UT Dallas 2022 Undergraduate Catalog

ECON4386 - Contemporary Macroeconomic Policy

ECON 4386 Contemporary Macroeconomic Policy (3 semester credit hours) This is an applied macroeconomics class, intended to provide an overview of modern macroeconomic models and their implications for policy, and a comprehensive knowledge of macroeconomic datasets and their use both in macroeconomics and outside of macroeconomics. A large component of the class will focus on using macroeconomic and economic data, and on evaluating case studies based on current events. Prerequisite: ECON 3311. (3-0) T