Papaioannou Sotiris
Assistant Professor
Field of Expertise:
Applied Macroeconomics
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Office Hours:
Monday 11:00-12:00
Tuesday 11:00-13:00
Special Topics in Macroeconomics
The aim of this course is to help the students bridge the gap between the theoretical macroeconomics literature and real-world data and policies. After completion of this course, the students:
Dynamics in aggregate demand & supply, employment and unemployment. Inflation & rational expectations. Time inconsistency in public decision-making. Growth policies. Globalization, currency markets, financial crises. The public sector in the global economy. Macroeconomic policy-games. International macroeconomic interdependence & policy coordination. European economic-policy issues. Applications with real-world data.
Lectures (3 hours per week)
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Activity |
Semester workload |
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Lectures. |
13X3 = 39 hours |
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Reading at home |
111 hours |
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Total number of hours for the Course (25 hours of work-load per ECTS credit) |
150 hours (total student work-load) |
(a) Written exam at the end of the semester (65%)
(b) Project (applications with real-world data) 35%
Use of IT in teaching, and in communication with the students (e-class)