Macroeconomic principles (NAA135)

Literature

Compulsory reading

N. Gregory Mankiw, Macroeconomics, 10'th edition, Worth Macmillan, Chapters 1-9

Using the latest edition, rather than older editions, is strongly recommended. Exercises, many of which will be used in class, change between editions.

Exercises

Recommended exercises

Solutions to end-of-chapter exercises

Recommended reading

Riksbankens räntestyrning - penningpolitik i praktiken (pdf) A good introduction to Swedish monetary policy, in Swedish
The Riksbank's management of interest rates - monetary policy in practise (pdf) same as above but in English

Voluntary reading

Mathematics for economists

Knut Sydsaeter, Peter Hammond, Arne Strøm & Andres Carvajal: Essential Mathematics for Economic Analysis, Pearson - Prentice Hall

Two textbooks on macroeconomics in Swedish

Students who understand Swedish may wish to read about macroeconomics in Swedish and learn the Swedish terminology. These books cover a large part of the contents in Mankiw´s book, but with examples from the Swedish economy.

Klas Fregert & Lars Jonung: Makroekonomi - teori, politik och institutioner Studentlitteratur
A good swedish textbook for introductory courses in macroeconomics.

Olivier Blanchard, Lars Calmfors, Harry Flam, John Hassler & Per Krusell: Makroekonomi Liber
Blaanchard's famous macroeconomics book, abridged and adapted to the Swedish economy by four Swedish economists.


Contents by Johan Lindén Revised: 2020-08-26