Resources

Helpful Resources for Learning 1st-Year Macro

This list is in no particular order.

• Professor Conor Ryan’s notes (past Econ 8105–8108 TA)
• Professor Larry Jones’ Dynamic Programming Notes (hosted on Professor Ryan’s website)
• Main Dynamic Programming Theorems from SLP (hosted on Professor Ryan’s website)
• Professor Jesús Fernández-Villaverde’s Teaching Notes
• Professor Pascal Michaillat’s Notes on Mathematical Methods for Macroeconomics
• Professor Wouter den Haan’s DSGE Notes
• “Euler Equations” from the New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics (Professor Jonathan Parker)
• Dr. Makoto Nakajima’s “Notes on Computational Methods for Macroeconomics”
• QuantEcon
• QuantEcon MATLAB-Python-Julia Cheatsheet
• Lutz Hendricks’ Advanced Macro Theory course (many exam questions with solutions at the bottom of the page)
• “A Note on CES Functions” (Drago Bergholt)

Other Material to Supplement 1st/2nd-Year Macro

• “Quantitative Models of Wealth Inequality: A Survey” by Mariacristina De Nardi
• “PhD Macro Book” by M. Azzimonti, P. Krusell, A. McKay, and T. Mukoyama