FSS:VPLn4403 Economics - Course Information

VPLn4403 Economics

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

doc. Ing. Veronika Hedija, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. Ing. Veronika Hedija, Ph.D.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies

Timetable

Tue 10:00–11:40 PC25

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 67 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 31/67, only registered: 0/67, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/67

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Personnel management and organisational development (programme FSS, N-VSPLZ) (2)
• Social services and management in civic sector (programme FSS, N-VSPLZ)
• Public and Social Policy and Human Resources (programme FSS, N-VSPLZ) (2)
• Public and Social Policy (programme FSS, N-VSPLZ) (2)
• Public Policy and Human Resources (programme FSS, N-SP)
• Public Policy and Human Resources (programme FSS, N-SP, specialization Personnel Management and Organizational Development)
• Public Policy and Human Resources (programme FSS, N-SP, specialization Social Policy)
• Public Policy and Human Resources (programme FSS, N-SP, specialization Labour market, employment policy and human resources development)

Course objectives

At the end of the course students should be able to: to appraise policy impact on economic efficiency; to distinguish short-run and medium-run effects of macroeconomic policy.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course students should be able to: to appraise policy impact on economic efficiency; to distinguish short-run and medium-run effects of macroeconomic policy.

Syllabus

• Introduction. Supply, demand, market equilibrium, efficiency
• Output of the economy and its measurement
• Aggregate supply, aggregate demand, equilibrium output of the economy
• Models of economic equilibrium
• Economic growth and business cycles
• Money and the banking system
• Inflation
• Labor market, unemployment and the Phillips curve
• Role of the state in the economy and macroeconomic policy
• Fiscal policy
• Monetary policy
• Open economy

Literature

required literature
• MANKIW, N. Gregory. Principles of economics. Ninth edition. Boston: Cengage, 2021, xxxi, 816. ISBN 9780357038314. info
• HOLMAN, Robert. Ekonomie. 6. vydání. V Praze: C.H. Beck, 2016, xxii, 696. ISBN 9788074002786. info
• SAMUELSON, Paul Anthony and William D. NORDHAUS. Ekonomie : 19. vydání. Vydání první. Praha: NS Svoboda, 2013, xxiv, 715. ISBN 9788020506290. info

recommended literature
• MANKIW, N. Gregory. Macroeconomics. Ninth edition. New York: Worth Publishers, 2016, xxxv, 642. ISBN 9781464182891. info
• MANKIW, N. Gregory. Zásady ekonomie. Praha: Grada, 2000, 763 s. ISBN 80-7169-891-1. info

Teaching methods

Lecture. Solving tasks.

Assessment methods

Written exam

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• SPP402 Employment and Labour Market Policy
• SPP404 Economy of the Welfare State
• SPP501 Labour Market Theory

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

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