EVSBAZOP Foreign Trade Policy

School of Business Administration in Karvina
Summer 2018
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Guaranteed by
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
Course objectives
The course acquaints students with the external economics relations of the national economy and the importance of foreign trade for the country's economy. To the extent necessary, students will be acquainted with the theory of trade and problematic of balance of payment and external balance of the country. Further, students will acquire knowledge of the measurement of foreign trade and fundamental indicators of its intensity. Emphasis is placed on international trade policy and its formation, the foreign trade policy and its instruments and common commercial policy of EU member states. Within the framework of the course is also analysed specific features of small economy and problem of the transformation of centrally planned economies in the area of foreign trade. To the extent necessary, the course deals with problematic of business operations.
Syllabus
  • 1. The classical theory of international trade
    2. The standard theory of international trade
    3. The theory of the balance of payments, exchange rate
    4. The importance of foreign trade in small economies
    5. International trade agreements and international trade policy
    6. Autonomous instruments of foreign trade policy
    7. The common commercial policy of the EU
    8. Support for export
    9. Development of foreign trade policy in the Czech Republic
    10. Foreign direct investment and foreign trade
    11. Foreign trade in services
    12. Risks of foreign trade
    13. Financing of foreign trade
Literature
    required literature
  • SURANOVIC, S. International Trade. Theory and policy. New York: Flat World Knowledge Inc., 2011. ISBN 978-1-936126-44-6. info
  • KRUGMAN, P. R., OBSFELD, M. International Economics. Theory and Policy. Reading: Addison - Wesley, 2000. ISBN 0-321-03387-6. info
    recommended literature
  • HOEKMAN, B., KOSTECKI, M. The political Economy of the World Trading System from GATT to WTO. Oxford University, 1995, 1995. ISBN 0-19-829017-9. info
Teaching methods
Skills demonstration
Assessment methods
Grade
Test
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Write a 10-page case study. Pass an oral exam.
Additional tasks: research and study of the literature related to the given issue.

ActivityDifficulty [h]
Ostatní studijní zátěž80
Přednáška26
Zkouška40
Summary146
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2019.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Summer 2018, recent)
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