Course Information

• Overview and Requirements
• Syllabus
• Reader available at Copy Central on Bancroft
• Paper Requirement

Lectures

• Lecture 1: Overview of U.S. Macroeconomic History and Data (8/31/11)
  • Slides
  • Supplemental Reading List

• Lecture 2: The Effects of Monetary Changes: Narrative Evidence and Natural Experiments (9/7/11)
  • Slides
  • Supplemental Reading List

• Lecture 3: The Effects of Monetary Changes: Vector Autoregressions (9/14/11)
  • Slides
  • Handout
  • Supplemental Reading List

• Lecture 4: The Effects of Fiscal Changes: Government Spending (9/21/11)
  • Slides
  • Supplemental Reading List

• Lecture 5: The Effects of Fiscal Changes: Taxes and Fiscal Consolidations (9/28/11)
  • Slides
  • Supplemental Reading List

• Lecture 6: The Effects of Financial Crises (10/5/11)
  • Slides
  • Supplemental Reading List

• Lecture 7: The Effects of Credit Contractions (10/12/11)
  • Slides
  • Supplemental Reading List

• Lecture 8: Monetary Policy at the Zero Lower Bound (10/19/11)
  • Slides
  • Supplemental Reading List

• Lecture 9: The Effects of Quantitative Easing (10/26/11)
  • Slides
  • Supplemental Reading List

• Lecture 12: Deleveraging and Balance Sheet Effects (11/16/11)
  • Slides
  • Supplemental Reading List

• Lecture 13: The Determinants of Macroeconomic Policy (11/30/11)
  • Slides
  • Supplemental Reading List

• Lecture 14: The Determinants of Macroeconomic Policy: The Postwar Era (12/7/11)
  • Slides
  • Supplemental Reading List