輔仁大學社會科學院經濟學系碩士班課程綱要表
開課名稱（中英文並列） 授課教師 學年度 開課年級 學分數 必/選修
總體專題 張俊仁
100 學年 度 上學期
經研二 2 學分 選修
一、 教學目標
This master level course covers several major macroeconomic topics with micro foundations which are essential for modern macroeconomic research.
二、 課程內容
Materials to be presented in this course are classified into two parts, with a common theme of emphasizing micro foundations. The first part devotes to the study of two major components of aggregate demand: consumption and investment. The concepts and techniques used therein have become the working horses of many modern theories, and the related empirical issues are among the most enduring research topics. In the second part of the course, we will study the aggregate supply function. Various theories will be introduced to explain how the observed price-output correlation at the aggregate level arises from agent’s optimization behaviors at the individual level. Here we’ll have a taste of the New Keynesian theory.
If time permits, New Keynesian’s business cycles theories will also be taught in this course.
三、 課程進度及綱要
A. Components of AD 1. Consumption
Various consumption hypotheses: Keynesian, Life-Cycle Hypothesis, Permanent Income Hypothesis, and Hall’s Random Walk
Uncertainty and Consumption
Precautionary Saving, Buffer Stock Saving
The Excess Sensitivity and Liquidity Constraints
2. Investment
Neoclassical Model, q-theory
Uncertainty and Irreversibility
Other investment topics
B. Aggregate Supply Curves/ Phillips Curves 1. New Classical
Preliminary
Locus Supply Curve/ The Island Model/ Signal Extraction/ Locus Critique
Workers Misperception Model of AS
2. New Keynesian (sort of)
Fischer-Taylor Sticky Wages and Prices
C. Business Cycles 1. Stylized Facts
2. Real Business Cycle Model(only a brief review)
3. New Keynesian Theory: Manu Costs and Real Rigidity
四、 授課方式
Lectures.
五、 成績考核
六、
Homeworks will be assigned periodically, and they must be returned in due time. No late homework will be accepted.
The midterm and the final exams will be held according to the school’s schedule. No makeup exam will be offered.
The final course grade is a weighted average of the homework grade (25%), the midterm grade (35%), and the final exam grade (40%).
七、 參考書籍：
Romer, Advanced Macroeconomics. (The book is useful, but many of the course materials are not directly from the book.)
