178.308 Advanced Macro Home Page


Contact: Martin Berka
Office: Quadrangle B, 3.40b
Phone: 414-0800 ext. 9474
E-mail: m.berka(at)massey.ac.nz
Office hours: Thu 15:00 - 17:00 or by appointment
Lectures: Thu 8:00 - 10:00 in QB6
Workshops: Wed 14:00 - 15:00 in QB6

This is a third year paper in macroeconomics. All materials are available on WebCT. However, for students without WebCT access, most class materials will be mirrored on this webpage. Please see the study guide for the topics we will cover.

Our main textbook is: Lecture Notes
  1. Gross Domestic Product (and Data slides)
  2. Schools of thought
  3. Output and employment
  4. Consumption and savings
  5. Capital and investment
  6. Money, inflation and exchange rates
  7. Unemployment
  8. Facts of economic growth
  9. Solow-Swan growth model
Homework Workshops
  1. Basic math symbols
  2. Basic math 1
  3. Differentiation
  4. Basic math 2
  5. Review of basic algebra, determinants and Cramer's rule
  6. Exercises in algebra, determinants and Cramer's rule
  7. Notes from July 30, 2008
  8. Notes from August 6, 2008
  9. Notes from August 20, 2008
  10. Notes from October 1, 2008
Final exam Articles
  1. GDP: A Business week article (try to find mistake(s) in author's arguments) and an article from The Economist on alternative measures of well-being