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Lecturer(s)
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Volejníková Jolana, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Historical approaches to macroeconomics. Aims and instruments of macroeconomics. Aggregate supply and demand. Quantification of national economy efficiency. Analysis of consumption, savings and investments. Theory of product determination. Money and banking. Inflation. Unemployment. Economic growth and business cycle. Monetary policy. Fiscal policy, deficits and national debt. International trade and exchange. Exchange rates and international monetary system.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
- Contact teaching
- 14 hours per semester
- Preparation for a credit (assessment)
- 16 hours per semester
- Independent critical reading
- 40 hours per semester
- Preparation for an exam
- 35 hours per semester
- Home preparation for classes
- 45 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the basics of macroeconomics, its goals and tools, including alternative approaches to solving macroeconomic problems.
Students will be acquainted with basic macroeconomic aims, price stability problem, unemployment, economic efficiency and external stability as well as with instruments of the stabilization economic policy in its contexture, furthermore, they will understand causes and effects of the market failure at the national level and know how to select and apply adequate approaches in solving selected macroeconomic problems and how to defend these approaches in the discussion.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written examination, Home assignment evaluation, Student performance assessment
The assignment is granted upon completion of the following conditions: attendance at seminars and passing the written test.
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Recommended literature
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JUREČKA a kol.:. Makroekonomie. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2014..
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MANKIW, N. G.:. Zásady ekonomie. Praha: Grada Publishing, 1999.
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Pavelka, Tomáš. Makroekonomie : základní kurz. [Slaný]: Melandrium, 2007. ISBN 978-80-86175-52-2.
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PROVAZNÍKOVÁ, R., VOLEJNÍKOVÁ, J. Makroekonomie I. pro bakalářské studium, I. a II. díl, distanční opora. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2019.
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SAMUELSON, D. A., NORDHAUS, W. D.:. Ekonomie. Praha: Svoboda Liberta, 1991.
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VOLEJNÍKOVÁ, J. a kol.:. Makroekonomie I - cvičebnice. Pardubice, 2020.
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