OPF:EVSBAAPE Analysis for Economists - Course Information

EVSBAAPE Analysis for Economists

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. Ing. Pavel Tuleja, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. Ing. Pavel Tuleja, Ph.D.
Departament of Economics and Public Administration – School of Business Administration in Karvina
Contact Person: Dr. Ing. Ingrid Majerová

Prerequisites

The completion of the course does not require any conditions and subject can be registered independently of other subjects.

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

• Banking (programme OPF, B_HOSPOL)

Course objectives

The objective of this course is to familiarize the students of bachelor studies with the basic methods used in the analysis of selected macroeconomic and microeconomic phenomena. The listeners of this course will acquire theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the system of national accounts, macroeconomic analysis and comparative economics, which they could then use in practice. Thus students will acquire basic knowledge of the mechanism of functioning of the system of national accounts, they will be knowledgeable in the area of analysis of internal and external equilibrium and conjunctural analysis and last but not least they will acquire knowledge of basic assumptions and practical procedures used in international comparisons. The analysis of all above areas will be considered in terms of current developments in the Czech Republic as well as in developed countries of the world.

Syllabus

• 1. The importance of national accounting for economics
  2. System of National Accounts and its definition
  3. Institutional Sectors
  4. Transaction
  5. Accounts
  6. Gross domestic product, aggregate demand, aggregate supply and economic growth
  7. Prices
  8. Labour and Wages
  9. Balance of payments
  10. Conjunctural analysis
  11. Comparative economics and its theoretical basis
  12. Comparison of Economic Systems
  13. Criteria for comparison of economic systems

Literature

required literature
• Contributions To Economic Analysis & Policy. Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Electronic Press. info
• The Kyoto economic review. Japan: Office of Advanced Economic Analysis, Gra. info
• CZSO. Historical yearbook of national accounts 1990-2010. Prague: Czech Statistical Office, 2012. ISBN 978-80-250-2307-5. info
• MJOSET, L., CLAUSEN, T. H. Capitalisms Compared. Amsterdam, Oxford: Elsevier JAI, 2007. ISBN 978-1-849-50414-0. info
• LEQUILLER, F., BLADES, D. Understanding natioanl accounts. Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-operation a, 2006. ISBN 92-64-02566-9. info
• ROSSER, J. B., JR., ROSSER, M. V. Comparative Economics in a Transforming World Economy. Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004. ISBN 978-0-262-18234-8. info
• ANGRESANO, J. Comparative Economics. Englewood Cliffs, 1992. ISBN 0-13-140229-3. info

recommended literature
• Comparative Economics Studies. Notre Dam, Ind.: Association for Comparative Eco. info
• EUROPEAN COMMISSION. Eurostatistics, data for short-term economic analysis. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of. info
• Journal of Comparative Economics. Orlando, Fla.: Academic Press. info
• STATISTICS CANADA. National Income And Expenditure Accounts. Quarterly Estimates. Ottawa: Statistics Canada. info
• The European Journal of Comparative Economics. Castellanza. Italia: Universita Carlo Cattaneo. info
• CENTRAL STATISTICAL OFFICE. UK economic accounts. London: H.M.S.O. info

Teaching methods

Skills demonstration

Assessment methods

Credit

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

Course-credit
Additional tasks: research and study of the literature related to the topic of the macroeconomic analysis and international comparisons, search of statistical data on the Internet.

Activity	Difficulty [h]
Ostatní studijní zátěž	90
Přednáška	26
Zápočet	30
Summary	146

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