Educational guide 2023_24 Faculty of Business and Economics

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
1. Mathematical models of macroeconomic dynamics I: the overlapping generations model I	1.1. Overlapping generations models with neither capital nor production nor government 1.2. Overlapping generations models with neither capital nor production but with government 1.3. Overlapping generations models with capital but with neither production nor government
2. Mathematical models of macroeconomic dynamics I: the overlapping generations model II	2.1. Overlapping generations models with fiat money 2.2. Overlapping generations models with capital and production but without government 2.3. Overlapping generations models with capital, production and government
3. Mathematical models of macroeconomic dynamics II: economic growth models	3.1. Presolovian models 3.2. Solovian models 3.3. Postsolovian models
4. Mathematical models of macroeconomic dynamics III: representative agent models	4.1. Discrete time models 4.2. Continuous time models
5. Other mathematical models of macroeconomic dynamics	5.1. A Malthusian model without microfoundations 5.2. A Malthusian model with microfoundations 5.3. A model of the emergence of agriculture 5.4. Models on the emergence of industrial economies
6. A summary of 10,000 years of economic history in a few stylized facts	6.1. Evolution of an economy in the very long run 6.2. Economic processes of globalization and integration 6.3. Technology, political systems and economic revolutions: the Rise of the West and the Great Divergence