UVSRPEP078 Macro- and Microeconomics

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2012
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Guaranteed by
Ing. Soňa Harasimová
Institute of Public Administration and Social Policy – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to provide the united interpretation of fundamentals of microeconomics and macroeconomics. In the microeconomics, the comprehension of principal elements of the market, cognition of perfect and imperfect competition and behaviour of partial economic subject, functioning of the marker, work and capital are stressed. The interpretation of the macroeconomics should contribute to comprehension of functioning of economy as a whole, as far as the development of complex quantities e.g. inflation, unemployment, Gross National Product etc. are concerned. The course is intended to provide the students with knowledge of principal economic quantities and processes in order to be capable of analysis of economic information and search for mutual connections of economy and other parts of social life.
Syllabus
  • 1. Basic economic concepts, market mechanical
    2. Theory of consumer´s behaviour
    3. Theory of production, expenditures and incomes
    4. Perfect and imperfect competition
    5. Markets of product factors
    6. Market failure
    7. Main macroeconomic categories
    8. Macroeconomic balance
    9. Economic growth and cycle
    10. Inflation and unemployment
    11. Fiscal policy of the state
    12. Monetary policy of the state
Literature
    required literature
  • HOLMAN, R. Ekonomie - 4. vyd. Praha: C.H.Beck, 2009. info
  • Jurečka, V a kol. Úvod do ekonomie. Učební text pro studenty neekonomických oborů. 2. upravené vydání. Ostrava VŠB-TU, 2008. info
    recommended literature
  • Holman, R. Základy ekonomie pro studenty VOŠ a neekonomických fakult VŠ. 2. vyd. C.H.Beck, 2008. info
  • Hindls, R., Holman, R., Hronová, S. Ekonomický slovník. C.H.Beck, 2008. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
On the basis of previous preparation the student will participate actively in the seminar, discuss about current economic issues and search their causes and connections. The 50% success in control works is a condition of completion of the course.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2011.
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