Kerk Phillips

Economics 581 Resources

Related Links

• BYU Economics Department
• BYU College of Family Home and Social Sciences
• BYU David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies
• BYU Chapter of Sigma Iota Rho
• BYU International Relations Blog/Bulletin Board

Advanced Macroeconomics

I am scheduled to teach Econ 581 during Fall Semester 2009.

Syllabus

• Fall 2009

Past Exams

Fall 2007

• Final Exam

Fall 2006

• Final Exam

Useful Documents & Programs

Ramsey-Cass-Koopmans Model

• Discrete-time Version (PDF)
• Discrete-time Simulation (MS Excel)

Real Business Cycles

• Simple Model with Two Shocks (PDF)
• Two-shock Simulation (MS Excel)
• Method of Undetermined Coefficients (PDF)
• Link to Harald Uhlig's paper and programs
• MATLAB tutorial (PDF)

MATLAB Programs

• RBC2 programs (corrected and updated 10/4/09 2:20 p.m.)
• Uhlig Toolkit
• Christiano Toolkit
• Various Filters

Structural VARs

• Understanding Structural VARs (PDF)
• Understanding Bootstrapped Standard Errors from SVARs (PDF)

MATLAB Programs

• SVAR programs (updated 11/11/09 10:30 a.m.)

Consumption Modelling

• Infinitely-lived Agents Consuming over Time (PDF)
• Infinitely-lived Agents Consuming over Time Simulation (MS Excel)
• Infinitely-lived Agents Consuming under Uncertainty (PDF)

Useful Links

• US Bureau of Economic Analysis - source for national income accounts and balance of payements statistics
• US Bureau of Labor Statistics - source for the consumer price index
• Statistical Abstract of the United States - you never know, it might have what you're looking for
• Economics resources including databases available through the BYU Library
• BYU Blackboard