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Unit name Monetary and Fiscal Policy
Unit code BEA320
Credit points 12.5
Faculty/School College of Business & Economics
Tasmanian School of Business and Economics
Discipline Economics and Finance
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Learning Outcomes

  • LO1: Apply theoretical macroeconomic models to discuss the behaviour of households, firms and government and apply an economic way of thinking to discuss real world problems.
  • LO2: Use appropriate economic models and graphical techniques to: support the economic analysis of closed and open economies; assess various macroeconomic issues and policies.
  • LO3: Discuss critically from different perspectives, a range of contemporary and topical macroeconomic theory and policy related issues across various economies.

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Requisites

Prerequisites

BEA200 AND BEA220 AND BEA142

Teaching

Teaching Pattern

1 x 2 hour lecture, 1 hour workshop per week. Please check the unit outline for details.

Assessment

Quiz (5%), Mid-semester exam (20%), Assignment (25%), Final Exam (50%).

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Textbooks

Required

Carlin and Soskice, 2015, Macroeconomics: Institutions, Instability, and the Financial System, Oxford University Press (ISBN: 978-0-19-965579-3).

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