120-0364/01 – Economics of European Integration (EEI)
| Gurantor department | Department of International Economic Relations | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | Ing. Boris Navrátil, CSc. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Boris Navrátil, CSc. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 2 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | EKF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The course highlights not only all the basic aspects of the European integration project, but also the transformations of processes, policies, European integration governance, reflecting the historical context of the EC / EU as well as external influences typical of the current world economy. The interpretation is continuously updated to explain new economic policy mechanisms (eg the European Semester) related to the overcoming of macroeconomic imbalances and is complemented by their impact on the economic policy of the Czech Republic.
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Summary
Subject comprehensively covers the issue of European integration. It focuses both on the historical motivations for the creation of the European integration project, but also on the development of its institutions and decision-making processes, as well as on selected parts of the economy supported by an analysis of the economic consequences of integration and the design of existing micro- and macroeconomic policies.
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Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Credit - active participation in seminars, presentation, credit test
Exam - oral exam
E-learning
Course is supported by LMS Moodle.
Other requirements
Active access to current sources of information
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. General Theoretical Foundations of European Integration - Definitions, Motives, Forms. Bela Balassa and his contribution.
2. The development and stages of European economic integration since World War II, its current state and perspectives.
3. Economic governance - definitions, principles, applications in the European Union.
4. Common economic policy approaches to tackling the global financial and economic crisis, transforming governance in Europe.
5. Anti-crisis measures and their impact in selected European economies. European semester. Warning mechanism against macroeconomic imbalances. In-depth reviews.
6. Macroeconomics of monetary integration, crisis of the European Monetary Union and its solution. Bank Union, Union of Securities.
7. Fiscal Policy in Economic and Monetary Union - Sharing Fiscal Responsibility. Fiscal Union.
8. Microeconomics of European Integration - Internal Policies of the European Union - Structure, Objectives, Tools, Need for Reforms.
9. The internal market of the European Economic Area, the anti-competitive economy - competition policy and consumer protection policy.
10. Microeconomic policies of the European Union - commercial, agricultural, fisheries.
11. Microeconomic policies of the European Union - transport, energy, environmental protection.
12. Economic, social and territorial cohesion in the European Union. EU Cohesion Policy.
13. Regional aspects of structural policy in the European Union - use of structural and investment funds.
14. Challenges of the expanding European Union in the context of deepening globalization. European Neighborhood Policy.
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