Course: Economics

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Course title Economics
Course code KEN/DECA
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 10
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Faltová Leitmanová Ivana, doc. Ing. CSc.
  • Macháček Martin, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Content of the subject: 1. Macroeconomics Equilibrium in Two, Three and Four Sectoral Economy 2. Investment Function, Curve IS, Curve LM, Model IS - LM 3. Impact of Fiscal and Monetary Policy 4. Consumption Function, Life-Cycle Theory and Theory of Permanent Income 5. Investment in to Gross Fixed Capital, Housing Construction and Reserves 6. Exchange Rates, Capital Mobility in Under Floating Exchange Rates and Under Fixed Exchange Rates 7. Model AS-AD 8. Long Run Economics Growth, Economics Development, Business Cycle 9. Theory of Consumer Behaviour and Market Demand 10. Theory of Production in the Short-Run and the Long-Run 11. Imperfect Market Structures and the Price Discrimination 12. Pricing on markets for factor inputs 13. Edgeworth Box-Diagrams and General Equilibrium Theory 14. Economics of Risk and Uncertainty, Welfare Economics, Efficiency and Justice

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Preparation for classes - 28 hours per semester
  • Preparation for credit - 28 hours per semester
  • Class attendance - 42 hours per semester
  • Preparation for exam - 56 hours per semester
  • Semestral paper - 14 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is based on knowledge of the deeper theoretical context, to understand the causality of economic events and processes. This subject has 2 semesters.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Credit condition is to present literary survey on the certain topic determinated by the lector during putting off the subject. This is only a prerequesity for the final exam and the subject is finished by oral exam.
Recommended literature
  • Blanchard, O. Macroeconomics. (7th edition). Pearson Education, 2016. ISBN 0133837998.
  • DORNBUSCH, Rudiger, FISCHER, Stanley a STARTZ, Richard. Macroeconomics.. 10th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2008. ISBN 978-0-07-312811-5.
  • Gravelle, H., Rees, R. Microeconomics. FT PrenticeHall, 2004. ISBN 0-582-40487-8.
  • Pindyck, R. S. Rubinfeld, D. L. Microeconomics. Upper Saddle River, 2009.
  • Sloman, J. Economics. Harlow: Prentice Hall, 2003. ISBN 0-273-65574-4.
  • Varian, R Hal. Intermediate Microeconomics: A modern Approach (Eight Edition). New York, W. W. Norton Company, 2014.


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