B_MaE Macroeconomics

University of Finance and Administration
Summer 2017
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Rafik Bedretdinov, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Michal Blahout, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Herbert Heissler (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ing. Miroslav Jurásek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Pavel Klička, PhD. (seminar tutor)
doc. Radim Valenčík, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Bc. Jiří Mihola, CSc. (alternate examiner)
doc. Mgr. Ing. Petr Wawrosz, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Ing. Petr Wawrosz, Ph.D.
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 E223, Thu 13:00–13:45 E223, M. Blahout
B_MaE/c1RPH: Wed 12:15–12:59 E129, Wed 13:00–13:45 E129, M. Blahout
B_MaE/c2RPH: Wed 12:15–12:59 E024, Wed 13:00–13:45 E024, M. Jurásek
B_MaE/c3RPH: each odd Monday 14:00–14:44 E227, each odd Monday 14:45–15:30 E227, each odd Monday 15:45–16:29 E227, each odd Monday 16:30–17:15 E227, M. Jurásek
B_MaE/c4RPH: Wed 14:00–14:44 E126, Wed 14:45–15:30 E126, P. Klička
B_MaE/pBRPH: Tue 8:45–9:29 E306, Tue 9:30–10:15 E306, R. Valenčík
B_MaE/vPRPH: Fri 17. 2. 15:45–17:15 E129, Fri 3. 3. 19:15–20:45 E228, Fri 17. 3. 15:45–17:15 E129, Fri 31. 3. 17:30–19:00 E129, Fri 21. 4. 17:30–19:00 E227, 19:15–20:45 E227, H. Heissler
B_MaE/vRMO: Sat 11. 2. 9:45–11:15 M01, 11:30–13:00 M01, Sat 25. 2. 9:45–11:15 M01, 11:30–13:00 M01, Sat 11. 3. 9:45–11:15 M01, 11:30–13:00 M01, R. Bedretdinov
B_MaE/3_rocnik: No timetable has been entered into IS., studenti posledního 3. ročníku
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 2016, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023.
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