Course Information

MPE_EKEI Economics of European Integration

Extent and Intensity

2/2/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Tomáš Paleta, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Tomáš Paleta, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D.
Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Mgr. Jarmila Šveňhová
Supplier department: Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration

Prerequisites

Previous completing of Economic Policy 1, Macroeconomics 2, and Microeconomics 2 is supposed. The course is intended for the second grade of full-time studies in the field of study Economics, Economic Policy, and Economic Policy and International Relations.

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

there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

This course familiarises students with philosophy, mechanisms and institutions of the common macroeconomic policy of the EU. Lectures combine theoretical premises with their practical implementation and thus enable the student to assume an analytical attitude to the individual measures and judge them critically. The course is classified into the topic areas according to economic and political fields: it gradually covers trade and customs policy, agricultural policy, structural policy, policy of economic competition, transportation policy, environmental policy and social policy. Special emphasis is placed on monetary policy, particularly on the conditions of functioning of Economic and Monetary Union, previous experience and its future perspectives. Throughout the course, the process of enlargement (i.e. the area of regional and cohesion policy) and reforms of EU institutions are explored.
The course is organised in the form of lectures and seminars; the lectures offer a review of the appropriate topics and the subject matter is further analysed and discussed in seminars. Students are asked to prepare brief, specialised seminar papers. Credit requirements: active participation in seminars, seminar paper defence.

Learning outcomes

Absolvents will be able:
* to understand the basic tendencies of the EU economic systems’ development;
* to learn historical context of European integration from the economic point of view;
* to analyze basic macroeconomic as well as microeconomic contingencies of the European integration;
* to delineate and analyze benefits and costs of integration process.

Syllabus

• 1. Microeconomics of European integration – basic instruments in theory and practice, graphic analyses, tariff barriers, protectionism and its costs.
• 2. Preferential liberalization – analyses of discriminatory liberalization, customs union analyses, free trade zones, WTO and EU case studies.
• 3. Market extension - liberalization, defragmentation, and industrial restructuring in theory and practice of the EU. Economic effects of antimonopoly policy.
• 4. Economic growth effects and integration of factors’ market – short-time effects in Sollow analysis, long-time effects and know-how.
• 5. Common agriculture policy – objectives and former aims, problems, reforms and its impacts. Cost-benefit analyses of CAP, proposals and possibilities of further development.
• 6. Regional policy and transport policy – problem of cohesion, geographical singularities and its economic aspects. Costs and benefits of cohesion policies.
• 7. Monetary history of Europe – gold standard, Bretton-Woods, monetary integration. Exchange rate policy and common monetary policy.
• 8. European monetary system EMS – conception, expectations, results, crises. Theory and practice of fixed exchange rate policy of EU countries.
• 9. Optimal currency areas theory – definition, problems, criteria. Empirical analyses of the European Union as currency area, measurement, perspectives.
• 10. European monetary union – Maastricht Treaty, objectives and aims of common monetary policy. European system of central banks – targets, instruments, and strategies, independency of the ECB.
• 11. Fiscal policy and Stability and Growth Pact – national fiscal policies within EMU, externalities, SGP principles, its impacts.
• 12. Financial markets in Euro zone – financial institutions and markets, international signification of the common currency.
• 13. Economic integration and labour market problems – national labour markets and integration impacts, institutions of labour markets, theory and practice of European model.

Literature

required literature
• BALDWIN, R.E. a Ch. WYPLOSZ. The economics of European integration. 6th ed. London: McGraw-Hill, 2022. xx, 458. ISBN 9780077121631.

recommended literature
• MOLLE, Willem T.M. The economics of European integration :theory, practice, policy. 4th ed. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001, xiii, 548. ISBN 0-7546-2195-2. info

Teaching methods

Lectures and class discussions on seminars based on pre-reading of primary sources.

Assessment methods

During semester students elaborate on seminar works which are discussed in seminars. Control test are written in 7th and 13th week. Results of the seminar work as well as of control tests are a part of final evaluation. Final exam is verbal.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Přednášky jsou dostupné online a ze záznamu.
Credit evaluation note: k=2,7.

MPE_EKEI Economics of European Integration

Extent and Intensity

2/2/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Tomáš Paleta, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Tomáš Paleta, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D.
Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Mgr. Jarmila Šveňhová
Supplier department: Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration

Timetable

Mon 14:00–15:50 P104

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

MPE_EKEI/01: Mon 16:00–17:50 P104, M. Kvizda, T. Paleta

Prerequisites

Previous completing of Economic Policy 1, Macroeconomics 2, and Microeconomics 2 is supposed. The course is intended for the second grade of full-time studies in the field of study Economics, Economic Policy, and Economic Policy and International Relations.

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

there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

This course familiarises students with philosophy, mechanisms and institutions of the common macroeconomic policy of the EU. Lectures combine theoretical premises with their practical implementation and thus enable the student to assume an analytical attitude to the individual measures and judge them critically. The course is classified into the topic areas according to economic and political fields: it gradually covers trade and customs policy, agricultural policy, structural policy, policy of economic competition, transportation policy, environmental policy and social policy. Special emphasis is placed on monetary policy, particularly on the conditions of functioning of Economic and Monetary Union, previous experience and its future perspectives. Throughout the course, the process of enlargement (i.e. the area of regional and cohesion policy) and reforms of EU institutions are explored.
The course is organised in the form of lectures and seminars; the lectures offer a review of the appropriate topics and the subject matter is further analysed and discussed in seminars. Students are asked to prepare brief, specialised seminar papers. Credit requirements: active participation in seminars, seminar paper defence.

Learning outcomes

Absolvents will be able:
* to understand the basic tendencies of the EU economic systems’ development;
* to learn historical context of European integration from the economic point of view;
* to analyze basic macroeconomic as well as microeconomic contingencies of the European integration;
* to delineate and analyze benefits and costs of integration process.

Syllabus

• 1. Microeconomics of European integration – basic instruments in theory and practice, graphic analyses, tariff barriers, protectionism and its costs.
• 2. Preferential liberalization – analyses of discriminatory liberalization, customs union analyses, free trade zones, WTO and EU case studies.
• 3. Market extension - liberalization, defragmentation, and industrial restructuring in theory and practice of the EU. Economic effects of antimonopoly policy.
• 4. Economic growth effects and integration of factors’ market – short-time effects in Sollow analysis, long-time effects and know-how.
• 5. Common agriculture policy – objectives and former aims, problems, reforms and its impacts. Cost-benefit analyses of CAP, proposals and possibilities of further development.
• 6. Regional policy and transport policy – problem of cohesion, geographical singularities and its economic aspects. Costs and benefits of cohesion policies.
• 7. Monetary history of Europe – gold standard, Bretton-Woods, monetary integration. Exchange rate policy and common monetary policy.
• 8. European monetary system EMS – conception, expectations, results, crises. Theory and practice of fixed exchange rate policy of EU countries.
• 9. Optimal currency areas theory – definition, problems, criteria. Empirical analyses of the European Union as currency area, measurement, perspectives.
• 10. European monetary union – Maastricht Treaty, objectives and aims of common monetary policy. European system of central banks – targets, instruments, and strategies, independency of the ECB.
• 11. Fiscal policy and Stability and Growth Pact – national fiscal policies within EMU, externalities, SGP principles, its impacts.
• 12. Financial markets in Euro zone – financial institutions and markets, international signification of the common currency.
• 13. Economic integration and labour market problems – national labour markets and integration impacts, institutions of labour markets, theory and practice of European model.

Literature

required literature
• BALDWIN, R.E. a Ch. WYPLOSZ. The economics of European integration. 6th ed. London: McGraw-Hill, 2022. xx, 458. ISBN 9780077121631.

recommended literature
• MOLLE, Willem T.M. The economics of European integration :theory, practice, policy. 4th ed. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001, xiii, 548. ISBN 0-7546-2195-2. info

Teaching methods

Lectures and class discussions on seminars based on pre-reading of primary sources.

Assessment methods

During semester students elaborate on seminar works which are discussed in seminars. Control test are written in 7th and 13th week. Results of the seminar work as well as of control tests are a part of final evaluation. Final exam is verbal.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Přednášky jsou dostupné online a ze záznamu.
Credit evaluation note: k=2,7.

MPE_EKEI Economics of European Integration

Extent and Intensity

2/2/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Tomáš Paleta, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Tomáš Paleta, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ing. Ondřej Špetík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D.
Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Mgr. Jarmila Šveňhová
Supplier department: Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration

Timetable

Mon 14:00–15:50 P104, except Mon 27. 3.

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

MPE_EKEI/03: Mon 16:00–17:50 P104, except Mon 27. 3., T. Paleta

Prerequisites

Previous completing of Economic Policy 1, Macroeconomics 2, and Microeconomics 2 is supposed. The course is intended for the second grade of full-time studies in the field of study Economics, Economic Policy, and Economic Policy and International Relations.

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

there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

This course familiarises students with philosophy, mechanisms and institutions of the common macroeconomic policy of the EU. Lectures combine theoretical premises with their practical implementation and thus enable the student to assume an analytical attitude to the individual measures and judge them critically. The course is classified into the topic areas according to economic and political fields: it gradually covers trade and customs policy, agricultural policy, structural policy, policy of economic competition, transportation policy, environmental policy and social policy. Special emphasis is placed on monetary policy, particularly on the conditions of functioning of Economic and Monetary Union, previous experience and its future perspectives. Throughout the course, the process of enlargement (i.e. the area of regional and cohesion policy) and reforms of EU institutions are explored.
The course is organised in the form of lectures and seminars; the lectures offer a review of the appropriate topics and the subject matter is further analysed and discussed in seminars. Students are asked to prepare brief, specialised seminar papers. Credit requirements: active participation in seminars, seminar paper defence.

