FI:VB004 Economic Style of Thinking II - Course Information

VB004 Economic Style of Thinking II

Extent and Intensity

2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

prof. PhDr. Kamil Fuchs, CSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. Ing. Václav Přenosil, CSc.
Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Kamil Fuchs, CSc.

Timetable

Fri 8:00–9:50 D2

Prerequisites (in Czech)

! V004 Economic Style of Thinking II &&( V003 Economic Style of Thinking I || VB003 Economic Style of Thinking 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

• Applied Informatics (programme FI, B-AP)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-BI)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-FY)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-GE)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-GK)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-CH)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-IO)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-MA)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-SO)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-TV)
• Informatics (programme FI, B-IN)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, M-IN)
• Information Technology (programme FI, B-IN)

Course objectives (in Czech)

Výklad je zaměřen na základní makroekonomické pojmy a vztahy. Důraz je kladen na zejména na vztah ekonomického systému a státní hospodářské politiky, včetně mezinárodních ekonomických vazeb.

Syllabus

• Measuring macroeconomics activity.
• Explaining business cycles and growth.
• Aggregate demand - aggregate supply model.
• A simple model of the macroeconomy: the multiplier model.
• Money and the financial system.
• Determination of the interest rate.
• Unemployment and inflation.
• Monetary and fiscal policy.
• International trade and the theory of comparative advantage.
• Open economy macroeconomics: exchange rates, the balance of payments.

Literature

• Sylaby přednášek, odborné články.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

• Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2006, recent)
  
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