DRE 7011 Lecture series on Oil Markets and the Macro Economy

DRE 7011 Lecture series on Oil Markets and the Macro Economy

Course code: 
DRE 7011
Department: 
Economics
Credits: 
3
Course coordinator: 
Hilde Christiane Bjørnland
Course name in Norwegian: 
Lecture series on Oil Markets and the Macro Economy
Product category: 
PhD
Portfolio: 
PhD Economics courses
Semester: 
2021 Spring
Active status: 
Active
Level of study: 
PhD
Teaching language: 
English
Course type: 
One semester
Introduction

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Learning outcomes - Knowledge

After taking this course the students should have a solid knowledge of advanced research in oil market models and the link between oil prices, the macroeconomy and monetary policy.

To model and forecast the oil market, the students should master and be able to produce sophisticated research using a variety of linear and non-linear time series methods.

To analyse the link between the oil market, the macroeconomy and monetary policy, the students will be familiar with, among others, structural vector autoregression (VAR) models and Dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) models

Learning outcomes - Skills

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General Competence

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Course content

The course will conver topics such as:

  • Alternative Specifications of the Price of Oil
  • Driver of the oil price
  • Forecasting the Real Price of Oil
  • A Review of the Channels of Transmission of Oil Price Shocks
  • Are Macroeconomic Responses Asymmetric in Oil Price Increases and Decreases?
  • Monetary Policy Responses to Oil Price Fluctuations
  • Resource rich economies
     
Teaching and learning activities

A course of 3 ECTS credits corresponds to a workload of 80-90 hours. 

Please note that while attendance is not compulsory in all courses, it is the student’s own responsibility to obtain any information provided in class that is not included on the course homepage/It's learning or text book. 

Software tools
No specified computer-based tools are required.
Additional information

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Qualifications

Enrollment in a PhD Programme is a general requirement for participation in PhD courses at BI Norwegian Business School.
External candidates are kindly asked to attach confirmation of enrollment in a PhD programme when signing up for a course. Other candidates may be allowed to sit in on courses by approval of the courseleader. Sitting in on a course does not permit registration for the course, handing in exams or gaining credits for the course. Course certificates or conformation letters will not be issued for sitting in on courses.

Covid-19

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, there may be deviations in teaching and learning activities as well as exams, compared with what is described in this course description.

Required prerequisite knowledge

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Assessments
Assessments
Exam category: 
Submission
Form of assessment: 
Written submission
Weight: 
100
Grouping: 
Individual
Duration: 
1 Semester(s)
Exam code: 
DRE70111
Grading scale: 
Pass/fail
Resit: 
Examination when next scheduled course
Type of Assessment: 
Ordinary examination
Total weight: 
100
Student workload
ActivityDurationComment
Teaching
15 Hour(s)
Feedback activities and counselling
3
Student's own work with learning resources
32 Hour(s)
Prepare for teaching
10 Hour(s)
Examination
20 Hour(s)
Sum workload: 
80

A course of 1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours. Therefore a course of 3 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of at least 80 hours.