Learning outcomes

Absolvents will be able:
* to understand the basic tendencies of the EU economic systems’ development;
* to learn historical context of European integration from the economic point of view;
* to analyze basic macroeconomic as well as microeconomic contingencies of the European integration;
* to delineate and analyze benefits and costs of integration process.

Syllabus

• 1. Microeconomics of European integration – basic instruments in theory and practice, graphic analyses, tariff barriers, protectionism and its costs.
• 2. Preferential liberalization – analyses of discriminatory liberalization, customs union analyses, free trade zones, WTO and EU case studies.
• 3. Market extension - liberalization, defragmentation, and industrial restructuring in theory and practice of the EU. Economic effects of antimonopoly policy.
• 4. Economic growth effects and integration of factors’ market – short-time effects in Sollow analysis, long-time effects and know-how.
• 5. Common agriculture policy – objectives and former aims, problems, reforms and its impacts. Cost-benefit analyses of CAP, proposals and possibilities of further development.
• 6. Regional policy and transport policy – problem of cohesion, geographical singularities and its economic aspects. Costs and benefits of cohesion policies.
• 7. Monetary history of Europe – gold standard, Bretton-Woods, monetary integration. Exchange rate policy and common monetary policy.
• 8. European monetary system EMS – conception, expectations, results, crises. Theory and practice of fixed exchange rate policy of EU countries.
• 9. Optimal currency areas theory – definition, problems, criteria. Empirical analyses of the European Union as currency area, measurement, perspectives.
• 10. European monetary union – Maastricht Treaty, objectives and aims of common monetary policy. European system of central banks – targets, instruments, and strategies, independency of the ECB.
• 11. Fiscal policy and Stability and Growth Pact – national fiscal policies within EMU, externalities, SGP principles, its impacts.
• 12. Financial markets in Euro zone – financial institutions and markets, international signification of the common currency.
• 13. Economic integration and labour market problems – national labour markets and integration impacts, institutions of labour markets, theory and practice of European model.

Literature

required literature
• BALDWIN, Richard E. and Charles WYPLOSZ. Ekonomie evropské integrace. Translated by Stanislav Šaroch. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2008, 478 s. ISBN 9788024718071. info
• BALDWIN, Richard E. and Charles WYPLOSZ. The economics of European integration. 3rd ed. London: McGraw-Hill, 2009, xx, 458. ISBN 9780077121631. info

recommended literature
• EL-AGRAA, A.M. The European Union. Economics and Policies. Harlow: Prentice Hall, 2004. info
• SLANÝ, Antonín. Makroekonomická analýza a hospodářská politika (Macroeconomic Analysis and Economic Policy.). 1st ed. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2003, 380 pp. EU 22. ISBN 80-7179-738-3. info
• BALDWIN, Richard E. and Charles WYPLOSZ. The economics of European integration. London: McGraw-Hill, 2004, xx, 458. ISBN 0077103947. info
• MOLLE, Willem T.M. The economics of European integration :theory, practice, policy. 4th ed. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001, xiii, 548. ISBN 0-7546-2195-2. info

Teaching methods

Lectures and class discussions on seminars based on pre-reading of primary sources.

Assessment methods

During semester students elaborate on seminar works which are discussed in seminars. Control test are written in 7th and 13th week. Results of the seminar work as well as of control tests are a part of final evaluation. Final exam is verbal.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Přednášky jsou dostupné online a ze záznamu.
Credit evaluation note: k=2,7.

MPE_EKEI Economics of European Integration

Extent and Intensity

2/2/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Tomáš Paleta, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Tomáš Paleta, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ing. Ondřej Špetík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D.
Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Mgr. Jarmila Šveňhová
Supplier department: Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration

Timetable

Mon 14:00–15:50 P104, except Mon 28. 3.

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

MPE_EKEI/01: Wed 14:00–15:50 S311, except Wed 30. 3., M. Kvizda, T. Paleta
MPE_EKEI/02: Thu 16:00–17:50 S313, except Thu 31. 3., M. Kvizda, T. Paleta

Prerequisites

Previous completing of Economic Policy 1, Macroeconomics 2, and Microeconomics 2 is supposed. The course is intended for the second grade of full-time studies in the field of study Economics, Economic Policy, and Economic Policy and International Relations.

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

there are 11 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

This course familiarises students with philosophy, mechanisms and institutions of the common macroeconomic policy of the EU. Lectures combine theoretical premises with their practical implementation and thus enable the student to assume an analytical attitude to the individual measures and judge them critically. The course is classified into the topic areas according to economic and political fields: it gradually covers trade and customs policy, agricultural policy, structural policy, policy of economic competition, transportation policy, environmental policy and social policy. Special emphasis is placed on monetary policy, particularly on the conditions of functioning of Economic and Monetary Union, previous experience and its future perspectives. Throughout the course, the process of enlargement (i.e. the area of regional and cohesion policy) and reforms of EU institutions are explored.
The course is organised in the form of lectures and seminars; the lectures offer a review of the appropriate topics and the subject matter is further analysed and discussed in seminars. Students are asked to prepare brief, specialised seminar papers. Credit requirements: active participation in seminars, seminar paper defence.

Learning outcomes

Absolvents will be able:
* to understand the basic tendencies of the EU economic systems’ development;
* to learn historical context of European integration from the economic point of view;
* to analyze basic macroeconomic as well as microeconomic contingencies of the European integration;
* to delineate and analyze benefits and costs of integration process.

Syllabus

• 1. Microeconomics of European integration – basic instruments in theory and practice, graphic analyses, tariff barriers, protectionism and its costs.
• 2. Preferential liberalization – analyses of discriminatory liberalization, customs union analyses, free trade zones, WTO and EU case studies.
• 3. Market extension - liberalization, defragmentation, and industrial restructuring in theory and practice of the EU. Economic effects of antimonopoly policy.
• 4. Economic growth effects and integration of factors’ market – short-time effects in Sollow analysis, long-time effects and know-how.
• 5. Common agriculture policy – objectives and former aims, problems, reforms and its impacts. Cost-benefit analyses of CAP, proposals and possibilities of further development.
• 6. Regional policy and transport policy – problem of cohesion, geographical singularities and its economic aspects. Costs and benefits of cohesion policies.
• 7. Monetary history of Europe – gold standard, Bretton-Woods, monetary integration. Exchange rate policy and common monetary policy.
• 8. European monetary system EMS – conception, expectations, results, crises. Theory and practice of fixed exchange rate policy of EU countries.
• 9. Optimal currency areas theory – definition, problems, criteria. Empirical analyses of the European Union as currency area, measurement, perspectives.
• 10. European monetary union – Maastricht Treaty, objectives and aims of common monetary policy. European system of central banks – targets, instruments, and strategies, independency of the ECB.
• 11. Fiscal policy and Stability and Growth Pact – national fiscal policies within EMU, externalities, SGP principles, its impacts.
• 12. Financial markets in Euro zone – financial institutions and markets, international signification of the common currency.
• 13. Economic integration and labour market problems – national labour markets and integration impacts, institutions of labour markets, theory and practice of European model.

Literature

required literature
• BALDWIN, Richard E. and Charles WYPLOSZ. Ekonomie evropské integrace. Translated by Stanislav Šaroch. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2008, 478 s. ISBN 9788024718071. info
• BALDWIN, Richard E. and Charles WYPLOSZ. The economics of European integration. 3rd ed. London: McGraw-Hill, 2009, xx, 458. ISBN 9780077121631. info

recommended literature
• EL-AGRAA, A.M. The European Union. Economics and Policies. Harlow: Prentice Hall, 2004. info
• SLANÝ, Antonín. Makroekonomická analýza a hospodářská politika (Macroeconomic Analysis and Economic Policy.). 1st ed. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2003, 380 pp. EU 22. ISBN 80-7179-738-3. info
• BALDWIN, Richard E. and Charles WYPLOSZ. The economics of European integration. London: McGraw-Hill, 2004, xx, 458. ISBN 0077103947. info
• MOLLE, Willem T.M. The economics of European integration :theory, practice, policy. 4th ed. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001, xiii, 548. ISBN 0-7546-2195-2. info

Teaching methods

Lectures and class discussions on seminars based on pre-reading of primary sources.

Assessment methods

During semester students elaborate on seminar works which are discussed in seminars. Control test are written in 7th and 13th week. Results of the seminar work as well as of control tests are a part of final evaluation. Final exam is verbal.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Přednášky jsou dostupné online a ze záznamu.
Credit evaluation note: k=2,7.

MPE_EKEI Economics of European Integration

Extent and Intensity

2/2/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Tomáš Paleta, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Tomáš Paleta, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ing. Ondřej Špetík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D.
Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Mgr. Jarmila Šveňhová
Supplier department: Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration

Timetable

Mon 14:00–15:50 P104

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

MPE_EKEI/01: Tue 8:00–9:50 P106, M. Kvizda, T. Paleta, O. Špetík

Prerequisites

Previous completing of Economic Policy 1, Macroeconomics 2, and Microeconomics 2 is supposed. The course is intended for the second grade of full-time studies in the field of study Economics, Economic Policy, and Economic Policy and International Relations.

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

there are 11 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

This course familiarises students with philosophy, mechanisms and institutions of the common macroeconomic policy of the EU. Lectures combine theoretical premises with their practical implementation and thus enable the student to assume an analytical attitude to the individual measures and judge them critically. The course is classified into the topic areas according to economic and political fields: it gradually covers trade and customs policy, agricultural policy, structural policy, policy of economic competition, transportation policy, environmental policy and social policy. Special emphasis is placed on monetary policy, particularly on the conditions of functioning of Economic and Monetary Union, previous experience and its future perspectives. Throughout the course, the process of enlargement (i.e. the area of regional and cohesion policy) and reforms of EU institutions are explored.
The course is organised in the form of lectures and seminars; the lectures offer a review of the appropriate topics and the subject matter is further analysed and discussed in seminars. Students are asked to prepare brief, specialised seminar papers. Credit requirements: active participation in seminars, seminar paper defence.

