114-0513/01 – International Economy (IE)

Gurantor department	Department of Economics	Credits	4
Subject guarantor	prof. Dr. Ing. Jan Libich	Subject version guarantor	prof. Dr. Ing. Jan Libich
Study level	undergraduate or graduate
		Study language	English
Year of introduction	2013/2014	Year of cancellation	2015/2016
Intended for the faculties	EKF	Intended for study types	Follow-up Master

Instruction secured by
Login	Name	Tuitor	Teacher giving lectures
LIB009	prof. Dr. Ing. Jan Libich
LOK02	Ing. Aleš Lokaj, Ph.D.

Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of study	Way of compl.	Extent
Full-time	Examination	2+1

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

Teaching methods

Lectures
Tutorials

Summary

Explanation of theories of international economics and its application on the essential problems in world economy development.

Compulsory literature:

Krugman, P.; Obstfeld M.; Melitz M.: International Economics, Pearson Addison-Wesley, 9th edition, 2011 ISBN 978-0273754091

Recommended literature:

Lawler, k. - Seddighi, H.: International Economics: Theories, Themes and Debates. Harlow, GB: Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2001 Obstfeld, M. - Rogoff, K.: Foundations of International Macroeconomics. MIT Press, 1996

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

E-learning

Other requirements

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. 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. 6th Theory of balance of payments. Balance of payments 7th World capital movements, theory and practice. International capital and economy. World center of capital exports. World Center of import of capital. 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. 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 Small economy and globalization. International institutions. Possible development strategy. 13th Conclusion: Development of a written cloister as a basis for credit.

Conditions for subject completion

Conditions for completion are defined only for particular subject version and form of study

Occurrence in study plans

Academic year	Programme	Branch/spec.	Spec.	Zaměření	Form	Study language	Tut. centre	Year	W	S	Type of duty

Occurrence in special blocks

Block name	Academic year	Form of study	Study language	Year	W	S	Type of block	Block owner
Incoming students	2013/2014	Full-time	Czech				Choice-compulsory	163 - International Office	stu. block

Assessment of instruction

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