ECON 202A

Macroeconomics: Dynamics and Growth Theory

Economics · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

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Essential techniques and concepts from dynamical mathematics and neoclassical growth theory. Linear and nonlinear dynamical systems. Dynamic programming and control theory. Stochastic dynamics. Determinacy of equilibrium. Descriptive, optimal, and overlapping generations models of accumulation. Stochastic growth theory. Increasing returns and applications to economic development.

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When it runs

Fall 2025
Fall 2026

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.

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ECON 202A

ECON 221AMonetary Economics I
ECON 221CMonetary Economics III
ECON 221DMonetary Economics IV

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