Learning outcomes

Absolvents will be able:
* to understand the basic tendencies of the EU economic systems’ development;
* to learn historical context of European integration from the economic point of view;
* to analyze basic macroeconomic as well as microeconomic contingencies of the European integration;
* to delineate and analyze benefits and costs of integration process.

Syllabus

• 1. Microeconomics of European integration – basic instruments in theory and practice, graphic analyses, tariff barriers, protectionism and its costs.
• 2. Preferential liberalization – analyses of discriminatory liberalization, customs union analyses, free trade zones, WTO and EU case studies.
• 3. Market extension - liberalization, defragmentation, and industrial restructuring in theory and practice of the EU. Economic effects of antimonopoly policy.
• 4. Economic growth effects and integration of factors’ market – short-time effects in Sollow analysis, long-time effects and know-how.
• 5. Common agriculture policy – objectives and former aims, problems, reforms and its impacts. Cost-benefit analyses of CAP, proposals and possibilities of further development.
• 6. Regional policy and transport policy – problem of cohesion, geographical singularities and its economic aspects. Costs and benefits of cohesion policies.
• 7. Monetary history of Europe – gold standard, Bretton-Woods, monetary integration. Exchange rate policy and common monetary policy.
• 8. European monetary system EMS – conception, expectations, results, crises. Theory and practice of fixed exchange rate policy of EU countries.
• 9. Optimal currency areas theory – definition, problems, criteria. Empirical analyses of the European Union as currency area, measurement, perspectives.
• 10. European monetary union – Maastricht Treaty, objectives and aims of common monetary policy. European system of central banks – targets, instruments, and strategies, independency of the ECB.
• 11. Fiscal policy and Stability and Growth Pact – national fiscal policies within EMU, externalities, SGP principles, its impacts.
• 12. Financial markets in Euro zone – financial institutions and markets, international signification of the common currency.
• 13. Economic integration and labour market problems – national labour markets and integration impacts, institutions of labour markets, theory and practice of European model.

Literature

required literature
• BALDWIN, Richard E. and Charles WYPLOSZ. Ekonomie evropské integrace. Translated by Stanislav Šaroch. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2008, 478 s. ISBN 9788024718071. info
• BALDWIN, Richard E. and Charles WYPLOSZ. The economics of European integration. 3rd ed. London: McGraw-Hill, 2009, xx, 458. ISBN 9780077121631. info

recommended literature
• EL-AGRAA, A.M. The European Union. Economics and Policies. Harlow: Prentice Hall, 2004. info
• SLANÝ, Antonín. Makroekonomická analýza a hospodářská politika (Macroeconomic Analysis and Economic Policy.). 1st ed. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2003, 380 pp. EU 22. ISBN 80-7179-738-3. info
• BALDWIN, Richard E. and Charles WYPLOSZ. The economics of European integration. London: McGraw-Hill, 2004, xx, 458. ISBN 0077103947. info
• MOLLE, Willem T.M. The economics of European integration :theory, practice, policy. 4th ed. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001, xiii, 548. ISBN 0-7546-2195-2. info

Teaching methods

Lectures and class discussions on seminars based on pre-reading of primary sources.

Assessment methods

During semester students elaborate on seminar works which are discussed in seminars. Control test are written in 7th and 13th week. Results of the seminar work as well as of control tests are a part of final evaluation. Final exam is verbal.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Přednášky jsou dostupné online a ze záznamu.
Credit evaluation note: k=2,7.

MPE_EKEI Economics of European Integration

Extent and Intensity

2/2/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Tomáš Paleta, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Tomáš Paleta, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Jakub Solnička (seminar tutor)
Zbyněk Cincibus (assistant)
Mgr. Ing. Ondřej Špetík, Ph.D. (assistant)

Guaranteed by

prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D.
Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Mgr. Jarmila Šveňhová
Supplier department: Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration

Timetable

Mon 14:00–15:50 P104

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

MPE_EKEI/02: Tue 8:00–9:50 P106, M. Kvizda, T. Paleta, J. Solnička

Prerequisites

Previous completing of Economic Policy 1, Macroeconomics 2, and Microeconomics 2 is supposed. The course is intended for the second grade of full-time studies in the field of study Economics, Economic Policy, and Economic Policy and International Relations.

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

there are 11 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

This course familiarises students with philosophy, mechanisms and institutions of the common macroeconomic policy of the EU. Lectures combine theoretical premises with their practical implementation and thus enable the student to assume an analytical attitude to the individual measures and judge them critically. The course is classified into the topic areas according to economic and political fields: it gradually covers trade and customs policy, agricultural policy, structural policy, policy of economic competition, transportation policy, environmental policy and social policy. Special emphasis is placed on monetary policy, particularly on the conditions of functioning of Economic and Monetary Union, previous experience and its future perspectives. Throughout the course, the process of enlargement (i.e. the area of regional and cohesion policy) and reforms of EU institutions are explored.
The course is organised in the form of lectures and seminars; the lectures offer a review of the appropriate topics and the subject matter is further analysed and discussed in seminars. Students are asked to prepare brief, specialised seminar papers. Credit requirements: active participation in seminars, seminar paper defence.

Learning outcomes

Absolvents will be able:
* to understand the basic tendencies of the EU economic systems’ development;
* to learn historical context of European integration from the economic point of view;
* to analyze basic macroeconomic as well as microeconomic contingencies of the European integration;
* to delineate and analyze benefits and costs of integration process.

Syllabus

• 1. Microeconomics of European integration – basic instruments in theory and practice, graphic analyses, tariff barriers, protectionism and its costs.
• 2. Preferential liberalization – analyses of discriminatory liberalization, customs union analyses, free trade zones, WTO and EU case studies.
• 3. Market extension - liberalization, defragmentation, and industrial restructuring in theory and practice of the EU. Economic effects of antimonopoly policy.
• 4. Economic growth effects and integration of factors’ market – short-time effects in Sollow analysis, long-time effects and know-how.
• 5. Common agriculture policy – objectives and former aims, problems, reforms and its impacts. Cost-benefit analyses of CAP, proposals and possibilities of further development.
• 6. Regional policy and transport policy – problem of cohesion, geographical singularities and its economic aspects. Costs and benefits of cohesion policies.
• 7. Monetary history of Europe – gold standard, Bretton-Woods, monetary integration. Exchange rate policy and common monetary policy.
• 8. European monetary system EMS – conception, expectations, results, crises. Theory and practice of fixed exchange rate policy of EU countries.
• 9. Optimal currency areas theory – definition, problems, criteria. Empirical analyses of the European Union as currency area, measurement, perspectives.
• 10. European monetary union – Maastricht Treaty, objectives and aims of common monetary policy. European system of central banks – targets, instruments, and strategies, independency of the ECB.
• 11. Fiscal policy and Stability and Growth Pact – national fiscal policies within EMU, externalities, SGP principles, its impacts.
• 12. Financial markets in Euro zone – financial institutions and markets, international signification of the common currency.
• 13. Economic integration and labour market problems – national labour markets and integration impacts, institutions of labour markets, theory and practice of European model.

Literature

required literature
• BALDWIN, Richard E. and Charles WYPLOSZ. Ekonomie evropské integrace. Translated by Stanislav Šaroch. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2008, 478 s. ISBN 9788024718071. info
• BALDWIN, Richard E. and Charles WYPLOSZ. The economics of European integration. 3rd ed. London: McGraw-Hill, 2009, xx, 458. ISBN 9780077121631. info

recommended literature
• EL-AGRAA, A.M. The European Union. Economics and Policies. Harlow: Prentice Hall, 2004. info
• SLANÝ, Antonín. Makroekonomická analýza a hospodářská politika (Macroeconomic Analysis and Economic Policy.). 1st ed. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2003, 380 pp. EU 22. ISBN 80-7179-738-3. info
• BALDWIN, Richard E. and Charles WYPLOSZ. The economics of European integration. London: McGraw-Hill, 2004, xx, 458. ISBN 0077103947. info
• MOLLE, Willem T.M. The economics of European integration :theory, practice, policy. 4th ed. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001, xiii, 548. ISBN 0-7546-2195-2. info

Teaching methods

Lectures and class discussions on seminars based on pre-reading of primary sources.

Assessment methods

During semester students elaborate on seminar works which are discussed in seminars. Control test are written in 7th and 13th week. Results of the seminar work as well as of control tests are a part of final evaluation. Final exam is verbal.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Přednášky jsou dostupné online a ze záznamu.
Credit evaluation note: k=2,7.

MPE_EKEI Economics of European Integration

Extent and Intensity

2/2/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Tomáš Paleta, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Tomáš Paleta, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Jakub Solnička (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D.
Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Mgr. Jarmila Šveňhová
Supplier department: Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration

Timetable

Mon 14:00–15:50 P104

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

MPE_EKEI/01: Thu 12:00–13:50 P403, M. Kvizda, J. Solnička
MPE_EKEI/02: Tue 8:00–9:50 P106, T. Paleta

Prerequisites

Previous completing of Economic Policy 1, Macroeconomics 2, and Microeconomics 2 is supposed. The course is intended for the second grade of full-time studies in the field of study Economics, Economic Policy, and Economic Policy and International Relations.

