[ 2KAWAMAK ]                                         KS                                         Macroeconomics II
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                      | Workload | 
                                            Education level | 
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                                            Coordinating university | 
                     
                    
                      | 4 ECTS | 
                                            
                      D - Diploma programme | 
                      Economics | 
                                                                  
                          Johann Scharler                       | 
                                               
                                            2 hpw | 
                                            Johannes Kepler University Linz | 
                     
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                      | Detailed information | 
                     
                                
                    
                      | Original study plan | 
                      Diploma programme (*)Wirtschaftswissenschaften 2009W | 
                     
                      
                    
                      | Objectives | 
                      The purpose of the course is to put students in a position to read and critically analyze journal articles in macroeconomics.
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                      | Subject | 
                      Real Business Cycle theory, New Keynesian macroconomics, monetary and fiscal policy and some issues in international macroeconomics.
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                      | Criteria for evaluation | 
                      Written examinations
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                      | Methods | 
                      Lecture by instructor 
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                      | Language | 
                      English | 
                     
                      
                    
                      | Study material | 
                      Michael Wickens, Macroeconomic Theory, Princeton University Press
 David Romer, Advanced Macroeconomics
 
Maurice Obstfeld and Kenneth Rogoff: Foundations of International Macroeconmics, Princeton University Press
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                      | Changing subject? | 
                      No | 
                     
                      
                    
                     
                    
                    
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                      | On-site course | 
                     
                         
                    
                        | Maximum number of participants | 
                      200 | 
                          
                    
                      | Assignment procedure | 
                      Assignment according to priority | 
                     
                    
                     
                    
                    
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