Econ 4230-001 (formerly 244)
Macro-Modelling, Spring 2024
José Víctor Ríos Rull

• Times, People and Location
  
  • Instructor: José Víctor Ríos Rull
    
  • LEC MW 1:45-3:14PM
    
  • CANVAS ​
    
  • Office Hours PCP 516: Zoom for off hrs Mon 3:30-4:30 and by appointment. vr0j@upenn.edu
    
• Diary of Classes
  
• Syllabus
  
• Teaching Slide
  
• Handout Slides
  
• Reading Materials
  
  • Data on Inequality
    
    • Statistics of Income and Wealth Inequality for 2019
    • Inequality when considering Health
  • Main Part of the Course
    
    • Lecture Notes Parts I-IV (Required Reading)
  • Generational Accounting
    
    • Gokhale's (2013): Spending Beyond Our Means
    • Short Version of Generational Accounting (Required Reading)
  • Externalities
    
    • The evidence on the effects of soft drink taxes by Rachel Griffith, Martin O'Connell, Kate Smith and Rebekah Stroud. (Longer Version)
  • Climate Change
    
    • 2023 Intergubernamental Panel on Climate Change (Summary for Policy Makers)
    • Hassler and Krusell (2015): The Climate and the Economy
    • Global Warming of 1.5 Degrees Celsius (IPCC)
    • Policy Change and a Robust Global Climate Policy by John Hassler