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 316-201 Intermediate Macroeconomics

Note

316-201 Intermediate Macroeconomics and 316-202 Intermediate Microeconomics together form the second-year component of a specialisation in economics.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

2

Coordinator

Professor I McDonald

Prerequisites

316-101 Introductory Macroeconomics and 316-102 Introductory Microeconomics.

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial a week

Subject Description

Topics include the theory of aggregate demand, the concept of full employment, the determination of the level of unemployment, inflation, the balance of trade and international capital movements.

Assessment

A 2-hour end-of-semester examination and an optional mid-semester multiple choice test and tutorial attendance and participation. The final mark will be calculated by weighting the end-of-semester exam at 70%, the mid-semester test at 20% and the tutorial mark at 10% OR by weighting the end-of-semester exam at 90% and the tutorial mark at 10% whichever gives the highest mark.

Prescribed Texts
  • McDonald, I, Macroeconomics. (Jacaranda Wiley) 2nd ed., 1995.
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