UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Econ 100B Course Outline Department of Economics Spring 2008 Spring 2008 1/14 Economics 100B – Economic Analysis: Macroeconomics Professor Steven A. Wood Administrative Detail: Class Sessions: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., 2050 VLSB Textbook: Andrew B. Abel, Ben S. Bernanke, and Dean Croushore Macroeconomics, 6th edition Addison-Wesley, 2008 ISBN-10: 0321451406 or ISBN-13: 9780321451408 Supplies: Colored pens or pencils Office: 520 Evans Hall Office Hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. and by appointment. E-mail Address: [email protected] Prerequisites: Economics 1, Economics 2 or PENR 1, and Math 1A or 16A. Course Description: This is a course in intermediate macroeconomics with an emphasis on real world applications. There are two main objectives for this course. 1. To develop simple models that can be usefully applied to generate realistic predictions about the behavior of important macroeconomic variables such as output and income, employment and unemployment, interest rates, the government budget balance, exchange rates and the current account balance, and inflation. 2. To apply these models to understand and interpret current and historical macroeconomic developments—including monetary and fiscal policy choices—and to make predictions about future macroeconomic events, primarily in industrialized countries.UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Econ 100B Course Outline Department of Economics Spring 2008 Spring 2008 2/14 Discussion Sections: Section 101 Mondays & Wednesdays 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. 258 Dwinelle Section 102 Mondays & Wednesdays 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. 55 Evans GSI: Salifou Issoufou, [email protected] Section 103 Mondays & Wednesdays 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. 51 Evans GSI: Alvaro Ramos-Chaves, [email protected] Section 104 Tuesdays & Thursdays 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. 116 Haviland Section 105 Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. 116 Haviland GSI: Ed Chiang, [email protected] Section 106 Tuesdays & Thursdays 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. 101 Wheeler CANCELLED Section 107 Tuesdays & Thursdays 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. 55 Evans Section 108 Tuesdays & Thursdays 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. 101 Wheeler GSI: Christy Chien, [email protected] Section 109 Tuesdays & Thursdays 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. 51 Evans CANCELLED Section 110 Wednesdays & Fridays 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. 61 Evans Section 111 Wednesdays & Fridays 11:00 – 12:00 p.m. 39 Evans GSI: Urmila Chatterjee, [email protected] Section 112 Mondays & Wednesdays 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. 283 Dwinelle GSI: Alvaro Ramos-Chaves, [email protected] Section 113 Mondays & Wednesdays 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. 3102 Etcheverry Section 114 Mondays & Wednesdays 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. 2032 VSLB GSI: Maylin Jue, [email protected] Section 115 Mondays & Wednesdays 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. 45 Evans Section 116 Mondays & Wednesdays 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. 283 Dwinelle GSI: Si-Yeon Lee, [email protected] Discussion section is important. Lectures move quickly. Discussion section with your GSI is a key part of learning the material. Your GSI will go over the material in the text and from the lectures. News articles will also be discussed in section. Your active participation in section will enhance your understanding of the course material, which will be helpful on problem sets and exams. Letter of Introduction: For your second discussion section meeting, please write a one-page letter of introduction to your GSI. This should be typewritten. Include your name and anything about yourself that you would like to share. Also, please attach or include a photo of yourself because this will help your GSI learn your name. This paper will not be graded or returned.UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Econ 100B Course Outline Department of Economics Spring 2008 Spring 2008 3/14 Attendance: Attendance will NOT be taken in class. You do not need to contact me or your GSI if you miss class. However, problem sets are due at the beginning of class; late problem sets will NOT be accepted. If you will miss class you may have another student turn in your problem set for you. If you want to turn your problem set in early, make arrangements with your GSI. In addition, you are responsible for any assignments that may be given in class. Attendance WILL be taken in discussion sections during the first week of the semester. You MUST be present at both meetings or have an excused absence from the instructor. Otherwise, you WILL be dropped from the course in order to make room for someone on the waitlist. If you want to change discussion sections, please wait until after the first week. Economics Tutoring: The Economics Answer Center (EAC) provides drop-in and reserved office hours for ECON 100B students with no out-of-pocket cost to you. The EAC website can be accessed through the Economics Department undergraduate homepage: http://emlab.berkeley.edu/econ/ugrad/ugrad.shtml. The EAC also maintains a list of available tutors for hire for ECON 100B. Mailing Lists: We will create email lists from Bear Facts. Please make sure that your Bear Facts email address is correct and that your mailbox is not full. The instructor and GSIs will use these email lists to send announcements and/or other important information to the class and discussion sections. Website: The course website is http://emlab.berkeley.edu/users/webfac/wood/e100b_sp08/e100b.shtml. This site will include this syllabus, my lecture notes, problem set assignments and answers (after the fact), exams and answers from previous semesters, this semester’s exams and answers (after the fact), and other information relevant to the class. Podcast: This course is being podcast. If you want to use this feature you will need to go to http://webcast.berkeley.edu to subscribe (free of charge). Classroom Etiquette: Class is from 3:40 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. I will make