BKE_MAE1 Macroeconomics 1

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Ing. Libor Žídek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Jan Čapek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Monika Jandová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Ing. Štěpán Mikula, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Zdeněk Rosenberg (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jaroslav Bil (assistant)
Ing. Jitka Doležalová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Ing. Vladimír Hajko, Ph.D. (assistant)
Ing. Miroslav Hloušek, Ph.D. (assistant)
Ing. Jan Jonáš, Ph.D. (assistant)
Ing. Bc. Petr Juriga (assistant)
Mgr. Zdeněk Liščinský (assistant)
Ing. Bc. Martin Machay, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Tomáš Motl (assistant)
Bc. Ing. Zdeňka Musilová (assistant)
Ing. Roman Píška (assistant)
Ing. Bc. Jitka Pochylá (assistant)
Mgr. Ing. Michal Putna, Ph.D. (assistant)
Ing. Miroslav Radiměřský (assistant)
Ing. Zdeněk Rosenberg (assistant)
Mgr. Martin Slanicay, Ph.D. (assistant)
doc. Ing. Rostislav Staněk, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Ing. Stanislav Tvrz, Ph.D. (assistant)
Ing. Veronika Vlková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. Libor Žídek, Ph.D.
Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Lydie Pravdová
Supplier department: Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Timetable
Sat 25. 2. 8:30–11:50 P101, 8:30–11:50 P102, Sat 17. 3. 16:20–19:35 P102, 16:20–19:35 P101, Sat 12. 5. 8:30–11:50 P101, 8:30–11:50 P102
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! KEMAKR Macroeconomics
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to exercise an orientation in the basic knowledge of functioning of the economy. They acquire dispositions for better understanding of the contemporary world. They will gain insight into the nature of the basic economic concepts.
Syllabus
  • In three teaching blocks are discussed following topics:
  • 1. measuring of GDP and inflation (chapters 22 and 23)
  • 2. economic growth chapter 24)
  • 3. labour market and unemployment (chapters 26 and 20)
  • 4. financial system and public finance (chapters 25 and 12)
  • 5. banks and monetary system (chapter 27)
  • 6. quantitative theory of money and inflation (chapter 28)
  • 7. international trade (chapter 9)
  • 8. open economy - basic concepts (chapter 29)
  • 9. open economy - a model (chapter 30)
  • 10. AD and AS (chapter 31)
  • 11. impact of monetary and fiscal policies on AD (chapter 32)
  • 12. relationship between infltion and unemployment (chapter 33)
Literature
    required literature
  • MANKIW, N. Gregory. Zásady ekonomie. Praha: Grada. 763 s. ISBN 80-7169-891-1. 2000. info
    recommended literature
  • FUCHS, Kamil. Makroekonomie I (Macroeconomics I). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita. 196 pp. DSO. ISBN 80-210-3959-0. 2006. info
  • SAMUELSON, Paul Anthony and William D. NORDHAUS. Ekonomie. Translated by Martin Gregor. 18. vyd. Praha: Svoboda. xxiii, 775. ISBN 9788020505903. 2007. info
  • HOLMAN, Robert. Ekonomie. 3. aktualiz. vyd. Praha: C.H. Beck. xxii, 714. ISBN 8071796816. 2002. info
Assessment methods
The exam is written. The students have to write POT and fill self-correcting exercises in the IS during the semester. The exam takes place in the exam period. The exam has a written form. It is necessary to have more than 60 % to pass the exam. The final written test is to be taken during the exam period. If the student is caught during the examination performing any form of forbidden activity (for example: cribbing, allowing cribbing, using non-permitted materials and devices, exchanging tests, creating copies of tests, or substituting for other student), the teacher will stop the exam and according to the seriousness of the offence the student will be graded F, or FF or even FFF.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: nezapisují si studenti, kteří absolvovali předmět KEMAKR.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2012, recent)
  • Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/econ/spring2012/BKE_MAE1