Foundations of Modern Macroeconomics

Ben J. Heijdra and Frederick van der Ploeg

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Errata and typos

As promised in the Preface, there are still some minor typos in the book. See errata sheet 1 and errata sheet 2. I would appreciate it very much if you could let me know about any other errata or typos that you may come across. I thank the following people for their contributions to the current lists: Holger Bluhm, Brandon Chen, Katharina Dvoskina, Paul Gaggl, Janko Gorter, Christian Groth, Daniel Hawellek, Jose-Antonio Hernandez, Manfred Jäger, Marcel Klok, Esma Kor, Freek van der Linden, Adriana Lojschová, Andreas Ludwig, Ed McKenna, Jochen Mierau, Konrad Mierendorff, Hirofumi Morishita, Bastiaan Overvest, Laurie Reijnders, Ferdinand Rolwes, Ward Romp, Paul Yang, Paul Younger, Min Zhang, and Floris Zoutman.

Slides and problem sets

The model answers to the problem sets have not been thoroughly checked. Any comments are warmly appreciated.

Chapter 1: Who is who in macroeconomics?.
- Slides (PDF format, 2241KB).
- Problem set (PDF format, 80KB, 13-11-01).
- Model solutions for problem set (PDF format, 156KB, 13-11-01).
Chapter 2: Dynamics in aggregate demand and supply.
- Slides (PDF format, 189KB).
- Problem set (PDF format, 102KB, 28-11-01).
- Model solutions for problem set (PDF format, 341KB, 28-11-01).
Chapter 3: Rational expectations and economic policy.
- Slides (PDF format, 179KB).
- Problem set (PDF format, 108KB, 02-01-02).
- Model solutions for problem set (PDF format, 252KB, 02-01-02).
Chapter 4: Anticipation effects and economic policy
- Slides (PDF format, 198KB).
- Problem set (PDF format, 54KB, 03-01-02).
- Answers to problem set (PDF format, 224KB, 18-01-02).
Chapter 5: The macroeconomics of quantity rationing
- Slides (PDF format, 226KB).
- Problem set (PDF format, 40KB, 25-01-02).
- Answers to problem set (PDF format, 111KB, 21-02-02).
Chapter 6: The government budget constraint
- Slides (PDF format, 185KB).
- Problem set (PDF format, 42KB, 21-02-02).
- Answers to problem set (PDF format, 101KB, 21-02-02).
Chapter 7: A closer look at the labour market
- Slides (PDF format, 235KB).
- Problem set (PDF format, 62KB).
- Answers to problem set (PDF format, 130KB).
Chapter 8: Trade unions and the labour market
- Slides (PDF format, 185KB).
- Problem set (PDF format, 40KB).
- Answers to problem set (PDF format, 71KB).
Chapter 9: Search in the labour market
- Slides (PDF format, 170KB).
- Problem set (PDF format, 35KB).
- Answers to problem set (PDF format, 81KB).
Chapter 10: Macroeconomic policy, credibility, and politics
- Slides (PDF format, 173KB).
- Problem set (PDF format, 59KB).
- Answers to problem set (PDF format, 93KB).
Chapter 11: The open economy
- Slides (PDF format, 487KB).
- Additional notes on the two-country model (PDF format, 119KB).
- Problem set (PDF format, 86KB).
- Answers to problem set (PDF format, 295KB).
Chapter 12: Money
- Slides (PDF format, 270KB).
- Problem set (in progress).
- Answers to problem set (in progress).
Chapter 13: New Keynesian economics
- Slides (PDF format, 324KB).
- Problem set (in progress).
- Answers to problem set (in progress).
Chapter 14: Theories of economic growth
- Slides (PDF format, 409KB).
- Problem set (PDF format, 114KB).
- Answers to problem set (PDF format, 341KB, 15-04-04).
Chapter 15: Real business cycles
- Slides (PDF format, 725KB).
- Problem set (PDF format, 73KB).
- Answers to problem set (PDF format, 113KB).
Chapter 16: Intergenerational economics, I
- Slides (PDF format, 317KB).
- Problem set (PDF format, 96KB).
- Answers to problem set (PDF format, 268KB).
Chapter 17: Intergenerational economics, II
- Slides (PDF format, 365KB).
- Problem set (PDF format, 62KB).
- Answers to problem set (PDF format, 118KB).

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Last changed on 25 September 2008 by Ben Heijdra