Poslední úprava: Mgr. Nikoloz Kudashvili, Ph.D. (18.01.2017)
The course will focus on the interactions of fiscal and monetary policies and implications of imperfect information in macroeconomics. In particular, models of signal extraction, sticky information, sticky prices and rational inattention will be covered. Topics on fiscal multipliers and policies at the zero lower bound will be also discussed during the semester.
Poslední úprava: SCHNELLEROVA (25.10.2019)
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Podmínky zakončení předmětu -
Poslední úprava: Mgr. Nikoloz Kudashvili, Ph.D. (19.02.2021)
Participation and attendance - 10%
Problem Sets - 20%
Term project - 30%
Final exam - 40%
Pass: both 50% of total points and 50% of final exam
Poslední úprava: Mgr. Nikoloz Kudashvili, Ph.D. (19.02.2021)
Participation and attendance - 10%
Problem Sets - 20%
Term project - 30%
Final exam - 40%
Pass: both 50% of total points and 50% of final exam
Literatura -
Poslední úprava: SCHNELLEROVA (25.10.2019)
Please switch to the english version.
Poslední úprava: Mgr. Nikoloz Kudashvili, Ph.D. (18.01.2017)
Textbooks:
Gali, Jordi (2007), Monetary Policy, Inflation and the Business Cycle.
Papers:
Calvo, G.: Staggered Prices in a Utility-maximizing Framework. Journal of Monetary Economics, 1983.
Corsetti, G., Muller G.: Fiscal Multipliers: Lessons from the Great Recession for Small Open
Economies. Report to the Royal Swedish Fiscal Policy Council 2015.
Lucas, R.E.: Some International Evidence on Output-Inflation tradeoffs. American Economic Review, 1973.
Mankiw N.G., Reis R.: Sticky Information Versus Sticky Prices: A Proposal to Replace the New Keynesian Phillips Curve. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2002.
Sims, C.A.: Implications of Rational Inattention. Journal of Monetary Economics, 50, 2003.
Sims, C.A.: Rational Inattention: A Research Agenda. 2005.
Metody výuky -
Poslední úprava: Mgr. Nikoloz Kudashvili, Ph.D. (04.02.2021)