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

there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

This course familiarises students with philosophy, mechanisms and institutions of the common macroeconomic policy of the EU. Lectures combine theoretical premises with their practical implementation and thus enable the student to assume an analytical attitude to the individual measures and judge them critically. The course is classified into the topic areas according to economic and political fields: it gradually covers trade and customs policy, agricultural policy, structural policy, policy of economic competition, transportation policy, environmental policy and social policy. Special emphasis is placed on monetary policy, particularly on the conditions of functioning of Economic and Monetary Union, previous experience and its future perspectives. Throughout the course, the process of enlargement (i.e. the area of regional and cohesion policy) and reforms of EU institutions are explored.
The course is organised in the form of lectures and seminars; the lectures offer a review of the appropriate topics and the subject matter is further analysed and discussed in seminars. Students are asked to prepare brief, specialised seminar papers. Credit requirements: active participation in seminars, seminar paper defence.

Learning outcomes

Absolvents will be able:
* to understand the basic tendencies of the EU economic systems’ development;
* to learn historical context of European integration from the economic point of view;
* to analyze basic macroeconomic as well as microeconomic contingencies of the European integration;
* to delineate and analyze benefits and costs of integration process.

Syllabus

• 1. Microeconomics of European integration – basic instruments in theory and practice, graphic analyses, tariff barriers, protectionism and its costs.
• 2. Preferential liberalization – analyses of discriminatory liberalization, customs union analyses, free trade zones, WTO and EU case studies.
• 3. Market extension - liberalization, defragmentation, and industrial restructuring in theory and practice of the EU. Economic effects of antimonopoly policy.
• 4. Economic growth effects and integration of factors’ market – short-time effects in Sollow analysis, long-time effects and know-how.
• 5. Common agriculture policy – objectives and former aims, problems, reforms and its impacts. Cost-benefit analyses of CAP, proposals and possibilities of further development.
• 6. Regional policy and transport policy – problem of cohesion, geographical singularities and its economic aspects. Costs and benefits of cohesion policies.
• 7. Monetary history of Europe – gold standard, Bretton-Woods, monetary integration. Exchange rate policy and common monetary policy.
• 8. European monetary system EMS – conception, expectations, results, crises. Theory and practice of fixed exchange rate policy of EU countries.
• 9. Optimal currency areas theory – definition, problems, criteria. Empirical analyses of the European Union as currency area, measurement, perspectives.
• 10. European monetary union – Maastricht Treaty, objectives and aims of common monetary policy. European system of central banks – targets, instruments, and strategies, independency of the ECB.
• 11. Fiscal policy and Stability and Growth Pact – national fiscal policies within EMU, externalities, SGP principles, its impacts.
• 12. Financial markets in Euro zone – financial institutions and markets, international signification of the common currency.
• 13. Economic integration and labour market problems – national labour markets and integration impacts, institutions of labour markets, theory and practice of European model.

Literature

required literature
• BALDWIN, Richard E. and Charles WYPLOSZ. Ekonomie evropské integrace. Translated by Stanislav Šaroch. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2008, 478 s. ISBN 9788024718071. info
• BALDWIN, Richard E. and Charles WYPLOSZ. The economics of European integration. 3rd ed. London: McGraw-Hill, 2009, xx, 458. ISBN 9780077121631. info

recommended literature
• EL-AGRAA, A.M. The European Union. Economics and Policies. Harlow: Prentice Hall, 2004. info
• SLANÝ, Antonín. Makroekonomická analýza a hospodářská politika (Macroeconomic Analysis and Economic Policy.). 1st ed. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2003, 380 pp. EU 22. ISBN 80-7179-738-3. info
• BALDWIN, Richard E. and Charles WYPLOSZ. The economics of European integration. London: McGraw-Hill, 2004, xx, 458. ISBN 0077103947. info
• MOLLE, Willem T.M. The economics of European integration :theory, practice, policy. 4th ed. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001, xiii, 548. ISBN 0-7546-2195-2. info

Teaching methods

Lectures and class discussions on seminars based on pre-reading of primary sources.

Assessment methods

During semester students elaborate on seminar works which are discussed in seminars. Control test are written in 7th and 13th week. Results of the seminar work as well as of control tests are a part of final evaluation. Final exam is verbal.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Přednášky jsou dostupné online a ze záznamu.
Credit evaluation note: k=2,7.

MPE_EKEI Economics of European Integration

Extent and Intensity

2/2/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Tomáš Paleta, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Tomáš Paleta, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Dominik Chmelař (assistant)

Guaranteed by

prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D.
Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Mgr. Jarmila Šveňhová
Supplier department: Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration

Timetable

Mon 14:35–16:15 P403

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

MPE_EKEI/01: Thu 12:50–14:30 P403, T. Paleta
MPE_EKEI/02: Tue 9:20–11:00 P106, M. Kvizda

Prerequisites

Previous completing of Economic Policy 1, Macroeconomics 2, and Microeconomics 2 is supposed. The course is intended for the second grade of full-time studies in the field of study Economics, Economic Policy, and Economic Policy and International Relations.

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

there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

This course familiarises students with philosophy, mechanisms and institutions of the common macroeconomic policy of the EU. Lectures combine theoretical premises with their practical implementation and thus enable the student to assume an analytical attitude to the individual measures and judge them critically. The course is classified into the topic areas according to economic and political fields: it gradually covers trade and customs policy, agricultural policy, structural policy, policy of economic competition, transportation policy, environmental policy and social policy. Special emphasis is placed on monetary policy, particularly on the conditions of functioning of Economic and Monetary Union, previous experience and its future perspectives. Throughout the course, the process of enlargement (i.e. the area of regional and cohesion policy) and reforms of EU institutions are explored.
The course is organised in the form of lectures and seminars; the lectures offer a review of the appropriate topics and the subject matter is further analysed and discussed in seminars. Students are asked to prepare brief, specialised seminar papers. Credit requirements: active participation in seminars, seminar paper defence.

Learning outcomes

Absolvents will be able:
* to understand the basic tendencies of the EU economic systems’ development;
* to learn historical context of European integration from the economic point of view;
* to analyze basic macroeconomic as well as microeconomic contingencies of the European integration;
* to delineate and analyze benefits and costs of integration process.

Syllabus

• 1. Microeconomics of European integration – basic instruments in theory and practice, graphic analyses, tariff barriers, protectionism and its costs.
• 2. Preferential liberalization – analyses of discriminatory liberalization, customs union analyses, free trade zones, WTO and EU case studies.
• 3. Market extension - liberalization, defragmentation, and industrial restructuring in theory and practice of the EU. Economic effects of antimonopoly policy.
• 4. Economic growth effects and integration of factors’ market – short-time effects in Sollow analysis, long-time effects and know-how.
• 5. Common agriculture policy – objectives and former aims, problems, reforms and its impacts. Cost-benefit analyses of CAP, proposals and possibilities of further development.
• 6. Regional policy and transport policy – problem of cohesion, geographical singularities and its economic aspects. Costs and benefits of cohesion policies.
• 7. Monetary history of Europe – gold standard, Bretton-Woods, monetary integration. Exchange rate policy and common monetary policy.
• 8. European monetary system EMS – conception, expectations, results, crises. Theory and practice of fixed exchange rate policy of EU countries.
• 9. Optimal currency areas theory – definition, problems, criteria. Empirical analyses of the European Union as currency area, measurement, perspectives.
• 10. European monetary union – Maastricht Treaty, objectives and aims of common monetary policy. European system of central banks – targets, instruments, and strategies, independency of the ECB.
• 11. Fiscal policy and Stability and Growth Pact – national fiscal policies within EMU, externalities, SGP principles, its impacts.
• 12. Financial markets in Euro zone – financial institutions and markets, international signification of the common currency.
• 13. Economic integration and labour market problems – national labour markets and integration impacts, institutions of labour markets, theory and practice of European model.

Literature

required literature
• BALDWIN, Richard E. and Charles WYPLOSZ. Ekonomie evropské integrace. Translated by Stanislav Šaroch. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2008, 478 s. ISBN 9788024718071. info
• BALDWIN, Richard E. and Charles WYPLOSZ. The economics of European integration. 3rd ed. London: McGraw-Hill, 2009, xx, 458. ISBN 9780077121631. info

recommended literature
• EL-AGRAA, A.M. The European Union. Economics and Policies. Harlow: Prentice Hall, 2004. info
• SLANÝ, Antonín. Makroekonomická analýza a hospodářská politika (Macroeconomic Analysis and Economic Policy.). 1st ed. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2003, 380 pp. EU 22. ISBN 80-7179-738-3. info
• BALDWIN, Richard E. and Charles WYPLOSZ. The economics of European integration. London: McGraw-Hill, 2004, xx, 458. ISBN 0077103947. info
• MOLLE, Willem T.M. The economics of European integration :theory, practice, policy. 4th ed. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001, xiii, 548. ISBN 0-7546-2195-2. info

Teaching methods

Lectures and class discussions on seminars based on pre-reading of primary sources.

Assessment methods

During semester students elaborate on seminar works which are discussed in seminars. Control test are written in 7th and 13th week. Results of the seminar work as well as of control tests are a part of final evaluation. Final exam is verbal.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Přednášky jsou dostupné online a ze záznamu.
Credit evaluation note: k=2,7.

MPE_EKEI Economics of European Integration

Extent and Intensity

2/2/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Tomáš Paleta, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Tomáš Paleta, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Veronika Končiková (assistant)

Guaranteed by

prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D.
Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Mgr. Jarmila Šveňhová
Supplier department: Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration

Timetable

Mon 14:35–16:15 P403

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

MPE_EKEI/01: Thu 12:50–14:30 P403, T. Paleta
MPE_EKEI/02: Tue 9:20–11:00 P106, M. Kvizda

Prerequisites

Previous completing of Economic Policy 1, Macroeconomics 2, and Microeconomics 2 is supposed. The course is intended for the second grade of full-time studies in the field of study Economics, Economic Policy, and Economic Policy and International Relations.

