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Macroeconomics I - JEB009
Title: Makroekonomie I
Guaranteed by: Institute of Economic Studies (23-IES)
Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
Actual: from 2016
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 6
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/2, Ex [HT]
Capacity: 185 / 185 (100)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
Guarantor: PhDr. Michal Hlaváček, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): PhDr. Michal Hlaváček, Ph.D.
Mgr. Josef Švéda
Mgr. Anna Umlaufová
Class: Courses for LLEP
Incompatibility : JEB114
Pre-requisite : JEB004
Interchangeability : JEB114
Is incompatible with: JEB114
Is pre-requisite for: JEB016, JEB010
Is interchangeable with: JEB114
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Annotation -
The course introduces students to macroeconomic indicators and the system of national accounts. The behavior of the economy in both the long and short run is explained, with a particular focus on the business cycle and the creation, distribution and allocation of national income. Both the supply and demand sides of the economy are discussed. The second part of the course discusses the role of demand and supply of money and monetary policy.
Last update: Hlaváček Michal, PhDr., Ph.D. (22.09.2025)
Aim of the course -

Objective of this course is to familiarise students with basic macroeconomic theories.

Last update: Hlaváček Michal, PhDr., Ph.D. (21.04.2008)
Literature -

[1] Cahlík, Hlaváček, Seidler: Makroekonomie. Skripta Karolinum 1998.
[2] Burda-Wyplosz: Macroeconomics, a European Text. 1993.
[3] Barro: Macroeconomics. Fourth Edition. 1993

Last update: Hlaváček Michal, PhDr., Ph.D. (18.09.2012)
Teaching methods -

Lectures and seminars.

Last update: Hlaváček Michal, PhDr., Ph.D. (21.04.2008)
Requirements to the exam -

Please switch to the czech version.

Last update: SCHNELLEROVA (25.10.2019)
Syllabus -

(1) Definition of macroeconomics. Economic theories and models. Methods. Business cycle, price level and natural GDP, long and short run, price assumptions. Stabilization policy and opening up the economy. Measurement of economic activity, price changes and unemployment. Empirical relationships between variables.

(2) System of national accounts. Flow of funds. Input-output analysis.

(3) Basic models of aggregate supply - Business cycle models: Friedman model and Lucas model. Model with inelastic prices.

(4) General classical model: Classical sector for a two-sector economy.

(5) Economic growth: Solow growth model. Savings, growth and economic policy. Accounting for economic growth.

(6) Investment: Investment in fixed capital. Investment in housing construction. Investment in inventories.

(7) Effective demand. Income-expenditure model, fiscal policy multiplier.

(8) IS-LM model. The Role of Fiscal and Monetary Policy.

(9) AD-AS Model: AD Curve. The General Keynesian Model. Investment Trap and Liquidity Trap

(10) Demand for Money.

(11) Money Supply. Monetary Policy. I

(12) Money Supply. Monetary Policy. II

Last update: Hlaváček Michal, PhDr., Ph.D. (22.09.2025)
 
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