114-0314/04 – International Economics (ME)
Gurantor department | Department of Economics | Credits | 4 |
Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Martin Hodula, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Martin Hodula, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory type B |
Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2011/2012 | Year of cancellation | |
Intended for the faculties | EKF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
- To analyze development trends of world economy in a theoretical form.
- To explain contemporary models of foreign trade.
- To formulate monetary models of international relations.
- To identify particularities of production factors' international movement.
- To evaluate processes of integration and differentiation in international relations.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Seminars
Summary
Explanation of theories of international economics and its application on the
essential problems in world economy development.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
Active participation in seminars, study of recommended literature.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1st Introduction to the study. Determination of conditions of course. analysis literature. Entering tasks.
2nd Methodological problems of the world economy. The world economy as theoretical problem. Development of views on the world economy.
3rd International comparisons of economic - quality problems. theory
comparison. International economic systems.
4th International comparisons of economic - quantitative problems. problem measurements. The system of economic accounts. The problem of transfer values.
5th The development of theories of international trade. The emergence of international trade theory. Development theories in the 19th century. Development theories in the 20th century.
6th The theory of free trade. A. Smith. D. Ricardo. J. S. Mill. G. Haberler.
Heckscher - Ohlin theory.
7th Protectionist theories of international trade. F. List. J. Carey.
Keynesian concept of protectionism. The theory of peripheral economies and new economic order.
8th The issue of exchange rates. The development of the international monetary system. types courses.
9th Theory of balance of payments. The balance of payments as an economic category. The structure of the balance of payments. Accounting for the balance of payments.
10th Compensatory processes in the balance of payments. Price compensatory processes. Foreign exchange balancing processes.
11th International movement of factors of production. International capital movements and workforce.
12th International economic institutions. Territorial economic organization.
World Bank, IMF, WTO.
13th Theory of integration processes. The concept of integration processes. types integration associations. Territorial integration.
14th International integration processes. EU, NAFTA, ASEAN, SELA.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction