OPF:EVSNAMAE Macroeconomic Analysis - Course Information

EVSNAMAE Macroeconomic Analysis

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 4 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 students can enrol for the course 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, N_HOSPOL)

Course objectives

The course aims to familiarize the students with objectives of macroeconomic analysis. The student will be gradually acquainted with the basic concepts and context of selected macroeconomic phenomena. Lectures will be devoted to the basics of economic modelling, issue of external and internal equilibrium and to the issue associated with the creation of conjunctural analysis. Lecturers will lead the students to understand the basic methods and procedures of macroeconomic analysis in the extent that allows them to work properly with the commonly available economic data.

Syllabus

• 1. Economic model and macroeconomic analysis
  2. Population and demographic trends
  3. Production
  4. Gross domestic product and the economic growth
  5. Aggregate Demand
  6. Aggregate Supply
  7. Price stability
  8. Labour market and employment
  9. External economic balance
  10. Competitiveness of the economy and the possibility of its measuring
  11. Fiscal policy and internal indebtedness
  12. Monetary policy and monetary developments
  13. Conjunctural analysis and conjunctural indicators

Literature

required literature
• IMF. IMF staff papers. Washington, D.C.: International Monetary Fund. info
• The Kyoto economic review. Kyoto, Japan : Office of Advanced Economic Analy. info
• MJOSET, L., CLAUSEN, T. H. Capitalisms Compared. Amsterdam, Oxford: Elsevier JAI, 2007. ISBN 978-1-849-50414-0. info
• ALTUG, S., CHADHA, J. S., NOLAN, CH. Dynamic Macroeconomic Analysis: Theory And Policy In General Equilibirum. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-521-82668-3. info
• GRAYSON, L. E., BODILY, S. E. Integration into the world economy: companies in transition in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. Laxenburg : International Institute for Applied, 1996. ISBN 3-7045-0130-1. info

recommended literature
• Advances in economic analysis & policy. Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Electronic Press. info
• EUROPEAN COMMISSION. Eurostatistics, data for short-term economic analysis. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of. info
• OECD. Quarterly National Accounts. Paris: OECD. 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 test.
Additional tasks: research and study of the literature related to the macroeconomics analysis.

Activity	Difficulty [h]
Ostatní studijní zátěž	60
Přednáška	26
Zápočet	30
Summary	116

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