23.2. Libor Zidek - Economic history of Czechoslovakia
2.3. Libor Zidek - The basic steps of the transformation; Development of the main economic indicators
8.3. Libor Zidek - continuation of the previous lesson
15.3. Libor Zidek - The Privatization Process
22.3. Tomas Paleta - The development of inflation
29.3. Petr Musil - Monetary crisis in 1997 in the Czech republic
5.4. Libor Zidek - Czech trade in the 1990s
12.4. Petr Musil - Fiscal policy during the transition period
19.4. Michal Kvasnicka - The Czech Transformation - An Institutional View
26.4. Tomas Paleta - Exchange rate policy
3.5. Petr Musil - Development of the Czech labour market
10.5. Libor Zidek - The transformation process in Hungary
17.5. Libor Zidek - The transformation process in Poland

Dear colleagues,

there are new self-correcting exercises in the information system (today only a couple of sets of questions is functioning, but I hope this number will soon increase). These exercises give you a chance to test and practice your knowledge gained in the course. They should also help you to prepare  for the exam.

 The instructions:

- the authors of these exercises can use different forms of question. But you always gain maximum of one point for each of the question. Thus the maximum points for each of the sets is the number of questions. You get a penalization of -0,25 point for incorrect answer (where it is possible in the IS).

We do hope that the self-correcting exercises will help you to gain deeper understanding of the topics and prepare for the exam better.

We are happy to receive feedback to the exercises

Libor Zidek

(representing the team of lecturers)

The materials for the course are situated:

The Transformation of the Czech Economy and its Economic Policy

 – the final exam

 

 

The final exam consists of three parts.

 

1. multiple choice test 1-4 correct answers. The questions cover all of the topics.

example:

The monetary crisis in the CR in 1997:

a. led to a change in monetary policy

b. was a result of controlled-floating exchange rate

c. accelerated the EU accession

d. led to economic recession in the following 2 years

maximum is 45 points

 

2.  terms

define specific terms mentioned during the course for example: "appreciation of the real exchange rate".

maximum 15 points

 

3. essay

* select only one of the three mentioned topics

* essay means to write everything that you know about the topic

* always fully keep the topic

* it is recommended to explicitly formulate the goal of the essay!

* it is recommended to underline, make headlines and structure the text

* cover roughly 2 pages

* the essays are marked by the lecturer of the relevant topic

* maximum is 40 points for the essay

 

 

the whole exam:

* total time is 2 hours

* the student needs to gain more than 60 points to pass

* dictionaries are possible to use – they can be scrutinized by the teacher!

* all steps will be taken to prevent any way of cheating – a student will be ordered to leave the exam room on any sign of cheating and he or she will be graded as failed (up to F,F,F)

 

the scale is following:

 

A	85-
B	79-84
C	73-78
D	66-72
E	60-65

 

Name	Address	Info	Note
Libor Žídek	zidek@econ.muni.cz	is.muni.cz/auth/lide/	head teacher - Department of Economics
Petr Musil	pmusil@econ.muni.cz	is.muni.cz/auth/lide/	Department of Economics
Michal Kvasnička	qasar@econ.muni.cz	is.muni.cz/auth/lide/	Department of Economics
Tomáš Paleta	paleta@econ.muni.cz	is.muni.cz/auth/person/13690	Department of Economics

Textbook: Musil, Petr - Dobešová, Dana - Kvizda, Martin - Tomeš, Zdeněk - Žídek, Libor. The Transformation of the Czech Economy. 1. vyd. Brno : ESF MU, 2003. 193 s. skriptum. ISBN 80-210-3292-8

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