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

there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

This course familiarises students with philosophy, mechanisms and institutions of the common macroeconomic policy of the EU. Lectures combine theoretical premises with their practical implementation and thus enable the student to assume an analytical attitude to the individual measures and judge them critically. The course is classified into the topic areas according to economic and political fields: it gradually covers trade and customs policy, agricultural policy, structural policy, policy of economic competition, transportation policy, environmental policy and social policy. Special emphasis is placed on monetary policy, particularly on the conditions of functioning of Economic and Monetary Union, previous experience and its future perspectives. Throughout the course, the process of enlargement (i.e. the area of regional and cohesion policy) and reforms of EU institutions are explored.
The course is organised in the form of lectures and seminars; the lectures offer a review of the appropriate topics and the subject matter is further analysed and discussed in seminars. Students are asked to prepare brief, specialised seminar papers. Credit requirements: active participation in seminars, seminar paper defence.
Learning objectives:
* to understand the basic tendencies of the EU economic systems’ development;
* to learn historical context of European integration from the economic point of view;
* to analyze basic macroeconomic as well as microeconomic contingencies of the European integration;
* to delineate and analyze benefits and costs of integration process.

Syllabus

• 1. Microeconomics of European integration – basic instruments in theory and practice, graphic analyses, tariff barriers, protectionism and its costs.
• 2. Preferential liberalization – analyses of discriminatory liberalization, customs union analyses, free trade zones, WTO and EU case studies.
• 3. Market extension - liberalization, defragmentation, and industrial restructuring in theory and practice of the EU. Economic effects of antimonopoly policy.
• 4. Economic growth effects and integration of factors’ market – short-time effects in Sollow analysis, long-time effects and know-how.
• 5. Common agriculture policy – objectives and former aims, problems, reforms and its impacts. Cost-benefit analyses of CAP, proposals and possibilities of further development.
• 6. Regional policy and transport policy – problem of cohesion, geographical singularities and its economic aspects. Costs and benefits of cohesion policies.
• 7. Monetary history of Europe – gold standard, Bretton-Woods, monetary integration. Exchange rate policy and common monetary policy.
• 8. European monetary system EMS – conception, expectations, results, crises. Theory and practice of fixed exchange rate policy of EU countries.
• 9. Optimal currency areas theory – definition, problems, criteria. Empirical analyses of the European Union as currency area, measurement, perspectives.
• 10. European monetary union – Maastricht Treaty, objectives and aims of common monetary policy. European system of central banks – targets, instruments, and strategies, independency of the ECB.
• 11. Fiscal policy and Stability and Growth Pact – national fiscal policies within EMU, externalities, SGP principles, its impacts.
• 12. Financial markets in Euro zone – financial institutions and markets, international signification of the common currency.
• 13. Economic integration and labour market problems – national labour markets and integration impacts, institutions of labour markets, theory and practice of European model.

Literature

required literature
• BALDWIN, Richard E. and Charles WYPLOSZ. Ekonomie evropské integrace. Translated by Stanislav Šaroch. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2008, 478 s. ISBN 9788024718071. info
• BALDWIN, Richard E. and Charles WYPLOSZ. The economics of European integration. 3rd ed. London: McGraw-Hill, 2009, xx, 458. ISBN 9780077121631. info

recommended literature
• EL-AGRAA, A.M. The European Union. Economics and Policies. Harlow: Prentice Hall, 2004. info
• SLANÝ, Antonín. Makroekonomická analýza a hospodářská politika (Macroeconomic Analysis and Economic Policy.). 1st ed. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2003, 380 pp. EU 22. ISBN 80-7179-738-3. info
• BALDWIN, Richard E. and Charles WYPLOSZ. The economics of European integration. London: McGraw-Hill, 2004, xx, 458. ISBN 0077103947. info
• MOLLE, Willem T.M. The economics of European integration :theory, practice, policy. 4th ed. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001, xiii, 548. ISBN 0-7546-2195-2. info

Teaching methods

Lectures and class discussions on seminars based on pre-reading of primary sources.

Assessment methods

During semester students elaborate on seminar works which are discussed in seminars. Control test are written in 7th and 13th week. Results of the seminar work as well as of control tests are a part of final evaluation. Final exam is verbal.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Přednášky jsou dostupné online a ze záznamu.
Credit evaluation note: k=2,7.

MPE_EKEI Economics of European Integration

Extent and Intensity

2/2/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Tomáš Paleta, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Tomáš Paleta, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, 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 P403

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

MPE_EKEI/01: Thu 12:50–14:30 P403, T. Paleta
MPE_EKEI/02: Tue 9:20–11:00 P106, M. Kvizda

Prerequisites

Previous completing of Economic Policy 1, Macroeconomics 2, and Microeconomics 2 is supposed. The course is intended for the second grade of full-time studies in the field of study Economics, Economic Policy, and Economic Policy and International Relations.

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

there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

This course familiarises students with philosophy, mechanisms and institutions of the common macroeconomic policy of the EU. Lectures combine theoretical premises with their practical implementation and thus enable the student to assume an analytical attitude to the individual measures and judge them critically. The course is classified into the topic areas according to economic and political fields: it gradually covers trade and customs policy, agricultural policy, structural policy, policy of economic competition, transportation policy, environmental policy and social policy. Special emphasis is placed on monetary policy, particularly on the conditions of functioning of Economic and Monetary Union, previous experience and its future perspectives. Throughout the course, the process of enlargement (i.e. the area of regional and cohesion policy) and reforms of EU institutions are explored.
The course is organised in the form of lectures and seminars; the lectures offer a review of the appropriate topics and the subject matter is further analysed and discussed in seminars. Students are asked to prepare brief, specialised seminar papers. Credit requirements: active participation in seminars, seminar paper defence.
Learning objectives:
* to understand the basic tendencies of the EU economic systems’ development;
* to learn historical context of European integration from the economic point of view;
* to analyze basic macroeconomic as well as microeconomic contingencies of the European integration;
* to delineate and analyze benefits and costs of integration process.

Syllabus

• 1. Microeconomics of European integration – basic instruments in theory and practice, graphic analyses, tariff barriers, protectionism and its costs.
• 2. Preferential liberalization – analyses of discriminatory liberalization, customs union analyses, free trade zones, WTO and EU case studies.
• 3. Market extension - liberalization, defragmentation, and industrial restructuring in theory and practice of the EU. Economic effects of antimonopoly policy.
• 4. Economic growth effects and integration of factors’ market – short-time effects in Sollow analysis, long-time effects and know-how.
• 5. Common agriculture policy – objectives and former aims, problems, reforms and its impacts. Cost-benefit analyses of CAP, proposals and possibilities of further development.
• 6. Regional policy and transport policy – problem of cohesion, geographical singularities and its economic aspects. Costs and benefits of cohesion policies.
• 7. Monetary history of Europe – gold standard, Bretton-Woods, monetary integration. Exchange rate policy and common monetary policy.
• 8. European monetary system EMS – conception, expectations, results, crises. Theory and practice of fixed exchange rate policy of EU countries.
• 9. Optimal currency areas theory – definition, problems, criteria. Empirical analyses of the European Union as currency area, measurement, perspectives.
• 10. European monetary union – Maastricht Treaty, objectives and aims of common monetary policy. European system of central banks – targets, instruments, and strategies, independency of the ECB.
• 11. Fiscal policy and Stability and Growth Pact – national fiscal policies within EMU, externalities, SGP principles, its impacts.
• 12. Financial markets in Euro zone – financial institutions and markets, international signification of the common currency.
• 13. Economic integration and labour market problems – national labour markets and integration impacts, institutions of labour markets, theory and practice of European model.

Literature

required literature
• BALDWIN, Richard E. and Charles WYPLOSZ. Ekonomie evropské integrace. Translated by Stanislav Šaroch. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2008, 478 s. ISBN 9788024718071. info
• BALDWIN, Richard E. and Charles WYPLOSZ. The economics of European integration. 3rd ed. London: McGraw-Hill, 2009, xx, 458. ISBN 9780077121631. info

recommended literature
• EL-AGRAA, A.M. The European Union. Economics and Policies. Harlow: Prentice Hall, 2004. info
• SLANÝ, Antonín. Makroekonomická analýza a hospodářská politika (Macroeconomic Analysis and Economic Policy.). 1st ed. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2003, 380 pp. EU 22. ISBN 80-7179-738-3. info
• BALDWIN, Richard E. and Charles WYPLOSZ. The economics of European integration. London: McGraw-Hill, 2004, xx, 458. ISBN 0077103947. info
• MOLLE, Willem T.M. The economics of European integration :theory, practice, policy. 4th ed. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001, xiii, 548. ISBN 0-7546-2195-2. info

Teaching methods

Lectures and class discussions on seminars based on pre-reading of primary sources.

Assessment methods

During semester students elaborate on seminar works which are discussed in seminars. Control test are written in 7th and 13th week. Results of the seminar work as well as of control tests are a part of final evaluation. Final exam is verbal.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Přednášky jsou dostupné online a ze záznamu.
Credit evaluation note: k=2,7.

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.

MPE_EKEI Economics of European Integration

Extent and Intensity

2/2/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Tomáš Paleta, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Tomáš Paleta, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Zdeněk Rosenberg (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, 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

Thu 9:20–11:00 P104

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

MPE_EKEI/01: Thu 12:50–14:30 P403, T. Paleta
MPE_EKEI/02: Tue 9:20–11:00 P106, Z. Rosenberg
MPE_EKEI/03: No timetable has been entered into IS.

