Program Overview

University Program Information

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Program Overview

The program is offered by Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, specifically by the Chair in Macroeconomics, led by Prof. Dr. Klaus Wälde.

Bachelor Program

• The Bachelor program offers various courses, including:
  • Makroökonomik I
  • Macroeconomics II
  • Bachelorseminar
  • Economic Inequalities
  • Training emotionaler und sozialer Kompetenzen (TESK)
• Earlier semesters have included courses such as:
  • Vermögensverteilungen
  • Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten
  • Globalisierung: Lehren aus der Realen Aussenwirtschaft
  • Skills and Tools

Master Program

• The Master program includes courses such as:
  • Advanced Macroeconomics
  • MIEPP – Seminar: Social Groups in Modern Societies
  • Inequality, Redistribution and Trade – Labour Market Theory
  • MIEPP seminar: Macro in Matlab
• Earlier semesters have included courses such as:
  • QDEM Behavioral Theory
  • Economic Methods
  • The Importance of Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills for Economic Outcomes
  • Covid and Society

PhD Program

• The PhD program offers research seminars and courses such as:
  • Behavioural Economic Theory
  • Monetary and Fiscal Policy Issues in General Equilibrium
  • Advanced Macroeconomic Theory 1, Part 2
  • Taxation and Redistribution
• Earlier semesters have included courses such as:
  • Applied Intertemporal Optimization
  • Decision Making under Risk and Ambiguity
  • Seminar: Sudden and drastic behaviour – Optimal stopping problems in economics and finance

Advanced Macroeconomics Lecture

Overview

The Master lecture on advanced macroeconomics covers macroeconomic topics with an emphasis on model building and formal backgrounds. Students learn about dynamic programming, uncertainty in economic decision making, and stochastic processes.

Organisation

The lecture covers three macroeconomic topics: Economic growth, business cycles, and unemployment. It also discusses the role of conflicting motivations, time-inconsistencies, and stress in understanding human behaviour.

Research

The university offers various research opportunities, including:

• Faculty Seminar
• Brown Bag Seminar
• Chair Research Day
• Discussion Paper Series
• Research Workshops
• Visitors' Programme