Economics

The course cannot be taken simultaneously with:

Economy (D16EK)
Economics (16EK)

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Department of Economics, Management and Humanities

Synopsis:

Basic economic terms, market, law of demand, law of supply, market equilibrium, price regulation, price and income elasticities, consumer behavior, producer behavior, cost, revenue, profit, market failure, monopoly, government macroeconomic policy, gross domestic product, multipliers, money, inflation, banking system, monetary policy, labor market, business cycle, fiscal policy, foreign trade policy, comparative advantage, CR and EU, euro.

Requirements:

https://ekonom.feld.cvut.cz/web/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=7&Itemid=236

Syllabus of lectures:

1.Economics. Basic terms.

2.Market. Demand and supply.

3.Consumer behavior.

4.Producer behavior. Cost and revenue.

5.Producer behavior. Profit maximization.

6.Market failure. Monopoly, oligopoly, monopolistic competititon.

7.Principles of macroeconomics. Government economic policy. Theoretical concepts.

8.Gross domestic product - definition and computation.

9.Expenditures on gross domestic product.

10.Money. Inflation. Banking system. Monetary policy.

11.Labor market. Unemployment.

12.Business cycle.

13.Fiscal policy. Government budget. Public debt.

14.Foreign trade policy. CR and European Union. Euro.

Syllabus of tutorials:

1.Contemporary issues of economics.

2.Demand and supply curves. Market equilibrium. Price and income elasticity of demand.

3.Indifference curves. Budget constraint.

4.Production function. Cost and revenue of the firm.

5.Profit maximization.

6.Monopoly, oligopoly, monopolistic competition.

7.Aggregate demand and supply.

8.Diamonds.

9.Inflation. Consumer basket. Consumer price index.

10.Monetary policy.

11.Labor market. Unemployment. Business Cycle.

12.Fiscal policy.

13.Foreign trade policy.

14.CR and European union. Euro.

Study Objective:

Study materials:

1.Fialova H., Jandera J., ECONOMICS (handouts)

2. Frank R.H., Bernanke B.S:, PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS, McGraw-Hill, 3.Ed. 2005

3. Fialová H., Fiala J., MALÝ EKONOMICKÝ SLOVNÍK s výkladem v češtině a v angličtině, A plus, Praha 2006

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans: