Macroeconomic Teaching Notes
Intermediate Macroeconomics (Undergraduate):
Monetary Policy:
- Central Bank Credibility and Consistency: The Analytics http://j-bradford-delong.net/macro_online/credibility_analytics.pdf
- Inflation, Unemployment, and Stabilization Policy http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/movable_type/pdf/Lec_Notes_Stabilization.pdf
International Finance:
- The International Financial Crises of the 1990s: Analytics http://j-bradford-delong.net/macro_online/ifc.pdf
- Some Simple Analytics for a Hard [Dollar] Landing http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/movable_type/pdf/hard_landing.pdf
Economic Growth:
- Introduction to the Theory of Economic Growth http://delong.typepad.com/print/20060830_econ_101b_lecture_notes.pdf
- How Fast Does the Economy Head Toward Its Steady-State Balanced-Growth Path? http://j-bradford-delong.net/macro_online/gt_convergence.pdf
- Theory of Economic Growth: Two Additional Notes: "Important Equations" and "Increases in g" http://delong.typepad.com/print/20060831_lecture_notes.pdf
- Explorations in the Theory of Economic Growth: "Natural Resources" and "Malthusian Nightmares" http://delong.typepad.com/print/20060905_lecture_notes.pdf
- The "Golden Rule" and National Savings http://j-bradford-delong.net/macro_online/golden_rule.pdf
- Growth Accounting http://j-bradford-delong.net/macro_online/growth_accounting.pdf
- Modeling the High-Tech Computer Revolution of the 1990s http://delong.typepad.com/print/20060914_lecture_notes.pdf
- INCOMPLETE DRAFT: Notes on Antitrust Policy and Optimal Innovation in a Model of Productive Variety http://delong.typepad.com/pdf/20070709_varieties_antitrust.pdf
Fluctuations:
- The Effect of a Cut in the Tax Rate http://j-bradford-delong.net/macro_online/tax_cut.pdf
- Using the Flexible-Price Model: A Primer http://j-bradford-delong.net/Teaching_Folder/Econ_101b_f2001/flexprice_model.pdf
Economic History:
- Measuring Economic Growth: Where Is Simon Kuznets Coming From? http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/Teaching_Folder/Econ_210a_Fall97/measuring_growth.html
- Growth Accounting, Natural Resources, and Pre-Civil War America http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/movable_type/Econ_113/GA_Handout.pdf
- Who Benefited Most From North American Slavery? http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/movable_type/Econ_113/cuibono.pdf
Advanced Macroeconomics (Graduate):
- On Robert Barro's (2005) "Rare Events and the Equity Premium" and T.A. Rietz's (1988) "The Equity Risk Premium: A Solution"http://delong.typepad.com/print/20070213_note_barro_rietz.pdf
- The Gordon Equation, Earnings Yields, and Stock Returns http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2007/05/a_teaching_note.html
- Equity Premium Handout http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/Teaching_Folder/Econ_202b/Handouts/equity.pdf
- "Bubbles" Handout http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/teaching_folder/Econ_202b/Handouts/bubbles.pdf
Additional Materials:
- Solow Growth Model Scenario Spreadsheet http://delong.typepad.com/print/20060829_Solow_growth.xls
- Simple Lucas-Tree Spreadsheet for Barro-Rietz Critique http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p_zylRhg4towFfq53r00UBA