USESEP023 Economic Issues of Central European Area

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2013
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Ing. Silvia Ručinská, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. Silvia Ručinská, Ph.D.
Institute of Central European Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course Economic Issues of Central European Area is to learn the students the ability to analyse, interpret and evaluate economic development of central European area. The development of students´ ability to discuss about current economic issues is also important part of the course.
Syllabus
  • 1. Principal concepts from economy and economic policy
    2. Economic policy of EU, political-economic cycle, types and parts of economic policy, characteristic features of economic policy of individual countries
    3. Supra-national companies and chain stores, international fluctuation of capital and its forms, investment incentive
    4. Foreign trade of central European countries and EU, structure of foreign trade and trade balance
    5. Branch structure of GNP and its development, comparison of economic growth and economic level of EU countries
    6. Inflation, monetary policy of EU countries, exchange rates, euro and its implementation
    7. Fiscal policy and public finances, taxes, national debt of EU countries
    8. Economic activity of population, development of incomes, housing, poverty, social policy
    9. Labour market, employment and unemployment, migration and immigration
    10. Reforms of countries of central and eastern Europe (Czech republic, Slovak republic, Poland, Hungary, Visegrad)
    11. Regulation and corruption, Amnesty International
    12. Comparative economy
Literature
    required literature
  • BALDWIN, R., WYPLOSZ, Ch. Ekonomie evropské integrace. Grada Publ., 2008. info
  • Rovné příležitosti, volný trh a solidarita: Visegrádská čtyřka v kontextu západního diskurzu III. Praha: Institut pro středoevropskou kulturu a po, 2003. info
  • MLČOCH, L., MACHONIN, P., SOJKA, M. Ekonomické a společenské změny v české společnosti po r. 1989 (alternativní pohled). Praha: Karolinum, 2000. info
  • ŠVEJNAR, J. Česká republika a ekonomická transformace ve střední a východní Evropě. Praha: Academia, 1997. info
    recommended literature
  • články v Hospodářských novinách, týdeníku Ekonom. info
  • http://ec.europa.eu. URL info
  • http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu. URL info
  • http://www.cnb.cz. URL info
  • http://www.cso.cz. URL info
  • http://www.unctad.org. URL 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
The students must develop key concepts from economics and economic policy and learn to view them in connections of current development. They must follow current economic analyses and outlines and orientate in principal tendencies of economic development. A five-page text on topic relating to analysed topic of student´s choice from given topics. The student presents his text composed with use of specialized literature and experience form practice in tutorial, answers the other students´ questions, defends his attitude and discuss with other students the subject of his presentation. The other students will evaluate the presentation as well and finally does lecturer.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2012, Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019.
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