectures and classes, the chapters of the textbook and the supplementary readings assigned during the course

6. BOOKLIST
MAIN BOOKLIST:
  • Macroeconomía. Edition: 5ª ed. Author: Blanchard, Olivier. Publisher: Madrid : Pearson, 2012  (Library)