Economics 363 - Class notes

August 30	Introduction to the course
September 3	The big issues: theory
September 5	The big issues: contemporary evidence (no notes; we met in the TRC without a computer)
September 7	The big issues: long run evidence
September 11	Thinking about growth from Smith to Mill
September 13	Marshall, Keynes and the Underground River
September 17	Harrod-Domar and the financing gap
September 19	The Solow model: basic structure
September 21	The Solow model: comparative statics
September 25	The Solow model: transition dynamics
September 27	The Solow model: adding exogenous technical change
October 2	Exam review
October 8	Growth accounting: basics
October 10	Growth accounting: applications
October 16	Why did growth theory hibernate for twenty years?
October 18	Returned exams; no notes
October 22	Looking for magic bullets
October 24	Education of an economist: Paul Krugman and Paul Romer
October 26	Endogenous growth?
October 30	Convergence or... No notes. We used the Barro article's graphs and discussed them verbally in class
November 1	...divergence...
November 5	...and what about international trade in goods... ...and international capital flows?
November 9	Extending the Solow model: human capital, part 1
November 13	Extending the Solow model: human capital, part 2
November 19	The economics of ideas
November 26	The Romer model: basic structure
November 28	The Romer model: macroeconomic implications (Plus: note on deriving the steady-state level of output per worker)
November 30	The Romer model: microeconomic foundations
December 4	The complete Romer model
December 6	The follower-leader model
December 12	Romer model with numbers
December 14	Taxonomy of models