UZPHK2202 Introduction in Ekonomy

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Mgr. Dagmar Hrabincová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jan Zouhar, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 19. 3. 14:10–15:45 B11, Fri 23. 4. 15:00–15:45 B11, Fri 21. 5. 15:00–15:45 B11
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
The goal of the course is to give an overview of the basic terms, principles and laws characterizing market mechanism and comprising the content of economic theory on macro and microeconomic level. On the basis of a definition of Neoclassical-Keynesian economic system, its fundemanets and context, students will be able to understand and predict some changes in economic processes typical for free-market economy.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to economy is focused on interpretation of elementary principles and processes of general economic theory on both macro and micro levels. The main focus will be on contemporary Neoclassical-Keynesian model of the basis and relationships between economic events relevant to free-market economy. 2. The preliminary instruction in economic theory comprises the definition of elementary economic terms and regularities characterizing market mechanism. 3. The role and forms of competition in relation to perfect and imperfect competitive market including the role of state and its measures taken regarding the protection of economic competition. 4. Analysis of financial market, i.e. money market and capital market. Financial market and the role of money in economy including its form, functions and defects. 5. The role of banks and their influence on the overall stock of money, the role of Central Bank and its place in the bank system, tools and aims of monetary politics. 6. International monetary systems including convergence criteria of the admission to European Monetary Union, external monetary stability and its influence on the balance of payments. 7. Capital market and its forms, i.e. public and non-public market with equities. Types and function of equities. 8. Macro-economic models of the functioning of national economy, macroeconomic categories such as GNP, GDP quantifying economic processes and their use in international comparison and classification of countries into developed and developing economies. Basis and factors influencing economic growth and economic cycles. 9. Macroeconomic, i.e. economic policy, its kinds, goals, tools and measures. 10. International economic integration, its forms and influence on world economy. 11. Market of goods and services, theory of marginal utility and the behavior of consumer on the market of goods and services, job market and unemployment. 12. Theory of company, production, cost and profit.
Literature
  • Samuelson, P., a Nordhaus, W.: Ekonomie, 18. vydání Praha: Svoboda, 2007. ISBN 978-80-205-0590-3
  • MUSIL, Petr, Kamil FUCHS, Aleš FRANC and Šárka GRIGARČÍKOVÁ. Ekonomie (Economics). 1st ed. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, s.r.o., 2008, 412 pp. ISBN 978-80-7380-126-7. info
  • HOLMAN, Robert. Ekonomie. 4. aktualiz. vyd. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2005, xxii, 709. ISBN 8071798916. info
  • VLČEK, Josef. Ekonomie a ekonomika. 3. vyd. Praha: ASPI, 2005, 559 s. ISBN 807357103X. info
Assessment methods
Instruction is in form of group discussions in set terms and according to a set schedule including independent study based on recommended literature. Acquired knowledge will be tested in a written exam whose results will be published.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 10 hodin konzultací.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015.
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