114-0331/04 – World Economy for Macroeconomists (SENH)
| Gurantor department | Department of Economics | Credits | 4 |
| Subject guarantor | Ing. Martin Juroška, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Martin Juroška, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 3 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2010/2011 | Year of cancellation | 2011/2012 |
| Intended for the faculties | EKF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
- Describe basic attributes of world economy
- Discuss comodity and energy sources of the world
- Explain elementary causes of international trade and its forms
- Classify the forms of international production factors movement
- Describe the system of international organisations
- Clarify globalisation and integration processes
- Analyze actual processe in the world economy
Teaching methods
Lectures
Seminars
Summary
Explanation of selected problems of world economy in the context of
international economics theories.
Compulsory literature:
Literatura:
1. Ethier, W. J.: Moderne Außenwirtschafts Theorie. Oldenbourg Verlag,
München,
Wien 1994
2. Kindleberger, Ch. P.: Světová ekonomika. Praha, Academia 1978
3. Kol. autorů: Světová ekonomika na prahu 90. let. Bezděz, Bělá pod Bezdězem
1994
4. Varadzin, F.: Teorie světové ekonomiky. Ostrava, VŠB 1997
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
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.
2nd Characteristics of the global economy. Socio-economic and
teritorial division of the world - developed and developing countries. Developing World economy and its stage.
3rd The role of energy resources in the development of world economy (oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear, renewables).
4th Globalization trends in the global economy. Social and
economic problems - environmental, political relations, international economic contradictions.
5th Introduction to the theory of international trade. Causes of world trade. Development trends in world trade. The territorial and commodity structure. New phenomens in world trade. CR and world trade. Trends Foreign Trade CR. Export, import. International commitments, relationship to the WTO.
6th Theory of balance of payments. Balance of payments. Balance of payments CR and its basic problems.
7th World capital movements, theory and practice. International capital and economy. World center of capital exports. World Center of import of capital. International Capital and the CR.
8th Transnational corporations and their importance in the global economy. Development multinational corporations. The mechanism of the functioning of multinational corporations.
9th The world labor movement, theory and practice. Trends
migration, both developed and developing countries and labor migration. CR and abroad workforce.
10th International organizations and world economy. Organizations within the UN regional economic organizations, other economic organizations.
11th Theory of international integration. Basic theory of economic integration. Special integration processes in developed and developing countries.
12th CR and EU. CR and integration processes: development. Relationship Economics CR EU countries. Problems of integration into the EU.
13th CR and globalization processes. Small economy and globalization. Relationship CR international institutions. Possible development strategy.
14th Conclusion: Development of a written cloister as a basis for credit.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction