Here are the slides for lecture 13, here’s the excel sheet I’ll use in class tomorrow, here are the slides for lecture 14, and here is the second problem set, due Monday, April 5. Lateness won’t be tolerated, you’ll lose 10% per day you’re late with this problem set.
This conference held at Fordham (and blogged by Rortybomb and BaselineScenario) has some really interesting presentations. Students of EC6012 and EC4024 should definitely check these out, they are relevant to this and next week’s lectures.
Here’s Simon Johnson of MIT on the Doom (aka: Minsky) Cycle:
Simon Johnson on the Doom Cycle (MMBM) from Roosevelt Institute on [...]
For students who missed the EC6012 midterm this week, we’ll do a resit on Monday at 11 in KB-1-11. Please bring all relevant medical certs, etc, to the exam.
Tagged EC6012, International Monetary EconomicsClick here to get the notes, the important reading for this lecture is Pilbeam, Chapter 4. Have a look at historical exchange rates here, get the mathematica demonstration I used here, and check Wolfram|Alpha for the Bond Pricing examples I used. Finally, here’s a very scary chart from FRED on the US money supply. I’ll [...]
Want me to supervise your Final Year Project? Have a look at these resources first, then drop me a mail. I’m very interested in encouraging and supervising undergraduate research in a few, very defined, areas.
Yesterday students alerted me to the fact that some key readings weren’t available in the library. I asked our librarian, Peter Reilly, about this, and here’s the important bit from his mail:
I was aware that the four copies of Macroeconomy of Eurozone were
missing, but we cannot remove the individual record from the catalogue
system
I replaced these [...]
Next Tuesday, 10-11 am, we’ll hold the Midterm in KBG-12.
Arrive early, the exam will begin on time, usual UL invigilation rules will apply. Time for the exam will be 50 minutes.
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Exchange rate determination is extremely important in the theory of monetary economics, and we’ll look at some theories of exchange rates tomorrow. Get the slides here, a mathematica notebook for the lecture is here, and the data I used on exchange rates are here. Play about with it to get a [...]
Dr Sheila Killian and I are co-teaching this week’s Sustainable Development lectures for the BSc in Energy’s innovative Sustainable Development module. Here is the handout for the lecture, and below is my presentation.
Sustainable Development Lecture on Prezi
Here are the notes for tomorrow’s lecture, and here are two cool readings on open market operations and the bond markets. Implementing monetary policy, and more on the mechanics of monetary policy. Get the lecture recording here.