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Macroeconomic Policy (ECON0073)

Key information

Faculty
Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences
Teaching department
Economics
Credit value
15
Restrictions
The MSc-level ECON0066 Macroeconomics module is the firm pre-requisite. Suitable for MyAV·¶ MSc Economics students and MyAV·¶ MSc Data Science & Public Policy (Economics route) students who are taking ECON0066.
Timetable

Alternative credit options

There are no alternative credit options available for this module.

Description

Aims:
This is a graduate course in macroeconomic policy. It looks at how macroeconomic policies – monetary policy and fiscal policy – affect the economy and at their roles for fluctuations in the economy. The course also considers issues of optimal policy design. The course will consist of lectures and tutorials.

Objectives:
This course will provide students with tools that enable them to understand the current literature and undertake independent research. The course will provide students both with skills that enable them to examine data and with tools for the analysis of modern macroeconomic models.

Students that take this course should at the end of the course be familiar with the following topics:

Measurement of monetary and fiscal policy shocks and their effects;
Models of monetary economies and the determination of equilibrium inflation;
Determinacy of the price level;
Optimal monetary policy design and monetary policy rules;
Ramsey optimal fiscal policies; Monetary – fiscal interaction;
Liquidity traps;
Monetary and fiscal policies in liquidity traps;
Banking and monetary economies.

Prerequisites: ECON0066

Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year

Intended teaching term: Term 2 ÌýÌýÌý Postgraduate (FHEQ Level 7)

Teaching and assessment

Mode of study
In person
Methods of assessment
100% Fixed-time remote activity
Mark scheme
Numeric Marks

Other information

MyAV·¶ of students on module in previous year
27
Module leader
Professor Morten Ravn
Who to contact for more information
economics.msc.admissions@ucl.ac.uk

Last updated

This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.

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