Advanced Macroeconomics – full-time study

Ing. Helena Horska, Ph.D.
horska@gmail.com
www.horska.com

 

Tuitions:

Time schedule:

  1. Macroeconomic Environment of Business. Data of macroeconomics -- source and information value. Basic and Chain Indexes.(Feb 20)
    Ch1_Macro_Indicators_Feb2012.pdf
  2.  Economic growth. Factors of economic growth. Potential output. Economic cycle. System of National Accounts. Macroeconomic equilibriums. Application of macroeconomic indicators. (Feb 27 & Mar 5)
    Ch2_Economic_growth_Feb2011.pdf
  3.  Stabilization Policy. Model of Aggregate Supply and Aggregate Demand. Internal Balance. Goals of Macroeconomic Policy. (Mar 5 & 12)
    Ch3_AD_AS_Feb2011.pdf
  4. Money and Inflation. Advantage and Disadvantage of Inflation. Inflationary and Disinflationary Policy. Monetary policy. Monetary Policy Regimes. Monetary Policy today. Mar 19 & 26)
    Ch4_MP_Mar2011.pdf
  5. Fiscal Policy. Public Budget - revenues and expenditures. Public Debt. Public Finance Reforms. (Apr 2 & 16)
    Ch5_FiscalPolicy_March11.pdf
  6. The Open Economy. Foreign Trade. International Finance. Balance of Payments. Exchange Rate. Exchange Rate Regimes. External Balance. Economic integration. (Apr 23, 30 & May 7)
    Ch6_Open_economy_Apr2011.pdf
  7. Labor Market. Unemployment. Phillips curve. (May 14 & 21)
    Ch7_Labor_market_april11.pdf
     

Exams:

  1. 1 mid-term exam (preliminary Apr 23; min 70%; 2 attempts) & students are expected to do the assigned readings and to participate in sections - PRESENTATIONS.
  2. final exam including a case study (min 70%; 3 attempts).
     

The exam terms are set in IS of SAVS and students are required to register.

Literature:

  • HORSKA H., www.horska.com
  • BERNANKE, B. S. -- FRANK, R. H. Principles of Economics. Fourth Edition. USA: McGraw-Hill, 2009. 836 s. ISBN 978-0-07-128542-1
  • a relevant literature listed in the handouts.

 

  • PASS, CH. – LOWES, B. – ROBINSON, A. Business and Macroeconomics. Routledge. 1995. ISBN 0-415-12400-X.
  • BURDA, M. --  WYPLOSZ, C. (2005) Macroeconomics. Oxford: Oxford, 572 s. ISBN 0-19-877650-0.
  • BALDWIN R.- WYPLOSZ, Ch. The Economics of European Integration. McGraw-Hill, 2nd edition. ISBN 978-0-07-711119-9.
  • MANKIW, N. Macroeconomics (Chapter 1-2 + Case Studies). New York: Worth Publishers, 2003. ISBN 0-71675-237-9.
  • ROMER, D. Advanced Macroeconomics. 4th edition. 2011. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-126786-7.
  • BLANCHARD, O. Macroeconomics Update. 5th edition. 2010. Prentice-Hall. 615 s. ISBN 0-13-215986-4.