授業科目名 年度 学期 開講曜日・時限 学部・研究科 全担当教員 単位数
50583:Macroeconomics for Policy Studies(P) 2025 春セメスター 火4 政策科学部 西村 陽造 2

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授業施設

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授業で利用する言語

英語

授業の概要と方法

Macroeconomics studies a nation’s economy as a whole, and analyses Gross Domestic Product (GDP), inflation, unemployment, business cycles, and economic growth. This course will help you to understand how GDP is determined, how macroeconomic variables such as GDP, inflation, or unemployment interact with each other, and how monetary policy and fiscal policy affects business cycle and economic growth.

受講生の到達目標

i)　Understand the definitions and concepts of GDP, inflation, unemployment, business cycles, and economic growth.
ii)　Understand the macroeconomic models describing the determination of GDP in both short and long run.
iii)　Become more familiar with macroeconomic news and information.

事前に履修しておくことが望まれる科目

授業スケジュール

授業回数/
担当教員（複数担当の場合） 		テーマ
キーワード・文献・補足事項等
1

Data of Macroeconomics

【+R-Jugyo】Information for “+R-Jugyo” will be posted on manaba+R.
Gross Domestic Product, Consumer Price Index, Unemployment Rate

2

Classical Theory: The Economy in the Long Run

Factors of Production, Production Function, Supply and Demand for Goods and Services

3

Monetary System

Money, Banks, Central banks

4

Inflation

Quantity Theory of Money, Demand for Money, Social Cost of Inflation

5

Open Economy

International Flows of Capital and Goods, Saving and Investment, Exchange Rates

6

Business Cycle Theory: The Economy in the Short Run

Business Cycle, Aggregate Demand, Aggregate Supply, Stabilization Policy

7

Business Cycle Theory: The Closed Economy in the Short Run (1)

Keynesian Cross

8

Business Cycle Theory: The Closed Economy in the Short Run (2)

The IS-LM Model

9

Business Cycle Theory: The Closed Economy in the Short Run (3)

Applying the IS-LM Model, Monetary Policy, Fiscal Policy

10

Business Cycle Theory: The Open Economy in the Short Run (1)

The Mundell-Fleming Model and the Exchange-Rate Regime

11

Business Cycle Theory: The Open Economy in the Short Run (2)

Monetary Policy, Fiscal Policy

12

Economic growth I

Accumulation of Capital, Golden Rule Level of Capital, Population Growth

13

Economic growth II

Technological Progress

14

Revision

授業実施形態

14 classes on Face to Face basis

授業外学習の指示

Be sure that you understand the resumes distributed in the class.

成績評価方法

種別 割合(%) 評価基準等
定期試験（筆記）

レポート試験
（統一締切日を締切とするレポート）

上記以外の試験・レポート、平常点評価
（日常的な授業における取組状況の評価）		 100

Assessments will be based on several short reports or exams with prior notice, in the classroom, or at the page of ‘Assignment’ on the manaba+R, at least three times.

成績評価方法(備考)

受講および研究に関するアドバイス

教科書

教科書(使用頻度、その他補足)

参考書

書名 著者 出版社 ISBNコード 備考
Macroeconomics N. Gregory Mankiw Worth Publishers ISBN-13: 978-1-319-46688-6

参考書(使用頻度、その他補足)

参考になるwwwページ

授業内外における学生・教員間のコミュニケーションの方法

manaba+R,学生との直接対話

備考

【科目ナンバリング・カリキュラムマップはこちらから/Click here to see the Curriculum-Map and Course-Numbering】
URL:https://secure.ritsumei.ac.jp/students/pathways-future/course/curriculum.html/