Macroeconomics

Year
2

Academic year
2024-2025

Code
01020893

Subject Area
Economy

Language of Instruction
Portuguese

Other Languages of Instruction
English

Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face

Duration
SEMESTRIAL

ECTS Credits
6.0

Type
Compulsory

Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

Principles of Macroeconomics

Teaching Methods

Lectures: presentation of fundamental contents and case studies of the recent or contemporary national and international reality.

Practical classes:

- Exercise solving.

- Analysis of relevant statistical information

- Encouraging learning by doing: students solve practical exercises as independently as possible.

Learning Outcomes

Provide students with the formalised knowledge of macroeconomic theory, deepening the concepts introduced in Principles of Macroeconomics. At the end of the program the students should have acquired the necessary skills for the analytical formalization of the main problems of modern macroeconomics and be informed about the major macroeconomic topics.

Work Placement(s)

Syllabus

1- Consumption

2- Investment

3- The Public Sector and Public Finances

4- The Macroeconomics of the Open Economy: basic concepts

5- The Macroeconomics of the Open Economy: international capital movements

6- The Macroeconomics of the Open Economy: the Mundell-Fleming model

7- The labour market

8- Aggregate supply

9- Phillips curve

10- Aggregate demand and supply in an open economy

Head Lecturer(s)

Marta Cristina Nunes Simões

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Periodic or by final exam as given in the course information: 100.0%

Bibliography

Abel, A. , Bernanke, B., Croushore D. (2020). Macroeconomics. 10^th ed. Pearson Global Editions.

Blanchard, O., Amighini, A., Giavazzi, F. (2021). Macroeconomics, a European perspective. 4^th ed. Pearson.

Burda, M. & Wyplosz, C. (2022). Macroeconomics: A European Text. 8^th ed. Oxford University Press.

Dornbush, R., Fischer, S. & Startz, R. (2018), Macroeconomics 13^th ed. McGraw-Hill.

Mankiw, G. (2022). Macroeconomics. 11th Ed. McMillan Learning.

Santos, J. Pina, A., Braga, J. Aubyn M. (2016), Macroeconomia. 4ª ed. Escolar Editora.

Teixeira, A., Silva, S., Ribeiro, A., Carvalho, V. (2019). Fundamentos Microeconómicos da Macroeconomia-Exercícios Resolvidos e Propostos. Vida Económica.