Macroeconomia (1 º Sem 2019/2020)
EC (Economia) , EMF (Economia Monetária e Financeira)
Introduction Link
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| Semester: | 1 st |
| Credits: | 6.0 |
| Contact hours: | 26×90 min. lectures, 13×90 min. seminars. |
| Compulsory for: | Master's in Economics and Master's in Monetary and Financial Economics. |
| Workload: | 160 hours. |
| Pre-requisites: | None. |
Aims and objectives Link
Macroeconomics is one of the first-semester compulsory courses for the Master's courses in Economics and in Monetary and Financial Economics at ISEG . The weekly workload is four and a half hours and we anticipate 26 lectures and 13 seminars.
Aims
- To deepen the knowledge in macroeconomic theory at an advanced level.
- To provide the methodologies and techniques necessary for analysis and research in the main areas of applied and theoretical Macroeconomics.
- To provide the appropriate tools for further education at the PhD level.
Objectives
- To explain and evaluate macroeconomic models.
- To apply macroeconomic models to practical economic and policy issues.
- To show a knowledge of the macroeconomic literature in general, and the reading list in particular.
Pre-requisites Link
Students enrolled in Macroeconomics are expected to possess the intermediate-level knowledge in Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Mathematics, and Statistics and Econometrics, that is taught in a good undergraduate school in Economics. If you are not sure about your previous background, we advise you to read A Summer Study Guide for New Students of the Master's in Economics and Master's in Monetary and Financial Economics, available in the restricted area