This site turns each chapter of Advanced Macroeconomics: An Easy Guide (Campante, Sturzenegger & Velasco, LSE Press 2021) into active-learning materials:
- a study guide with a section-by-section summary, key graphs, exercises and a quiz;
- a data lab where you test the chapterβs model with real data;
- Colab notebooks;
- three lecture decks;
- an illustrated mind map;
- a Socratic AI tutor.
Choose your depth
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Undergraduates |
intuition, key results, the main graphs, the core quiz items |
| π΅ Advanced |
Advanced undergraduates Β· Masterβs in Public Policy |
Core + comparative statics, case studies, the data labβs coding tasks |
| π΄ Frontier |
Doctoral students |
Advanced + derivations, solution methods, research-frontier debates |
Tiers are cumulative. Every page labels its sections π’ / π΅ / π΄, so you can read as deep as you need.
Chapters
Growth Theory
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Growth theory preliminaries |
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The neoclassical growth model |
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Model Β· Data |
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An application: The small open economy |
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Endogenous growth models I: Escaping diminishing returns |
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Endogenous growth models II: Technological change |
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Proximate and fundamental causes of growth |
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Overlapping Generations Models
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Overlapping generations models |
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An application: Pension systems and transitions |
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Unified growth theory |
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Consumption and Investment
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Consumption |
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Consumption under uncertainty and macro finance |
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Investment |
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Short Term Fluctuations
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Real business cycles |
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(New) Keynesian theories of fluctuations: A primer |
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Unemployment |
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Monetary and Fiscal Policy
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Fiscal policy I: Public debt and the effectiveness of fiscal policy |
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Fiscal policy II: The long-run determinants of fiscal policy |
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Monetary policy: An introduction |
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Rules vs Discretion |
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Recent debates in monetary policy |
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New developments in monetary and fiscal policy |
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Appendices
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Very brief mathematical appendix |
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Simulating an RBC model |
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Simulating a DSGE model |
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Study materials Β© Carlos Mendez, released under CC BY-NC 4.0. The book is Β© its authors, published by LSE Press under CC BY-NC 4.0; this companion is independent and not endorsed by the authors or LSE Press.
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