One chapter in the lecture notes IS NOT equivalent to one lecture.
Links to papers:
Ramey, G., and V. Ramey (1995); “Cross-Country
Evidence on the Link between Volatility and Growth”, American Economic Review 85(5),
1138-1151. <You have to read this paper.>
Bernanke, B., and M. Gertler (1989); “Agency
Costs, Net Worth, and Business Fluctuations”, American Economic Review 79(1), 14-31. <Paper covered in
Recitation on Friday April 8, 2005.>
Angeletos, G. M. (2004); “Comments on
Benigno and Woodford’s ‘Optimal Monetary and Fiscal Policy’ ”,
in Gertler, M. and K. Rogoff, eds., NBER
Macroeconomics Annual 2003. <Jose: Be aware of the typo I mentioned in
the Recitation on
Angeletos, G. M. and I. Werning (2005); “Crises and Prices: Information Aggregation, Multiplicity
and Volatility”, mimeo, MIT.
Morris, S. and H. S. Shin (2001); “Rethinking
Multiple Equilibria in Macroeconomic Modeling”, NBER Macroeconomics
Annual 2000, p. 139-161.
Recitation Handouts
April 8, 2005: Bernanke and Gertler (1989)
April 15, 2005: Consumption
April 22, 2005: Angeletos (2004), Tax Smoothing.
April 28, 2005: Barro and Gordon (1983), Monetary Policy and Time Inconsistency.
April 29, 2005: Obstfeld’s (1994) Model of Balance of Payments Crises.
May 6, 2005: Angeletos and Werning (2005) Information Aggregation and Crises.
Here are the links to the two papers you should read before the midterm
Mankiw, N.G., D. Romer, and D. Weil (1992), “A
Contribution to the Empirics of Economic Growth,” Quarterly Journal of Economics 107,
401-437.
Lucas, R.E., Jr. (1988), “On the Mechanics of Economic
Development,” Journal of
Monetary Economics 22, 3-42.