ECON 6120 — Advanced Macroeconomic Theory
4 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: falltypical days: T/FBostonTraditional
Develops basic models used by macroeconomists to study long-run economic growth with exogenous savings and endogenous saving decisions by optimizing households. Studies models incorporating endogenous technology improvements, including the model of increasing product variety and the model of Schumpeterian growth. In the second part of the course, basic models used by macroeconomist are developed to explain short-term fluctuations in aggregate economic variables. Develops a simple real business cycle model, which is subsequently enriched by relaxing assumptions of perfect competition on the production side and monetary neutrality. This is the first advanced graduate-level course introducing modern theories of the aggregate economy.
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | 1 | 12 | 20 | 60% | 8.0 |
| Fall 2024 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 50% | 10.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 45% | 11.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 0% · T 100% · W 0% · Th 0% · F 100%
Common patterns: TF (100% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Santiago Caicedo (100% of students) · reviews
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Unlocks
Courses that list ECON 6120 in their prerequisites.
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