B_MaE Macroeconomics

University of Finance and Administration
Summer 2016
Extent and Intensity
2/2. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Ing. Petr Wawrosz, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Herbert Heissler (seminar tutor)
Ing. Michal Blahout, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Ing. Pavel Klička, PhD. (alternate examiner)
Ing. Bc. Jiří Mihola, CSc. (alternate examiner)
Mgr. Ing. Dominik Stroukal, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
doc. Radim Valenčík, CSc. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
doc. Radim Valenčík, CSc.
Department of Economics and Management – Departments – University of Finance and Administration
Contact Person: Ing. Barbora Ptáčková
Timetable of Seminar Groups
B_MaE/cBPH: Thu 12:15–12:59 E128, Thu 13:00–13:45 E128, P. Klička
B_MaE/c1RPH: Thu 10:30–11:14 E225, Thu 11:15–12:00 E225, H. Heissler
B_MaE/c2RPH: Thu 10:30–11:14 E128, Thu 11:15–12:00 E128, M. Blahout
B_MaE/c3RPH: Thu 12:15–12:59 E224, Thu 13:00–13:45 E224, H. Heissler
B_MaE/c4RPH: Thu 14:00–14:44 E304, Thu 14:45–15:30 E304, M. Blahout
B_MaE/pBRPH: Tue 10:30–11:14 E004, Tue 11:15–12:00 E004, R. Valenčík
B_MaE/vRPH: Fri 19. 2. 15:30–17:00 E122, 17:15–18:45 E122, Fri 18. 3. 15:30–17:00 E122, Sat 2. 4. 14:00–15:30 E122, 15:45–17:15 E122, Fri 15. 4. 15:30–17:00 E122, P. Klička
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The aim of the subjects is to introduce students with macroeconomics on the bachelor level. The students will be able at the end of the course: - to understand the sense of basic macroeconomics indicator (e.g. GDP, inflation, unemployment, balance of payment) - to explain other macroeconomics term (e.g. potential product, money, Phillips curve, Laffer curve) - to understand the issue of macroeconomic equilibrium: how the aggregate supply and aggregate demand are determined - to know the factors of long-term economic growth and short-term business cycle - to understand international macroeconomics issues a terms (e.g. exchange rate, external macroeconomic equilibrium) - to evaluate possibilities and limits of macroeconomics policies (especially fiscal and monetary policy) - to evaluate advantages and disadvantages of international collaboration (e.g. international free trade, common currency ...)
Syllabus
  • 1. lecture: main macroeconomics topics, GDP 2. lecture: long-term economic growth 3. lecture: money 4. lecture: inflation, unemployment 5. lecture: aggregate expenditures 6. lecture: model income-expenditure 7. lecture: aggregate supply and aggregate demand 8. lecture: short term business cycle, international trade 9. lecture: exchange rate, balance of payment 10. lecture: monetary policy 11. lecture: fiscal policy 12. lecture: Phillips curve, international economic integration
Literature
    required literature
  • WAWROSZ, Petr; HEISSLER, Herbert; HELÍSEK, Mojmír; MACH, Petr . Makroekonomie základní kurz. 1. vydání. Praha : Vysoká škola finanční a správní, o.p.s., 2012. 360 s. Edice EUPRESS. ISBN 978-80-7408-059-3.
  • WAWROSZ, Petr; HEISSLER Herbert; MACH, Petr 2012. Reálie k makroekonomii – odborné texty, mediální reflexe, praktické analýzy. Praha: Wolters Kluwer. ISBN 978-80-7357-848-0.
    recommended literature
  • Jurečka, Václav a kol. Makroekonomie. Praha: Grada.
  • Schwanberg, August 2012. Makroekonomie bez předchozích znalostí. Brno: Biz Books, ISBN 978-80-265-0036-0.
  • Cahlík, Tomáš; Hlaváček, Michal; Seidler, Jakub 2010. Makroekonomie. Praha: Karolinum.
Teaching methods
Lectures and seminars on the present form of the study, consultations on the distant form of the study. Students should attend at least 60 % of the tuitions, otherwise they receive substitute homework.
Assessment methods
The subject is finished by credit and exam. The acquiring of credit is necessary condition for student to be able to take the exam. The student acquire the credit if (s)he pass two credit tests. Each question in the tests are scored, student have to receive minimum score to pass the test. The value of minimum score is mentioned in the test. The exam is verbal. The exam question are published in IS (information system) with minimal exam standards (the minimum knowledge that student must know to be able to pass the exam).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin KS/semestr.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2007, Summer 2008, Winter 2008, Summer 2015, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023.
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