BPE_MAE1 Macroeconomics 1

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 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. Jitka Doležalová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Monika Jandová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Jan Jonáš, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Ing. Štěpán Mikula, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Zdeněk Rosenberg (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Martin Slanicay, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Mgr. Václav Šebek (seminar tutor)
doc. Ing. Libor Žídek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Peter Baďo (assistant)
Mgr. Hana Fitzová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Ing. Eliška Hanauerová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Ing. Petra Chovancová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Ing. et Ing. Soňa Jakubová Niedermayerová (assistant)
Ing. Ondřej Komínek (assistant)
Ing. Veronika Končiková (assistant)
Ing. Mgr. Vlastimil Reichel, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Ing. Jaromír Vojtaj (assistant)
Ing. Petr Zimčík, Ph.D. (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
Mon 14:35–16:15 P102, Mon 14:35–16:15 P106, Mon 14:35–16:15 P101
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
BPE_MAE1/T01: Mon 18. 2. to Sun 19. 5. Thu 12:00–13:55 510, Š. Mikula
BPE_MAE1/01: Mon 16:20–17:55 P106, L. Žídek
BPE_MAE1/02: Wed 12:50–14:30 S308, M. Jandová
BPE_MAE1/03: Wed 14:35–16:15 P403, Š. Mikula
BPE_MAE1/05: Wed 16:20–17:55 P403, Š. Mikula
BPE_MAE1/06: No timetable has been entered into IS. J. Čapek
BPE_MAE1/07: Thu 9:20–11:00 S308
BPE_MAE1/09: Fri 9:20–11:00 S309, Š. Mikula
BPE_MAE1/10: Mon 16:20–17:55 S309, M. Slanicay
BPE_MAE1/11: Mon 18:00–19:35 P106, M. Slanicay
BPE_MAE1/12: No timetable has been entered into IS.
BPE_MAE1/13: each even Thursday 13:45–15:20 VT314
BPE_MAE1/14: Thu 14:35–16:15 S308, J. Jonáš
BPE_MAE1/15: No timetable has been entered into IS. J. Jonáš
BPE_MAE1/17: Tue 14:35–16:15 P403, Z. Rosenberg
BPE_MAE1/18: Fri 11:05–12:45 P403, Š. Mikula
BPE_MAE1/19: Fri 12:50–14:30 P106
BPE_MAE1/20: Tue 12:50–14:30 P106, M. Slanicay
BPE_MAE1/21: Tue 12:50–14:30 P403, Z. Rosenberg
BPE_MAE1/22: Tue 14:35–16:15 P201, M. Slanicay
BPE_MAE1/23: No timetable has been entered into IS. J. Jonáš
BPE_MAE1/24: Tue 16:20–17:55 P104, J. Jonáš
BPE_MAE1/25: Tue 16:20–17:55 P403, Z. Rosenberg
BPE_MAE1/26: Thu 17:10–18:45 P102, J. Doležalová
BPE_MAE1/27: Wed 12:50–14:30 S310, Z. Rosenberg
BPE_MAE1/28: Thu 11:05–12:45 S308
BPE_MAE1/32: Thu 15:30–17:05 P312, J. Doležalová
BPE_MAE1/33: Wed 11:05–12:45 S308, M. Jandová
BPE_MAE1/34: Wed 14:35–16:15 S308, J. Jonáš
Prerequisites (in Czech)
(! PEMAKI Macroeconomics I ) && (! PEMAAI Macroeconomics I )
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
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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
  • 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, 2000, 763 s. ISBN 80-7169-891-1. info
    recommended literature
  • HOLMAN, Robert. Ekonomie. 3. aktualiz. vyd. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2002, xxii, 714. ISBN 8071796816. info
  • SAMUELSON, Paul A. and William D. NORDHAUS. Economics [Samuelson, 1992]. 14th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1992, xlii, 784. ISBN 0-07-054879-X. info
Teaching methods
The course has a form of a lecture and a seminar. Credit requirements: 3 credit progress tests, active participation in seminars. The students have to fill self-correcting exercises in the IS during every week in the semester.
Assessment methods
The course is concluded by a written exam. The test is to be taken during the exam period. Any copying, recording or leaking tests, use of unauthorized tools, aids and communication devices, or other disruptions of objectivity of exams (credit tests) will be considered non-compliance with the conditions for course completion as well as a severe violation of the study rules. Consequently, the teacher will finish the exam (credit test) by awarding grade "F" in the Information System, and the Dean will initiate disciplinary proceedings that may result in study termination.
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 PEMAKI nebo PEMAAI.
Information about innovation of course.
This course has been innovated under the project "Inovace studia ekonomických disciplín v souladu s požadavky znalostní ekonomiky (CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0227)" which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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