Macro Topics I - JCM031

• Title: Témata z makroekonomie I
• Guaranteed by: CERGE (23-CERGE)
• Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 9
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:4/2, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (20)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: Czech
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Pre-requisite : JCM002, JCM017, JCM021
• Is pre-requisite for: JCM032

Descriptors

Last update: Mgr. Anna Papariga (16.09.2022)

We will study some macro topics.  Below are the papers that we will study first.  They are listed in the order of study.  After studying them, we will continue with some other papers of our choice.  You are required to read the papers in advance of lectures and to write a short question at the beginning of each lecture.  Lectures will build on your questions about the contents of the papers.

Literature

Last update: Mgr. Anna Papariga (16.09.2022)

Huckfeldt, C. (2022), “Understanding the Scarring Effect of Recessions,” American Economic Review 112: 1273-1310.

Mian, A., Straub, L., and Sufi, A. (2021), “Indebted Demand,” Quarterly Journal of Economics 136: 2243-2307.

Bianchi, J. and Mondragon, J. (2022), “Monetary Independence and Rollover Crises,” Quarterly Journal of Economics 137: 435-491.

 

Requirements to the exam

Last update: Mgr. Anna Papariga (16.09.2022)

The grade is based on the midterm exam (one-fourth), the final exam (one-fourth), occasional home problems (one-fourth), and your questions submitted at the beginning of lectures (one-fourth).