Syllabus: Seminar on Macroeconomics

Spring 2026

Instructor: Hui-Jun Chen

Last Update: February 24, 2026

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Course Overview

Course website: https://huijunchen9260.github.io/PhDMacroSpring2026.html
Meeting Time: Wednesday 10:10 - 13:00 (W34n)
Location: TSMC Building 732
Office: TSMC Building 729-B
Email address: huijunchen@mx.nthu.edu.tw
Please do not hesitate to email me and set an appointment outside of regular office hour. To get quicker email reply, I would prefer you to:
1. Use [Macro] at the beginning of your subject title.
  - example title: [Macro] Question regarding Extra credit
I will reply your email within 2 business day.
Office hour: By appointment
Teaching Assistant: Chong Yue Huang
TA Office hour: TBD

Grades


Categories	Points


Midterm Exam I	30 points

Midterm Exam II	30 points

Final Exam	30 points

Attendance	10 points

Total	100 points

See course schedule, below, for due dates

Grading Policy

Examinations Integrity Policies

Examinations: Discussions are forbidden, either face to face or via online discussion board / Social media.

If I get $80 %$ response rate on SEI by the end of the semester, everyone will get 2 points of extra credits.

Curving

If less than $40 %$ of the students get A- or above, I will add some points to everybody until $40 %$ of the students get A- or above, but I don’t expect this to occur.

Attendance

If there are more than $50 %$ of students attend the class, then I will not take attendance. If I have not taken attendance until the end of semester, then every students will be granted the entirety of the attendance points. If I start to take attendance, then I will spread $5$ to $10$ attendance check across the rest of the semester, and the attendance points will be recorded accordingly.

Tentative Course Schedule


Week	Day	Topics and Readings


1	2/25	Topic: Introduction and Dynamic Programming

2	3/4	Topic: One-side Labor Search Model

3	3/11	Topic: Two-side Labor Search Model

4	3/18	Topic: Lucas Asset Pricing: Endowment Economy

5	3/25	Topic: Lucas Asset Pricing: Production Economy

6	4/1	Midterm I

7	4/8	Midterm Recap Topic: Real Business Cycle Model I

8	4/15	Topic: Real Business Cycle Model II

9	4/22	Topic: Endogenous Growth Model I

10	4/29	Topic: Endogenous Growth Model II

11	5/6	Midterm II

12	5/13	Midterm Recap Topic: Heterogeneous Agent Model I

13	5/20	Topic: Heterogeneous Agent Model II

14	5/27	Topic: Heterogeneous Agent Model III

15	6/3	Topic: Heterogeneous Agent Model IV Final Review

16	6/10	Final Exam

Grading scale

See https://registra.site.nthu.edu.tw/var/file/211/1211/img/609/grade-plan.pdf for NTHU definition.