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 316-451 Modelling the Australian Macroeconomy

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Dr R Dixon

Prerequisites

316-312 Macroeconomics, and 316-316 Basic Econometrics or 316-317 Econometrics.

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

Three hours a week of lectures/seminars

Subject Description

The use of open economy macroeconomic models in economic policy analysis. Recent developments in open economy macroeconomic theory; important Australian macroeconomic data sets; the design of macroeconometric models of the Australian economy; the derivation of policy multipliers; policy simulation techniques and sensitivity analysis of economy-wide models; some elements of the modern theory of economic growth; an examination of some current issues in macroeconomic policy.

Assessment

A 3-hour examination (80%) and class assignments totalling approximately 2000 words (20%).

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