ECON 8874 International Macroeconomics
This course will focus on the construction of models for understanding the international business cycle and analysis of macroeconomic policy in open economies. The first part will focus on the transmission of macroeconomic shocks across countries, from the international real business cycle literature to models with nominal rigidity and financial imperfections. The second part will cover the recent literature on macroeconomic policy in open economies. The third portion of the course will return to model building and shock transmission and focus on the recent literature at the intersection between international trade and macroeconomic theory.
Course overview
- Department
- Economics
- School
- MCAS
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Graduate
- Offered
- Every Spring
Catalog details
- Prerequisites
- ECON8861 recommended
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.56 / 5 · Excellent
- Instructor rating
- 4.69 / 5 · Excellent
- Terms evaluated
- 5
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | Jaromir Nosal | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 10+ hrs/week | 1 of 3 |
| Fall 2024 | Jaromir Nosal | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 10+ hrs/week | 3 of 5 |
| Spring 2024 | Jaromir Nosal | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4–6 hrs/week | 4 of 4 |
| Spring 2023 | Jaromir Nosal | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 7–9 hrs/week | 3 of 5 |
| Spring 2022 | Jaromir Nosal | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.8 | — | 5 of 7 |