1. 了解總體經濟學的發展與當代研究議題
2. 訓練基礎數理分析與總體經濟思考的能力
1. Understand the development and contemporary research issues of general economics
2. Train the ability of basic mathematical analysis and overall economic thinking
本課程企圖從動態角度來學習既往與目前重要總體經濟理論學派間的爭論與發展，並達成(1)對物價水準、利率水準、匯率水準、國民所得、就業數量等相關總體經濟變數如何決定，(2)通貨膨脹、經濟成長、景氣循環、貿易赤字、財政赤字、國際收支與體經濟政策彼此間有何關係的學習目的。課程內容主要涵蓋下列課題:(1)Dynamic Stability、(2)Rational Expectations and the New Classical Models、(3)Announcement Effects and Investment Theory、(4)Time Inconsistency、(5)The Optimizing Model and Permanent Income Hypothesis、(6)Exogenous and Endogenous Growth Theory、(7)Money and Endogenous Growth、(8)Real Business Cycle and the Belief Driven Fluctuation of Business Cycle、(9)Macroeconomic Model with Imperfect Competition、(10)New Keynesian Model(Wage Bargaining Theory and Efficient Wage Theory)。
This course attempts to learn from a dynamic perspective the debates and developments between the past and current important general economic theory schools, and to achieve (1) how to determine related overall economic variables such as price levels, interest rate levels, exchange rate levels, national income, and employment numbers, etc. (2) The purpose of learning about the relationship between inflation, economic growth, business cycle, trade deficit, fiscal deficit, balance of payments and overall economic policies. The course content mainly covers the following topics: (1) Dynamic Stability, (2) Rational Expectations and the New Classical Models, (3) Announcement Effects and Investment Theory, (4) Time Inconsistency, (5) The Optimizing Model and Permanent Income Hypothesis, (6)Exogenous and Endogenous Growth Theory, (7)Money and Endogenous Growth, (8)Real Business Cycle and the Belief Driven Fluctuation of Business Cycle, (9)Macroeconomic Model with Imperfect Competition, (10)New Keynesian Model(Wage Bargaining Theory and Efficient Wage Theory).
Heijdra, B. J., 2009. The Foundations of Modern Macroeconomics, 3rd Edition. Oxford University Press.
Barro, R. J. and I. Sala-i-Martin, Economic Growth, 2nd Edition. The MIT Press.
Heijdra, B. J., 2009. The Foundations of Modern Macroeconomics, 3rd Edition. Oxford University Press.
Barro, R. J. and I. Sala-i-Martin, Economic Growth, 2nd Edition. The MIT Press.
| 評分項目 Grading Method | 配分比例 Grading percentage | 說明 Description |
|---|---|---|
| 課程參與課程參與 course participation |
20 | |
| 期中考期中考 midterm exam |
40 | |
| 期末考期末考 final exam |
40 |
