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Macroeconomics is a branch of economics dealing with the aggregate economy as a whole, rather than individual markets.

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How to get the percentage-change form of the quantity equation?

I think the author is just taking logs of the original equation. The natural log approximates percent changes for small changes. More info here. Using that and properties of the log, $\ln(ab)=\ln(a …
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asset-pricing problem

The agent doesn't always prefer consumption profiles that are more smooth. It depends on the curvature of $u$ and the maginitude of $\beta$. Consider the following example. Let $u(c) = c^{1/2}$. Th …
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Intuition Behind the Definition of Prudence?

From the Wikipedia article: Economists describe a consumer as "prudent" if he or she saves more when faced with riskier future income. This additional saving is called precautionary saving. For …
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