Prerequisites

! PEHPEU Economic Policy of the EU
Previous completing of Economic Policy 1, Macroeconomics 2, and Microeconomics 2 is supposed. The course is intended for the second grade of full-time studies in the field of study Economics, Economic Policy, and Economic Policy and International Relations.

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

there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

This course familiarises students with philosophy, mechanisms and institutions of the common macroeconomic policy of the EU. Lectures combine theoretical premises with their practical implementation and thus enable the student to assume an analytical attitude to the individual measures and judge them critically. The course is classified into the topic areas according to economic and political fields: it gradually covers trade and customs policy, agricultural policy, structural policy, policy of economic competition, transportation policy, environmental policy and social policy. Special emphasis is placed on monetary policy, particularly on the conditions of functioning of Economic and Monetary Union, previous experience and its future perspectives. Throughout the course, the process of enlargement (i.e. the area of regional and cohesion policy) and reforms of EU institutions are explored.
The course is organised in the form of lectures and seminars; the lectures offer a review of the appropriate topics and the subject matter is further analysed and discussed in seminars. Students are asked to prepare brief, specialised seminar papers. Credit requirements: active participation in seminars, seminar paper defence.
Learning objectives:
* to understand the basic tendencies of the EU economic systems’ development;
* to learn historical context of European integration from the economic point of view;
* to analyze basic macroeconomic as well as microeconomic contingencies of the European integration;
* to delineate and analyze benefits and costs of integration process.

Syllabus

• 1. Microeconomics of European integration – basic instruments in theory and practice, graphic analyses, tariff barriers, protectionism and its costs.
• 2. Preferential liberalization – analyses of discriminatory liberalization, customs union analyses, free trade zones, WTO and EU case studies.
• 3. Market extension - liberalization, defragmentation, and industrial restructuring in theory and practice of the EU. Economic effects of antimonopoly policy.
• 4. Economic growth effects and integration of factors’ market – short-time effects in Sollow analysis, long-time effects and know-how.
• 5. Common agriculture policy – objectives and former aims, problems, reforms and its impacts. Cost-benefit analyses of CAP, proposals and possibilities of further development.
• 6. Regional policy and transport policy – problem of cohesion, geographical singularities and its economic aspects. Costs and benefits of cohesion policies.
• 7. Monetary history of Europe – gold standard, Bretton-Woods, monetary integration. Exchange rate policy and common monetary policy.
• 8. European monetary system EMS – conception, expectations, results, crises. Theory and practice of fixed exchange rate policy of EU countries.
• 9. Optimal currency areas theory – definition, problems, criteria. Empirical analyses of the European Union as currency area, measurement, perspectives.
• 10. European monetary union – Maastricht Treaty, objectives and aims of common monetary policy. European system of central banks – targets, instruments, and strategies, independency of the ECB.
• 11. Fiscal policy and Stability and Growth Pact – national fiscal policies within EMU, externalities, SGP principles, its impacts.
• 12. Financial markets in Euro zone – financial institutions and markets, international signification of the common currency.
• 13. Economic integration and labour market problems – national labour markets and integration impacts, institutions of labour markets, theory and practice of European model.

Literature

required literature
• BALDWIN, Richard E. and Charles WYPLOSZ. Ekonomie evropské integrace. Translated by Stanislav Šaroch. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2008, 478 s. ISBN 9788024718071. info
• BALDWIN, Richard E. and Charles WYPLOSZ. The economics of European integration. 3rd ed. London: McGraw-Hill, 2009, xx, 458. ISBN 9780077121631. info

recommended literature
• EL-AGRAA, A.M. The European Union. Economics and Policies. Harlow: Prentice Hall, 2004. info
• SLANÝ, Antonín. Makroekonomická analýza a hospodářská politika (Macroeconomic Analysis and Economic Policy.). 1st ed. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2003, 380 pp. EU 22. ISBN 80-7179-738-3. info
• BALDWIN, Richard E. and Charles WYPLOSZ. The economics of European integration. London: McGraw-Hill, 2004, xx, 458. ISBN 0077103947. info
• MOLLE, Willem T.M. The economics of European integration :theory, practice, policy. 4th ed. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001, xiii, 548. ISBN 0-7546-2195-2. info

Teaching methods

Lectures and class discussions on seminars based on pre-reading of primary sources.

Assessment methods

During semester students elaborate on seminar works which are discussed in seminars. Control test are written in 7th and 13th week. Results of the seminar work as well as of control tests are a part of final evaluation. Final exam is verbal.

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 PEHPEU.
Credit evaluation note: k=2,7.

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.

MPE_EKEI Economics of European Integration

Extent and Intensity

2/2/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Tomáš Paleta, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Tomáš Paleta, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Zdeněk Rosenberg (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, 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

Thu 9:20–11:00 P104

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

MPE_EKEI/01: Thu 12:50–14:30 P403, T. Paleta
MPE_EKEI/02: Thu 18:00–19:35 P106, Z. Rosenberg
MPE_EKEI/03: Fri 9:20–11:00 P201

Prerequisites

! PEHPEU Economic Policy of the EU
Previous completing of Economic Policy 1, Macroeconomics 2, and Microeconomics 2 is supposed. The course is intended for the second grade of full-time studies in the field of study Economics, Economic Policy, and Economic Policy and International Relations.

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

there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

This course familiarises students with philosophy, mechanisms and institutions of the common macroeconomic policy of the EU. Lectures combine theoretical premises with their practical implementation and thus enable the student to assume an analytical attitude to the individual measures and judge them critically. The course is classified into the topic areas according to economic and political fields: it gradually covers trade and customs policy, agricultural policy, structural policy, policy of economic competition, transportation policy, environmental policy and social policy. Special emphasis is placed on monetary policy, particularly on the conditions of functioning of Economic and Monetary Union, previous experience and its future perspectives. Throughout the course, the process of enlargement (i.e. the area of regional and cohesion policy) and reforms of EU institutions are explored.
The course is organised in the form of lectures and seminars; the lectures offer a review of the appropriate topics and the subject matter is further analysed and discussed in seminars. Students are asked to prepare brief, specialised seminar papers. Credit requirements: active participation in seminars, seminar paper defence.
Learning objectives:
* to understand the basic tendencies of the EU economic systems’ development;
* to learn historical context of European integration from the economic point of view;
* to analyze basic macroeconomic as well as microeconomic contingencies of the European integration;
* to delineate and analyze benefits and costs of integration process.

Syllabus

• 1. Microeconomics of European integration – basic instruments in theory and practice, graphic analyses, tariff barriers, protectionism and its costs.
• 2. Preferential liberalization – analyses of discriminatory liberalization, customs union analyses, free trade zones, WTO and EU case studies.
• 3. Market extension - liberalization, defragmentation, and industrial restructuring in theory and practice of the EU. Economic effects of antimonopoly policy.
• 4. Economic growth effects and integration of factors’ market – short-time effects in Sollow analysis, long-time effects and know-how.
• 5. Common agriculture policy – objectives and former aims, problems, reforms and its impacts. Cost-benefit analyses of CAP, proposals and possibilities of further development.
• 6. Regional policy and transport policy – problem of cohesion, geographical singularities and its economic aspects. Costs and benefits of cohesion policies.
• 7. Monetary history of Europe – gold standard, Bretton-Woods, monetary integration. Exchange rate policy and common monetary policy.
• 8. European monetary system EMS – conception, expectations, results, crises. Theory and practice of fixed exchange rate policy of EU countries.
• 9. Optimal currency areas theory – definition, problems, criteria. Empirical analyses of the European Union as currency area, measurement, perspectives.
• 10. European monetary union – Maastricht Treaty, objectives and aims of common monetary policy. European system of central banks – targets, instruments, and strategies, independency of the ECB.
• 11. Fiscal policy and Stability and Growth Pact – national fiscal policies within EMU, externalities, SGP principles, its impacts.
• 12. Financial markets in Euro zone – financial institutions and markets, international signification of the common currency.
• 13. Economic integration and labour market problems – national labour markets and integration impacts, institutions of labour markets, theory and practice of European model.

Literature

required literature
• BALDWIN, Richard E. and Charles WYPLOSZ. Ekonomie evropské integrace. Translated by Stanislav Šaroch. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2008, 478 s. ISBN 9788024718071. info
• BALDWIN, Richard E. and Charles WYPLOSZ. The economics of European integration. 3rd ed. London: McGraw-Hill, 2009, xx, 458. ISBN 9780077121631. info

recommended literature
• EL-AGRAA, A.M. The European Union. Economics and Policies. Harlow: Prentice Hall, 2004. info
• SLANÝ, Antonín. Makroekonomická analýza a hospodářská politika (Macroeconomic Analysis and Economic Policy.). 1st ed. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2003, 380 pp. EU 22. ISBN 80-7179-738-3. info
• BALDWIN, Richard E. and Charles WYPLOSZ. The economics of European integration. London: McGraw-Hill, 2004, xx, 458. ISBN 0077103947. info
• MOLLE, Willem T.M. The economics of European integration :theory, practice, policy. 4th ed. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001, xiii, 548. ISBN 0-7546-2195-2. info

Teaching methods

Lectures and class discussions on seminars based on pre-reading of primary sources.

Assessment methods

During semester students elaborate on seminar works which are discussed in seminars. Control test are written in 7th and 13th week. Results of the seminar work as well as of control tests are a part of final evaluation. Final exam is verbal.

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 PEHPEU.
Credit evaluation note: k=2,7.

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.

