Macroeconomia (1 º Sem 2017/2018)

EC (Economia) , EMF (Economia Monetária e Financeira)

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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