Course: Economic Thinking for Environmental Professionals

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Course title Economic Thinking for Environmental Professionals
Course code KZP/0ETEP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Vosátka Jakub, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Overview 1. Fundamentals of economic thinking and decision-making 2. Microeconomics: supply and demand, consumer choice, firm behavior 3. Market structures: perfect competition, monopoly, oligopoly 4. Macroeconomics: GDP, inflation, unemployment, economic growth 5. Money, banking, and monetary policy 6. Government role and fiscal policy 7. International trade and exchange rates 8. Current economic issues and policy debates

Learning activities and teaching methods
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Recommended literature
  • Hoag, A. J., & Hoag, J. H. Introductory economics (4th ed.). Chennai: World Scientific, 2006.
  • Mankiw, N. G. Principles of microeconomics (8th ed.). CENGAGE Learning Custom Publishing, 2016.


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