ECON 2507 - Intermediate Macroeconomics II

North Terrace Campus - Semester 1 - 2016

The first year macroeconomics course provided a broad overview of the subject area. In this course, the aim is to delve a little deeper into the subject. Macroeconomics is concerned with the behaviour of the economy as a whole. In particular it addresses the big issues which affect us on a day to day basis. As macroeconomists we want to know why some countries grow more quickly than others, why some experience high inflation while others have stable prices and why all countries experience recessions and booms. Furthermore, we want to know if government policy can have an impact on these factors. The aim of this course is to provide these tools and give a deeper understanding of these issues. It is intended that this course leads on from the first year macroeconomics course and provides a smooth transition for those intending to pursue macroeconomics in later years.

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Course Details

Course Code	ECON 2507
Course	Intermediate Macroeconomics II
Coordinating Unit	Economics
Term	Semester 1
Level	Undergraduate
Location/s	North Terrace Campus
Units	3
Contact	Up to 3 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange	Y
Prerequisites	ECON 1000
Incompatible	ECON 2011
Assumed Knowledge	ECON 1004, ECON 1005
Assessment	Typically, mid-semester exam and final exam

Course Staff

Course Coordinator: Dr Ngoc Pham

Semester 1 & 2
Ngoc Pham
ngoc.t.pham@adelaide.edu.au
Room: 4.22, Level 4, Nexus Building, 10 Pulteney Street, Adelaide, 5000
Phone: 8313 5538
Office Hours: To be confirmed

Course Timetable

The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding:
This course aims to develop an understanding of those social institutions such as property rights,

firms and markets, that are the economic framework within which individuals, responding to incentives, make choices in their own self interest and how these choices can also serve the social interest. (Learning outcomes 1-3)

Communication Skills:
This course aims to develop students’ abilities to construct and sustain an argument using the phrases and concepts that economists use in their deliberations. A theoretical framework is developed in which students acquire an understanding of how economic agents interact and by doing so develop the literacy and verbal communication skills necessary for presenting arguments of an economic nature. (Learning outcomes 4-9)

On successful completion of this course students will be able to:

1	Explain how markets organise the allocation of scarce resources and the distribution of goods and services
2	Assess the efficiency of markets and describe the various factors that might impact on efficiency
3	Distinguish between the various forms of market failure and explain how governments might need to intervene
4	Relate the basic economic theory and principles to current macroeconomic issues and evaluate related public policy
5	Use economic models to analyse a situation in terms of economics
6	Work and learn independently and with others
7	Communicate their knowledge and understanding of economic issues using written, verbal and visual expression
8	Evaluate outcomes based on the costs and benefits involved
9	Understand the broader social consequences of economic decisions making

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:

University Graduate Attribute	Course Learning Outcome(s)
Deep discipline knowledge informed and infused by cutting edge research, scaffolded throughout their program of studies acquired from personal interaction with research active educators, from year 1 accredited or validated against national or international standards (for relevant programs)	1-5
Critical thinking and problem solving steeped in research methods and rigor based on empirical evidence and the scientific approach to knowledge development demonstrated through appropriate and relevant assessment	1-6

Learning Resources

Recommended Resources

Macroeconomics - Stephen Williamson, 5th edition, ISBN 97812920000459, Pearson

Online Learning

All additional material will be posted on the course MyUni website.
Learning & Teaching Activities

Learning & Teaching Modes

Students will be required to understand material as covered in the course lectures as well as additional assigned readings. Problem sets will reinforce key concepts covered in course lectures.

Workload

The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

Students in this course are expected to attend all lectures throughout the semester plus one tutorial class each week. Students are also expected to commit approximately 8 to 10 hours to private study, that is, study outside of your regular classes.

Learning Activities Summary

Part I. ECONOMIC GROWTH

1. Economic Growth: Malthus and Solow

2. Income Disparity Among Countries and Endogenous Growth

Part II. A ONE-PERIOD MODEL OF THE MACROECONOMY

3. Consumer and Firm Behavior: The Work—Leisure Decision and Profit Maximization

4. A Closed-Economy One-Period Macroeconomic Model

5. Search and Unemployment

Part III. SAVINGS, INVESTMENT, AND GOVERNMENT DEFICITS

6. A Two-Period Model: The Consumption—Savings Decision and Credit Markets

7. Credit Market Imperfections: Credit Frictions, and Financial Crises

8. A Real Intertemporal Model with Investment

Part IV. MONEY AND BUSINESS CYCLES

9. Money, Banking, Prices, and Monetary Policy (if time allows)

10. Business Cycle Models with Flexible Prices and Wages

11. New Keynesian Economics: Sticky Prices (if time allows)

** Order of material to be covered in class is tentative and subject to change.

The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:

Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
Assessment must maintain academic standards.

Assessment Summary

Midterm exam 40%
Final exam 60%

Assessment Detail

The midterm exam will occur in class some time around Week 4 to 6. The exact date will depend on material covered in lectures.

There will not be a make-up mid-semester exam. Those who miss the mid-semester exam must obtain documentation in line with university regulations in order to avoid a grade of zero on the mid-semester exam or assignment. For those who miss the mid-semester exam and obtain accepted documentation the relevant weight will be added to the weight of the final exam in determining the overall grade for the course.

The final exam will be 2 hours in length.

Please note that, following University policy, dictionaries are not allowed in School of Economics exam.

Submission

Procedure of assignment submission will be detailed in class and may be posted on the course MyUni website.

Course Grading

Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme)
Grade	Mark	Description
FNS		Fail No Submission
F	1-49	Fail
P	50-64	Pass
C	65-74	Credit
D	75-84	Distinction
HD	85-100	High Distinction
CN		Continuing
NFE		No Formal Examination
RP		Result Pending

Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.

Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.

Final results for this course will be made available through .

Additional Assessment

If a student receives 45-49 for their final mark for the course they will automatically be granted an additional assessment. This will most likely be in the form of a new exam (Additional Assessment) and will have the same weight as the original exam unless an alternative requirement (for example a hurdle requirement) is stated in this semester’s Course Outline. If, after replacing the original exam mark with the new exam mark, it is calculated that the student has passed the course, they will receive 50 Pass as their final result for the course (no higher) but if the calculation totals less than 50, their grade will be Fail and the higher of the original mark or the mark following the Additional Assessment will be recorded as the final result.

Student Feedback

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SELTs are an important source of information to inform individual teaching practice, decisions about teaching duties, and course and program curriculum design. They enable the University to assess how effectively its learning environments and teaching practices facilitate student engagement and learning outcomes. Under the current SELT Policy (http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/101/) course SELTs are mandated and must be conducted at the conclusion of each term/semester/trimester for every course offering. Feedback on issues raised through course SELT surveys is made available to enrolled students through various resources (e.g. MyUni). In addition aggregated course SELT data is available.
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