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Sargent, my colleagues at upenn hal cole, jeremy greenwood, randy wright and iourii manovski and my coauthors juan carlos conesa, jesus fernandezvillaverde, felix kubler and fabrizio perri as well as victor riosrull for helping me to learn modern macroeconomic theory. This book is a companion volume to dynamic macroeconomic theory by thomas j. This princeton university press monograph is about a class of linear quadratic economies for which competitive equilibria can be computed quickly using linear control theory. This book offers an introduction to modern macroeconomic theory. Table of contents for problems in macroeconomic theory. This course is designed as an introduction to dynamic macroeconomic analysis, particularly recursive methods. Recursive macroeconomic theory second edition lars ljungqvist stockholm school of economics thomas j. Pdf recursive macroeconomic theory semantic scholar. Dynamic macroeconomic theory sargent pdf, im perialistic response of dynamic programming. Publication date 1987 topics macroeconomics publisher boston. This book on dynamic equilibrium macroeconomics is suitable for graduatelevel courses. An orderly and elegant presentation of essential ideas of modern macroeconomics with a perfect mix of tools and applications.
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Dge macroeconomics evolved from neoclassical macroeconomics and real businesscycle rbc theory to include virtually every aspect of the aggregate economy, including the open economy, exchange rates, and monetary and. This book presents the microeconomic concepts that can be applied in a simple and relevant manner to the fundamental topics of macroeconomic theory. Thomas john tom sargent born july 19, 1943 is an american economist, who is currently the w. Only practice in solving diverse problems fully conveys the advantages of the recursive approach, so the book provides many applications. Macroeconomic theory iii economics mit opencourseware.
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