ESF:MPF_MEFI International Finance - Course Information
MPF_MEFI International Finance
Faculty of Economics and AdministrationAutumn 2014
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Ing. Miroslav Sponer, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- Ing. Miroslav Sponer, Ph.D.
Department of Finance – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Iva Havlíčková
Supplier department: Department of Finance – Faculty of Economics and Administration - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ! PFMEZF International Finance
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Finance (programme ESF, M-FU)
- Finance (programme ESF, N-FU)
- Finance Mathematics (programme PřF, N-MA)
- Course objectives
- At the end of this course, students should be able to analyse and interpret informations on balancing international monetary relations;
understand problems of exchange rates, currency risk, and transactions on an exchange market. - Syllabus
- 1. Principles of international finance;
- 2. Balance of payments;
- 3. Economic analyses of balance of payments;
- 4. Exchange rates and their determinants;
- 5. Theories of exchange rates comparison;
- 6. Exchange rates systems;
- 7. History of Czech crown exchange rate;
- 8. Exchange market structure;
- 9. Transactions on the exchange market;
- 10.Currency risk management;
- 11.International investments;
- 12.Foreign exchange reserves;
- 13.Central bank foreign exchange interventions.
- Literature
- required literature
- DURČÁKOVÁ, Jaroslava and Martin MANDEL. Mezinárodní finance. 4. aktualiz. a dopl. vyd. Praha: Management Press, 2010, 487 s. ISBN 9788072612215. info
- recommended literature
- JANKOVSKÁ, Anežka and Miroslav SPONER. Mezinárodní finance. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1999, 211 s. ISBN 8021020873. info
- MANDEL, Martin and Vladimír TOMŠÍK. Monetární ekonomie v malé otevřené ekonomice. 2., rozš. vyd. Praha: Management Press, 2008, 367 s. ISBN 9788072611850. info
- PILBEAM, Keith. International finance. 2nd ed. Houndmills: Palgrave, 1998, xxvii, 488. ISBN 0-333-73097-6. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, reading, class discussion.
- Assessment methods
- Written test (necessary condition to concede the exam is to reach 60% of the result at minimum).
Oral exam (2 theoretical questions).
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.
The course is taught: every other week.
General note: Nezapisují si studenti, kteří absolvovali předmět PFMEZF. - 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.
- Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- MPF_AIFI International Finance
(!MPF_MEZF) && !NOWANY(MPF_MEZF) || (!MPF_MEFI) - MPF_MEZF International Finance
!MPF_MEFI || (!MPF_MEZF) && !NOWANY(MPF_MEZF)
- MPF_AIFI International Finance
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2014, recent)
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