MA0910: Macroeconomic Theory
PART I

Basic Information

• Location: Helsinki, Economicum building, Arkadiankatu 7, seminar room 3-4

• Preliminary Time schedule (PDF) to be added here

• List of participants (PDF) to be added here

• Info and gathering for new students:                 FDPE will organize an info and a gathering for all new FDPE students on Monday September the 7th right after the lecture of the Macroeconomics course. The gathering will last until about 19.00 and will be held at the Economicum building seminar room 3-4.
  
  The info will be held by the director of HECER and FDPE Otto Toivanen and some of the FDPE teaching staff will also be present. After the info there will be free socializing, some drinks and snacks.
  
  Welcome!

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Teaching Staff

• Instructor: Professor Niku Määttänen (Aalto University School of Economics)

• Teaching assistant: Eeva Kerola (Aalto University School of Economics)

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Teaching Material

SYLLABUS

• Syllabus (PDF, updated on August 11)

LECTURE NOTES (PDF files)

• Lecture notes 1 (PDF)

• Lecture notes 2 (PDF)

• Lecture notes 3 (PDF)

• Lecture notes 4 (PDF)

• Lecture notes 5 (PDF)

PROBLEM SETS (PDF files)

• Problem set 1 (PDF)

• Problem set 2 (PDF) Correction to ps2 (PDF)

• Problem set 3 (PDF)

• Problem set 4 (PDF)

• Problem set 5 (PDF)

• The solutions to the problem sets have to be handed to the teaching assistant at the beginning of the respective problem solving sessions or mailed/faxed to FDPE IN ADVANCE (solutions to the ps 1 should be given to the teaching assistant at the beginning of the first exercise session and the solutions to the ps 2 at the beginning of the second exercise session etc.). IF YOU MUST USE THE FAX, PLEASE TYPE UP THE SOLUTIONS, BECAUSE EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN THAT THE LOW QUALITY OF HAND-WRITTEN SOLUTIONS SENT BY FAX ENDANGERS THE FAIRNESS OF GRADING.
• The points of each problem set can be found at the results page.

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First Midterm Exam

• Time: Nov 20, 2009, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
• Places:
  • AT THE PARTICIPANTS' OWN DEPARTMENTS,
  • but in Helsinki only in Economicum, seminar room 3-4 where all students living in or near Helsinki can take the exam.
• Please register for the exam (after the list of the students who are entitled to take exam has been added on the page) by sending an e-mail to fdpe-hecer[at]helsinki.fi (and let us know where you want to take the exam).
• List of students entitled to take the 1st exam
• The results of the 1st midterm exam are in
• Please note the course requirements and the requirements for taking the exam on the course main page

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