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1、-WORD 格式-可编辑-专业资料-完整版学习资料分享-本科课程教学大纲 1,课程基本信息 课程名称（中、英文）：西方宏观经济学(双语)Macroeconomics 课程号（代码）：10207730 课程类别：专业基础课 学时：51 学分：3 2,Course Description:Macroeconomics is the study of the economy as a whole,including growth in incomes,changes in the overall level of prices and the unemployment rate.Macroecono
2、mists attempt to explain the economy and to devise policies to improve its performance.This course provides students with basic concepts and techniques needed to analyze economic problems in a variety of contexts.Students will study Economy-wide phenomena,including inflation,unemployment,and economi
3、c growth.This course is divided into three parts:Theory of business cycles,Theory of the national incomes,and a Brief Introduction to policies.After successful completion of this course students will be able to demonstrate command of basic and macroeconomic concepts and graphical models,and apply th
4、em to new situations.3,Course Outline PART ONE:THE STUDY OF ECONOMIC GROWTH AND BUSINESS CYCLES(29 Courses)Chapter 1:Overview of Macroeconomics Major Macroeconomic Concepts:macroeconomics vs.microeconomics,gross domestic product(GDP),actual and potential,employment,unemployment,unemployment rate,inf
5、lation,deflation,consumer price index(CPI),net exports,fiscal policy(government expenditures,taxation),money,monetary policy Aggregate Supply and Demand:aggregate supply,aggregate demand,AS curve,AD curve,equilibrium of AS and AD,sources of long-run economic growth Chapter 2:Measuring Economic Activ
6、ity-WORD 格式-可编辑-专业资料-完整版学习资料分享-Fundamental Concepts:national income and product accounts(national accounts),real and nominal GDP,GDP deflator,intermediate goods,value added,government transfers,disposable income(DI)GDP=C+I+G+X Net investment=gross investment depreciation NDP=GDP-depreciation Investm
7、ent-saving identity:I=S inflation,deflation,price index:CPI,GDP deflator,PPI Chapter 3:Consumption and Investment Consumption and Saving:disposable income,consumption,saving,consumption and saving functions,personal saving rates,marginal propensity to consume(MPC),marginal propensity to save(MPS),MP
8、C+MPS=1,Break-even point,45 degree line Determinants of consumption:current disposable income permanent income wealth Investment:determinants of investment,role of interest rates in I,investment demand function Chapter 4:Business Fluctuations and the Theory of Aggregate Demand Business Fluctuations
9、or Cycles:business cycle or business fluctuation,business cycle phases:peak/trough/expansion/recession,recession,aggregate demand shifts and business fluctuations,exogenous and internal cycle theories,macroeconomic models Aggregate Demand:real variable=nominal variable/price level,aggregate demand,A
10、D curve,major components of aggregate demand:C,I,G,X,downward-sloping AD curve through money-supply effect,factors underlying and shifting the AD curve Chapter 5:The Multiplier Model The Basic Multiplier Model C+I schedule two ways of viewing GDP determination:-WORD 格式-可编辑-专业资料-完整版学习资料分享-Planned sav
11、ing=planned investment Planned C+planned I=planned GDP Investment equals saving:planned vs.actual levels multiplier effect of investment multiplier=1+MPC+(MPC)2+.=1/(1-MPC)=1/MPS Government Purchases and Taxation:fiscal policy:G effect on equilibrium GDP,T effect on CC and on GDP Multiplier effects
12、of government purchases(G)and taxes(T),estimated multipliers in practice Chapter 6:Money,Banking,and Monetary Policy Money and Interest Rates:money,narrow money(M1),broad money(M2),interest rate,real and nominal interest-rate,motives for money demand:transactions demand/asset demand,interest as oppo
13、rtunity cost of holding money,inflation-indexed bonds Banking and Money Supply:banks,financial intermediaries,bank reserves,required reserve ratio,fractional-reserve banking,money-supply multiplier Central Banking:bank reserves,Open-market purchases and sales,discount rate,borrowings from Fed,legal
14、reserve requirements,intermediate targets,ultimate objectives The Monetary Transmission Mechanism:demand for and supply of money,interest-sensitive components of spending,monetary policy in the AS_AD framework,monetary policy in the short run and the long run,neutrality of money PART TWO:ECONOMIC GR
15、OWTH AND MACROECONOMIC POLICY(12 Courses)Chapter 7:The Process of Economic Growth Four wheels of growth:labor/resources/capital/technology aggregate production function Smiths golden age Capital-labor ratio Malthus limited land modern Malthusianism:limited resources and environmental constraints -WO
16、RD 格式-可编辑-专业资料-完整版学习资料分享-neoclassical growth model K/L rise as capital deepens new growth theory technology as a produced good Recent productivity trends:slowdown and computer-led upturn Chapter 8:Exchange Rates and Open-Economy Macroeconomics Principles of International Trade:absolute and comparati
17、ve advantage(or disadvantage),principle of comparative advantage,economic gains from trade,triangular and multilateral trade,world vs.national PPFs,consumption vs.production possibilities with trade Economics of Protectionism:price equilibrium with and without trade,tariff,quota,non-tariff barriers,
18、effects of tariffs on price,imports,and domestic production,mercantilist,cheap,foreign labor,and retaliatory arguments,the optimal tariff,unemployment,and infant-industry exceptions,WTO and trade negotiations C+I+G+X curve for open economy:net exports=Ex Im,domestic demand vs.spending on GDP,margina
19、l propensity to import(MPm),multiplier,impact of trade flows and exchange rates on GDP,saving-investment identity in an open economies:X=S+(T-G)-I equilibration in saving-investment market in closed and open economies growth policies in the open economy PART THREE:UNEMPLOYMENT,INFLATION,AND ECONOMIC
20、 POLICY(10 Courses)Chapter 9:Unemployment and the Foundations of Aggregate Supply Foundations of Aggregate Supply:aggregate supply,AS curve,factors underlying and shifting aggregate supply,aggregate supply:role of potential output and production costs,short-run vs.long-run AS,classical vs.Keynesian
21、view of aggregate supply,flexible vs.sticky wages and prices Unemployment:population status:unemployed/employed/labor force/not in labor force,unemployment rate,frictional,structural,and cyclical unemployment,Okuns Law,flexible-wage(market-clearing)unemployment vs.inflexible-wage(non-market-clearing
22、)unemployment,voluntary vs.involuntary unemployment -WORD 格式-可编辑-专业资料-完整版学习资料分享-Chapter 10:Policies for Growth and Stability The Economics of Debt and Deficits:government budget,budget deficit,surplus,and balance budget Short-run impact:crowding out vs.investment encouragement,ratio of debt to GDP L
23、ong-run impacts on economic growth:internal vs.external debt,distortions from taxation,displacement of capital Stabilization:demand management,fiscal-monetary mix,fixed rules vs.discretion,inflation targeting Long-Run Growth and Productivity reaching the technological frontier vs.moving it outward,t
24、he spirit of enterprise 4,Required Textbook Samuelson&Nordhous,Economics,17th edition 5,Recommended Textbook 1,Macroeconomics,N.Gregory Mankiw,World Publisher.2,Macroeconomics,Oliver Blanchard,Prentice Hall T 6,Grading policyThe course grade will be based on homework,midterm exam,and a final exam.The weights are:Homework:15%Midterm exam:25%Final exam:40%Others:20%