Macroeconomics - AB501015
Title: Macroeconomics
Guaranteed by: Department of Economics and Management (837)
Faculty: Central University Departments of UCT Prague
Actual: from 2020
Semester: summer
Points: summer s.:6
E-Credits: summer s.:6
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:2/2, C+Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited / unlimited (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
For type: Bachelor's
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: Pošta Vít doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Is interchangeable with: B501015
Examination dates   
Annotation
Last update: Pošta Vít doc. Ing. Ph.D. (13.01.2021)
The course deals with the analysis of aggregate demand, which is then extended by the issues of prices and labour market. The business cycle analysis is performed within the framework of AD-AS model. Finally, the course presents the basics of economic growth theory.
Literature
Last update: Pošta Vít doc. Ing. Ph.D. (11.09.2020)

R: Mankiw N G. Macroeconomics, 9th edition. Worth Publishers. 2018.

A: Dornbusch R, Fischer S, Startz R. Macroeconomics, 13th edition. McGraw-Hill Education. in print 2020

Requirements to the exam
Last update: Pošta Vít doc. Ing. Ph.D. (12.09.2023)

To be admitted to the exam the student needs to obtain at least 50 % of the points in two written assessements during the semestre. The first assessement has a weight of 35 % and the second assessement has a weight of 65 %. The second assessement may be retaken once. Then, the student needs to obtain at least 50 % of points in a written exam. The exam may be oral via MSTeams in case contact exam is not possible due to policy measures.
Syllabus
Last update: Pošta Vít doc. Ing. Ph.D. (11.09.2020)

1. GDP and national accounting.

2. Consumption.

3. Investment.

4. Foreign trade.

5. Government sector and fiscal policy.

6. Exchange rate.

7. Money market and monetary policy.

8. Inflation and rigidities.

9. Labor market.

10. Aggregate demand and aggregate supply.

11. Aggregate demand and aggregate supply and Phillips‘ curves.

12. Phillips‘ curves.

13. Solow model.

14. Solow model.

Course completion requirements
Last update: Pošta Vít doc. Ing. Ph.D. (12.09.2023)

To be admitted to the exam the student needs to obtain at least 50 % of the points in two written assessements during the semestre. The first assessement has a weight of 35 % and the second assessement has a weight of 65 %. The second assessement may be retaken once. Then, the student needs to obtain at least 50 % of points in a written exam. The exam may be oral via MSTeams in case contact exam is not possible due to policy measures.
Teaching methods
Activity Credits Hours
Účast na přednáškách 1 28
Příprava na přednášky, semináře, laboratoře, exkurzi nebo praxi 2 56
Příprava na zkoušku a její absolvování 2 56
Účast na seminářích 1 28
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