MPE_EKEI Economics of European Integration

Extent and Intensity

2/2/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Tomáš Paleta, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Tomáš Paleta, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Veronika Vlková (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, 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

Thu 9:20–11:00 P104

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

MPE_EKEI/01: Thu 11:05–12:45 P403, T. Paleta
MPE_EKEI/02: Thu 18:00–19:35 P106, V. Vlková
MPE_EKEI/03: Fri 9:20–11:00 P201

Prerequisites

! PEHPEU Economic Policy of the EU
Previous completing of Economic Policy 1, Macroeconomics 2, and Microeconomics 2 is supposed. The course is intended for the second grade of full-time studies in the field of study Economics, Economic Policy, and Economic Policy and International Relations.

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

there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

This course familiarises students with philosophy, mechanisms and institutions of the common macroeconomic policy of the EU. Lectures combine theoretical premises with their practical implementation and thus enable the student to assume an analytical attitude to the individual measures and judge them critically. The course is classified into the topic areas according to economic and political fields: it gradually covers trade and customs policy, agricultural policy, structural policy, policy of economic competition, transportation policy, environmental policy and social policy. Special emphasis is placed on monetary policy, particularly on the conditions of functioning of Economic and Monetary Union, previous experience and its future perspectives. Throughout the course, the process of enlargement (i.e. the area of regional and cohesion policy) and reforms of EU institutions are explored.
The course is organised in the form of lectures and seminars; the lectures offer a review of the appropriate topics and the subject matter is further analysed and discussed in seminars. Students are asked to prepare brief, specialised seminar papers. Credit requirements: active participation in seminars, seminar paper defence.
Learning objectives:
* to understand the basic tendencies of the EU economic systems’ development;
* to learn historical context of European integration from the economic point of view;
* to analyze basic macroeconomic as well as microeconomic contingencies of the European integration;
* to delineate and analyze benefits and costs of integration process.

Syllabus

• 1. Microeconomics of European integration – basic instruments in theory and practice, graphic analyses, tariff barriers, protectionism and its costs.
• 2. Preferential liberalization – analyses of discriminatory liberalization, customs union analyses, free trade zones, WTO and EU case studies.
• 3. Market extension - liberalization, defragmentation, and industrial restructuring in theory and practice of the EU. Economic effects of antimonopoly policy.
• 4. Economic growth effects and integration of factors’ market – short-time effects in Sollow analysis, long-time effects and know-how.
• 5. Common agriculture policy – objectives and former aims, problems, reforms and its impacts. Cost-benefit analyses of CAP, proposals and possibilities of further development.
• 6. Regional policy and transport policy – problem of cohesion, geographical singularities and its economic aspects. Costs and benefits of cohesion policies.
• 7. Monetary history of Europe – gold standard, Bretton-Woods, monetary integration. Exchange rate policy and common monetary policy.
• 8. European monetary system EMS – conception, expectations, results, crises. Theory and practice of fixed exchange rate policy of EU countries.
• 9. Optimal currency areas theory – definition, problems, criteria. Empirical analyses of the European Union as currency area, measurement, perspectives.
• 10. European monetary union – Maastricht Treaty, objectives and aims of common monetary policy. European system of central banks – targets, instruments, and strategies, independency of the ECB.
• 11. Fiscal policy and Stability and Growth Pact – national fiscal policies within EMU, externalities, SGP principles, its impacts.
• 12. Financial markets in Euro zone – financial institutions and markets, international signification of the common currency.
• 13. Economic integration and labour market problems – national labour markets and integration impacts, institutions of labour markets, theory and practice of European model.

Literature

required literature
• BALDWIN, Richard E. and Charles WYPLOSZ. Ekonomie evropské integrace. Translated by Stanislav Šaroch. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2008, 478 s. ISBN 9788024718071. info
• BALDWIN, Richard E. and Charles WYPLOSZ. The economics of European integration. 3rd ed. London: McGraw-Hill, 2009, xx, 458. ISBN 9780077121631. info

recommended literature
• EL-AGRAA, A.M. The European Union. Economics and Policies. Harlow: Prentice Hall, 2004. info
• SLANÝ, Antonín. Makroekonomická analýza a hospodářská politika (Macroeconomic Analysis and Economic Policy.). 1st ed. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2003, 380 pp. EU 22. ISBN 80-7179-738-3. info
• BALDWIN, Richard E. and Charles WYPLOSZ. The economics of European integration. London: McGraw-Hill, 2004, xx, 458. ISBN 0077103947. info
• MOLLE, Willem T.M. The economics of European integration :theory, practice, policy. 4th ed. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001, xiii, 548. ISBN 0-7546-2195-2. info

Teaching methods

Lectures and class discussions on seminars based on pre-reading of primary sources.

Assessment methods

During semester students elaborate on seminar works which are discussed in seminars. Control test are written in 7th and 13th week. Results of the seminar work as well as of control tests are a part of final evaluation. Final exam is verbal.

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 PEHPEU.
Credit evaluation note: k=2,7.

MPE_EKEI Economics of European Integration

Extent and Intensity

2/2/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Tomáš Paleta, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Veronika Vlková (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, 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

Thu 9:20–11:00 P104

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

MPE_EKEI/01: Thu 11:05–12:45 P403, M. Kvizda
MPE_EKEI/02: Thu 18:00–19:35 P106, T. Paleta
MPE_EKEI/03: Fri 9:20–11:00 P201, V. Vlková

Prerequisites

! PEHPEU Economic Policy of the EU
Previous completing of Economic Policy 1, Macroeconomics 2, and Microeconomics 2 is supposed. The course is intended for the second grade of full-time studies in the field of study Economics, Economic Policy, and Economic Policy and International Relations.

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

• Economics (programme ESF, M-EKT)
• Economics (programme ESF, N-EKT)
• Economic Policy and International Relations (programme ESF, N-HPS)
• Economic Policy (programme ESF, M-HPS)
• Economic Policy (programme ESF, N-HPS)

Course objectives

This course familiarises students with philosophy, mechanisms and institutions of the common macroeconomic policy of the EU. Lectures combine theoretical premises with their practical implementation and thus enable the student to assume an analytical attitude to the individual measures and judge them critically. The course is classified into the topic areas according to economic and political fields: it gradually covers trade and customs policy, agricultural policy, structural policy, policy of economic competition, transportation policy, environmental policy and social policy. Special emphasis is placed on monetary policy, particularly on the conditions of functioning of Economic and Monetary Union, previous experience and its future perspectives. Throughout the course, the process of enlargement (i.e. the area of regional and cohesion policy) and reforms of EU institutions are explored.
The course is organised in the form of lectures and seminars; the lectures offer a review of the appropriate topics and the subject matter is further analysed and discussed in seminars. Students are asked to prepare brief, specialised seminar papers. Credit requirements: active participation in seminars, seminar paper defence.
Learning objectives:
* to understand the basic tendencies of the EU economic systems’ development;
* to learn historical context of European integration from the economic point of view;
* to analyze basic macroeconomic as well as microeconomic contingencies of the European integration;
* to delineate and analyze benefits and costs of integration process.

Syllabus

• 1. Microeconomics of European integration – basic instruments in theory and practice, graphic analyses, tariff barriers, protectionism and its costs.
• 2. Preferential liberalization – analyses of discriminatory liberalization, customs union analyses, free trade zones, WTO and EU case studies.
• 3. Market extension - liberalization, defragmentation, and industrial restructuring in theory and practice of the EU. Economic effects of antimonopoly policy.
• 4. Economic growth effects and integration of factors’ market – short-time effects in Sollow analysis, long-time effects and know-how.
• 5. Common agriculture policy – objectives and former aims, problems, reforms and its impacts. Cost-benefit analyses of CAP, proposals and possibilities of further development.
• 6. Regional policy and transport policy – problem of cohesion, geographical singularities and its economic aspects. Costs and benefits of cohesion policies.
• 7. Monetary history of Europe – gold standard, Bretton-Woods, monetary integration. Exchange rate policy and common monetary policy.
• 8. European monetary system EMS – conception, expectations, results, crises. Theory and practice of fixed exchange rate policy of EU countries.
• 9. Optimal currency areas theory – definition, problems, criteria. Empirical analyses of the European Union as currency area, measurement, perspectives.
• 10. European monetary union – Maastricht Treaty, objectives and aims of common monetary policy. European system of central banks – targets, instruments, and strategies, independency of the ECB.
• 11. Fiscal policy and Stability and Growth Pact – national fiscal policies within EMU, externalities, SGP principles, its impacts.
• 12. Financial markets in Euro zone – financial institutions and markets, international signification of the common currency.
• 13. Economic integration and labour market problems – national labour markets and integration impacts, institutions of labour markets, theory and practice of European model.

Literature

required literature
• BALDWIN, Richard E. and Charles WYPLOSZ. Ekonomie evropské integrace. Translated by Stanislav Šaroch. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2008, 478 s. ISBN 9788024718071. info
• BALDWIN, Richard E. and Charles WYPLOSZ. The economics of European integration. 3rd ed. London: McGraw-Hill, 2009, xx, 458. ISBN 9780077121631. info

recommended literature
• EL-AGRAA, A.M. The European Union. Economics and Policies. Harlow: Prentice Hall, 2004. info
• SLANÝ, Antonín. Makroekonomická analýza a hospodářská politika (Macroeconomic Analysis and Economic Policy.). 1st ed. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2003, 380 pp. EU 22. ISBN 80-7179-738-3. info
• BALDWIN, Richard E. and Charles WYPLOSZ. The economics of European integration. London: McGraw-Hill, 2004, xx, 458. ISBN 0077103947. info
• MOLLE, Willem T.M. The economics of European integration :theory, practice, policy. 4th ed. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001, xiii, 548. ISBN 0-7546-2195-2. info

Teaching methods

Lectures and class discussions on seminars based on pre-reading of primary sources.

