BPE_MAE1 Macroeconomics 1

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2012
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. Miroslav Hloušek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Monika Jandová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Jan Jonáš, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Bc. Martin Machay, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Ing. Štěpán Mikula, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Tomáš Paleta, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Zdeněk Rosenberg (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Martin Slanicay, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Ing. Rostislav Staněk, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Ing. Libor Žídek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Ondřej Komínek (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 P106, Mon 14:35–16:15 P102, Mon 14:35–16:15 P101
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
BPE_MAE1/01: Mon 16:20–17:55 P106, L. Žídek
BPE_MAE1/02: Wed 12:50–14:30 S308, J. Doležalová
BPE_MAE1/03: Wed 14:35–16:15 P403, R. Staněk
BPE_MAE1/04: No timetable has been entered into IS. Š. Mikula
BPE_MAE1/05: Wed 16:20–17:55 P403, Z. Rosenberg
BPE_MAE1/06: No timetable has been entered into IS. M. Hloušek
BPE_MAE1/07: Thu 9:20–11:00 S308, J. Doležalová
BPE_MAE1/08: Thu 9:20–11:00 S309, Š. Mikula
BPE_MAE1/09: Fri 9:20–11:00 S309, M. Machay
BPE_MAE1/10: Mon 16:20–17:55 S309, J. Jonáš
BPE_MAE1/11: Mon 18:00–19:35 P106, J. Jonáš
BPE_MAE1/12: Fri 10:15–11:50 P106
BPE_MAE1/13: Thu 13:45–15:20 VT314, Z. Rosenberg
BPE_MAE1/14: Thu 14:35–16:15 S308, Š. Mikula
BPE_MAE1/15: No timetable has been entered into IS. J. Jonáš
BPE_MAE1/16: Tue 16:20–17:55 P303, J. Čapek
BPE_MAE1/17: Tue 14:35–16:15 P403, J. Čapek
BPE_MAE1/18: Fri 11:05–12:45 P403, M. Machay
BPE_MAE1/19: Fri 12:00–13:35 P106
BPE_MAE1/20: Tue 12:50–14:30 P106, M. Jandová
BPE_MAE1/21: Tue 12:50–14:30 P403, J. Čapek
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 11:05–12:45 P104, L. Žídek
BPE_MAE1/25: Tue 16:20–17:55 P403, M. Slanicay
BPE_MAE1/26: Thu 17:10–18:45 P102, M. Machay
BPE_MAE1/27: Wed 12:50–14:30 S310, Z. Rosenberg
BPE_MAE1/28: Thu 11:05–12:45 S308, J. Doležalová
BPE_MAE1/29: Thu 12:50–14:30 P403, M. Jandová
BPE_MAE1/30: Mon 18:00–19:35 P403, M. Slanicay
BPE_MAE1/31: Tue 18:00–19:35 P403, M. Slanicay
BPE_MAE1/32: Thu 15:30–17:05 P312, Z. Rosenberg
BPE_MAE1/33: Wed 11:05–12:45 S308, J. Doležalová
BPE_MAE1/34: Wed 14:35–16:15 S308, Z. Rosenberg
Prerequisites (in Czech)
(! PEMAKI Macroeconomics I ) && (! PEMAAI Macroeconomics I )
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
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. If the student is caught during the examination performing any form of forbidden activity (for example: cribbing, allowing cribbing, using non-permitted materials and devices, exchanging tests, creating copies of tests, or substituting for other student), the teacher will stop the exam and according to the seriousness of the offence the student will be graded F, or FF or even FFF.
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.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, 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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