This course is available to both Queen’s and non-Queen’s students. Non-Queen’s students (including interest students, visiting students, and new online degree students) must first apply for admission. The following is presented for informational purposes only and is subject to change.

Instructor

Dorte Heger Learn more about the instructor...
E-mail: hegerd@econ.queensu.ca
Phone: (613) 533-6000 x77148

Course Description

An introduction to macroeconomic analysis of the economy as a whole, including the determination of national income, the price level, interest rates, the money supply, and the balance of payments. The principles of monetary and fiscal policy are also examined.

Course Introduction

There are two main branches in Economics: Microeconomics and Macroeconomics. Economics courses are commonly divided into two sections to deal with "Micro" and "Macro" separately. Microeconomics by its name suggests that it is primarily concerned with the smaller economic agents - the consumer, the producer, the buyer, the seller, inputs, outputs, etc. Macroeconomics, on the other hand, is primarily concerned with the larger economic agents - governments, taxes, national income, inflation, monetary and fiscal policy.

Whether you take Micro or Macro as your first course in economics will not hinder your understanding of the material. However, it is generally accepted that if one has a strong understanding of the micro concepts, one will have a stronger appreciation and awareness of macroeconomics; because macroeconomics is in a sense, the "summation" of microeconomics. Thus, this Macro course will begin with an introductory section that covers the basic micro concepts. For those of you who have taken a course in micro (like Economics 111), this will be review. For those of for whom this is a first course in Economics, this section will prepare you for your study of Macroeconomics.

Course Topics

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