Assessment methods

During semester students elaborate on seminar works which are discussed in seminars. Control test are written in 7th and 13th week. Results of the seminar work as well as of control tests are a part of final evaluation. Final exam is verbal.

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 PEHPEU.
Credit evaluation note: k=2,7.

MPE_EKEI Economics of European Integration

Extent and Intensity

2/2/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Tomáš Paleta, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Veronika Vlková (assistant)

Guaranteed by

prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D.
Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Lydie Pravdová

Timetable

Thu 9:20–11:00 P104

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

MPE_EKEI/01: Thu 11:05–12:45 P403, M. Kvizda
MPE_EKEI/02: Wed 12:50–14:30 S310, T. Paleta

Prerequisites

! PEHPEU Economic Policy of the EU
Previous completing of Economic Policy, Macroeconomics II, and Microeconomics II is supposed. The course is intended for the second grade of full-time studies in the field of study Economics or Economic Policy.

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

• Economics (programme ESF, M-EKT)
• Economics (programme ESF, N-EKT)
• Economic Policy and International Relations (programme ESF, N-HPS)
• Economic Policy (programme ESF, M-HPS)
• Economic Policy (programme ESF, N-HPS)

Course objectives

This course familiarises students with philosophy, mechanisms and institutions of the common macroeconomic policy of the EU. Lectures combine theoretical premises with their practical implementation and thus enable the student to assume an analytical attitude to the individual measures and judge them critically. The course is classified into the topic areas according to economic and political fields: it gradually covers trade and customs policy, agricultural policy, structural policy, policy of economic competition, transportation policy, environmental policy and social policy. Special emphasis is placed on monetary policy, particularly on the conditions of functioning of Economic and Monetary Union, previous experience and its future perspectives. Throughout the course, the process of enlargement (i.e. the area of regional and cohesion policy) and reforms of EU institutions are explored.
The course is organised in the form of lectures and seminars; the lectures offer a review of the appropriate topics and the subject matter is further analysed and discussed in seminars. Students are asked to prepare brief, specialised seminar papers. Credit requirements: active participation in seminars, seminar paper defence.
Learning objectives:
* to understand the basic tendencies of the EU economic systems’ development;
* to learn historical context of European integration from the economic point of view;
* to analyze basic macroeconomic as well as microeconomic contingencies of the European integration;
* to delineate and analyze benefits and costs of integration process.

Syllabus

• 1. Microeconomics of European integration – basic instruments in theory and practice, graphic analyses, tariff barriers, protectionism and its costs.
• 2. Preferential liberalization – analyses of discriminatory liberalization, customs union analyses, free trade zones, WTO and EU case studies.
• 3. Market extension - liberalization, defragmentation, and industrial restructuring in theory and practice of the EU. Economic effects of antimonopoly policy.
• 4. Economic growth effects and integration of factors’ market – short-time effects in Sollow analysis, long-time effects and know-how.
• 5. Common agriculture policy – objectives and former aims, problems, reforms and its impacts. Cost-benefit analyses of CAP, proposals and possibilities of further development.
• 6. Regional policy and transport policy – problem of cohesion, geographical singularities and its economic aspects. Costs and benefits of cohesion policies.
• 7. Monetary history of Europe – gold standard, Bretton-Woods, monetary integration. Exchange rate policy and common monetary policy.
• 8. European monetary system EMS – conception, expectations, results, crises. Theory and practice of fixed exchange rate policy of EU countries.
• 9. Optimal currency areas theory – definition, problems, criteria. Empirical analyses of the European Union as currency area, measurement, perspectives.
• 10. European monetary union – Maastricht Treaty, objectives and aims of common monetary policy. European system of central banks – targets, instruments, and strategies, independency of the ECB.
• 11. Fiscal policy and Stability and Growth Pact – national fiscal policies within EMU, externalities, SGP principles, its impacts.
• 12. Financial markets in Euro zone – financial institutions and markets, international signification of the common currency.
• 13. Economic integration and labour market problems – national labour markets and integration impacts, institutions of labour markets, theory and practice of European model.

Literature

• BALDWIN, Richard E. and Charles WYPLOSZ. The economics of European integration. London: McGraw-Hill, 2004, xx, 458. ISBN 0077103947. info
• MOLLE, Willem T.M. The economics of European integration :theory, practice, policy. 4th ed. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001, xiii, 548. ISBN 0-7546-2195-2. info
• EL-AGRAA, A.M. The European Union. Economics and Policies. Harlow: Prentice Hall, 2004. info
• SLANÝ, Antonín. Makroekonomická analýza a hospodářská politika (Macroeconomic Analysis and Economic Policy.). 1st ed. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2003, 380 pp. EU 22. ISBN 80-7179-738-3. info

Teaching methods

Lectures and class discussions on seminars based on pre-reading of primary sources

Assessment methods

During semester students elaborate on seminar works which are discussed in seminars. Control test are written in 7th and 13th week. Results of the seminar work as well as of control tests are a part of final evaluation. Final exam is verbal.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
General note: Nezapisují si studenti, kteří absolvovali předmět PEHPEU.
Credit evaluation note: k=2,7.

MPE_EKEI Economics of European Integration

Extent and Intensity

2/1/0. 10 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. et Ing. Šárka Nedělová (seminar tutor)
Ing. Tomáš Paleta, Ph.D. (assistant)

Guaranteed by

prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D.
Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Lydie Pravdová

Timetable

Thu 9:20–11:00 P104

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

MPE_EKEI/01: each odd Thursday 11:05–12:45 P403, M. Kvizda, Š. Nedělová
MPE_EKEI/02: each even Thursday 11:05–12:45 P403, M. Kvizda, Š. Nedělová

Prerequisites

! PEHPEU Economic Policy of the EU
Previous completing of Economic Policy, Macroeconomics II, and Microeconomics II is supposed. The course is intended for the second grade of full-time studies in the field of study Economics or Economic Policy.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.

Course objectives

This course familiarises students with philosophy, mechanisms and institutions of the common macroeconomic policy of the EU. Lectures combine theoretical premises with their practical implementation and thus enable the student to assume an analytical attitude to the individual measures and judge them critically. The course is classified into the topic areas according to economic and political fields: it gradually covers trade and customs policy, agricultural policy, structural policy, policy of economic competition, transportation policy, environmental policy and social policy. Special emphasis is placed on monetary policy, particularly on the conditions of functioning of Economic and Monetary Union, previous experience and its future perspectives. Throughout the course, the process of enlargement (i.e. the area of regional and cohesion policy) and reforms of EU institutions are explored.
The course is organised in the form of lectures and seminars; the lectures offer a review of the appropriate topics and the subject matter is further analysed and discussed in seminars. Students are asked to prepare brief, specialised seminar papers. Credit requirements: active participation in seminars, seminar paper defence.
Learning objectives:
* to understand the basic tendencies of the EU economic systems’ development;
* to learn historical context of European integration from the economic point of view;
* to analyze basic macroeconomic as well as microeconomic contingencies of the European integration;
* to delineate and analyze benefits and costs of integration process.

Syllabus

• 1. Microeconomics of European integration – basic instruments in theory and practice, graphic analyses, tariff barriers, protectionism and its costs.
• 2. Preferential liberalization – analyses of discriminatory liberalization, customs union analyses, free trade zones, WTO and EU case studies.
• 3. Market extension - liberalization, defragmentation, and industrial restructuring in theory and practice of the EU. Economic effects of antimonopoly policy.
• 4. Economic growth effects and integration of factors’ market – short-time effects in Sollow analysis, long-time effects and know-how.
• 5. Common agriculture policy – objectives and former aims, problems, reforms and its impacts. Cost-benefit analyses of CAP, proposals and possibilities of further development.
• 6. Regional policy and transport policy – problem of cohesion, geographical singularities and its economic aspects. Costs and benefits of cohesion policies.
• 7. Monetary history of Europe – gold standard, Bretton-Woods, monetary integration. Exchange rate policy and common monetary policy.
• 8. European monetary system EMS – conception, expectations, results, crises. Theory and practice of fixed exchange rate policy of EU countries.
• 9. Optimal currency areas theory – definition, problems, criteria. Empirical analyses of the European Union as currency area, measurement, perspectives.
• 10. European monetary union – Maastricht Treaty, objectives and aims of common monetary policy. European system of central banks – targets, instruments, and strategies, independency of the ECB.
• 11. Fiscal policy and Stability and Growth Pact – national fiscal policies within EMU, externalities, SGP principles, its impacts.
• 12. Financial markets in Euro zone – financial institutions and markets, international signification of the common currency.
• 13. Economic integration and labour market problems – national labour markets and integration impacts, institutions of labour markets, theory and practice of European model.

Literature

• BALDWIN, Richard E. and Charles WYPLOSZ. The economics of European integration. London: McGraw-Hill, 2004, xx, 458. ISBN 0077103947. info
• MOLLE, Willem T.M. The economics of European integration :theory, practice, policy. 4th ed. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001, xiii, 548. ISBN 0-7546-2195-2. info
• EL-AGRAA, A.M. The European Union. Economics and Policies. Harlow: Prentice Hall, 2004. info
• SLANÝ, Antonín. Makroekonomická analýza a hospodářská politika (Macroeconomic Analysis and Economic Policy.). 1st ed. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2003, 380 pp. EU 22. ISBN 80-7179-738-3. info

Teaching methods

Lectures and class discussions on seminars based on pre-reading of primary sources

Assessment methods

During semester students elaborate on seminar works which are discussed in seminars. Control test are written in 7th and 13th week. Results of the seminar work as well as of control tests are a part of final evaluation. Final exam has a form of colloquium.

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 PEHPEU.
Credit evaluation note: k=2,7.

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