ECON 216
Macroeconomic Issues and Policies
Course overview
Study macroeconomic concepts and approaches, so that you’re prepared to understand, analyse and critically review macroeconomic issues and policies.
Course information
| Prerequisites and Restrictions | You must satisfy the following requirement(s): pre-requisite
or pre-requisite
|
|---|---|
| Credits | 15 |
| Domestic fees | $794.00 |
What you will learn
After successfully completing this course, you’ll be able to:
- Understand and explain the determinants and components of national income.
- Explain how the monetary system works.
- Apply the IS-LM model to explain and analyse economic fluctuations.
- Recognise and understand business cycles, and analyse policy-makers’ responses to economic fluctuations.
- Analyse monetary and fiscal policy under different exchange rate regimes.
Course examiners
Dr Puneet Vatsa
Senior Lecturer
Department of Global Value Chains and Trade
puneet.vatsa@lincoln.ac.nz