VSFS:B_MaE Macroeconomics - Course Information
B_MaE Macroeconomics
University of Finance and AdministrationSummer 2018
- 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)
Ing. Pavel Klička, PhD. (seminar tutor)
doc. Radim Valenčík, CSc. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Ing. Petr Wawrosz, Ph.D. (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Ing. Petr Wawrosz, Ph.D.
Department of Economics and Management – Departments – University of Finance and Administration
Contact Person: Lenka Pokorná - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- B_MaE/cB1RPH: Tue 15:45–16:29 E127, Tue 16:30–17:15 E127, P. Klička
B_MaE/cRKV: each odd Tuesday 10:30–11:14 KV205, each odd Tuesday 11:15–12:00 KV205, each odd Tuesday 12:15–12:59 KV205, each odd Tuesday 13:00–13:45 KV205, P. Wawrosz
B_MaE/c2RPH: Wed 12:15–12:59 E126, Wed 13:00–13:45 E126, M. Blahout
B_MaE/c3RPH: Tue 14:00–14:44 E127, Tue 14:45–15:30 E127, H. Heissler
B_MaE/c4RPH: Tue 12:15–12:59 E126, Tue 13:00–13:45 E126, H. Heissler
B_MaE/pBRPH: Mon 10:30–11:14 E306, Mon 11:15–12:00 E306, P. Wawrosz
B_MaE/pRKV: Thu 14:00–14:44 KV310, Thu 14:45–15:30 KV310, R. Valenčík
B_MaE/vRMO: Fri 9. 2. 15:45–17:15 M01, Fri 23. 2. 15:45–17:15 M01, Fri 9. 3. 15:45–17:15 M01, Fri 23. 3. 15:45–17:15 M01, Fri 13. 4. 15:45–17:15 M01, Fri 27. 4. 15:45–17:15 M01, R. Bedretdinov
B_MaE/vRPH: Fri 16. 2. 15:45–17:15 E230, 17:30–19:00 E230, Fri 2. 3. 15:45–17:15 E126, 17:30–19:00 E126, Fri 6. 4. 14:00–15:30 E129, Fri 27. 4. 14:00–15:30 E129, M. Blahout - Prerequisites
- There are no prerequisites for this course. Students can pass the exam form the subject B_Mae only if they passe the exam from the subject B_Mie.
- 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
- Cahlík, Tomáš; Hlaváček, Michal; Seidler, Jakub 2010. Makroekonomie. Praha: Karolinum.
- Jurečka, Václav a kol. Makroekonomie. Praha: Grada.
- Schwanberg, August 2012. Makroekonomie bez předchozích znalostí. Brno: Biz Books, ISBN 978-80-265-0036-0.
- 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.
- Enrolment Statistics (Summer 2018, recent)
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