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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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A - Introduction to economics B - Microeconomics 1. market mechanism: supply and demand, market equilibrium 2. consumer behaviour: cardinal and ordinal utility theory 3. firm behavior: cost analysis in the short and long term 4. factors of production: labor market, capital market C - Macroeconomics 1. macroeconomic pentagon: economic growth, price stability, high employment, balanced public budgets, balance of trade 2. performance of the economy and its changes: indicators (gross / net domestic / national product) and methods of measurement, economic cycle 3. money, currency, price stability 4. analysis of (un) employment: classification, characteristics, consequences of unemployment 5. fiscal policy: tools and targets, the state budget (its function, structure, classification), taxes (tax systems, Laffer curve) 6. balance of payments and its structure D - Selected findings of behavioral economics
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Learning outcomes
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In basic economics course for non-economic disciplines, students learn the basic concepts, approaches and paradigms of mainstream economics as well as marginally of behavioral economics with the main objective to know how to apply this knowledge in both professional practice and personal life.
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Prerequisites
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Assessment methods and criteria
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To receive course credit, students must obtain at least 50 points out of 100 possible. Points can be earned as follows: - up to 20 points for active participation in seminars - up to 50 points in an oral examination demonstrating knowledge of important concepts and graphical apparatus (25 points from microeconomics topics and 25 points from macroeconomics topics) - up to 30 points from computational tests (15 points from microeconomics test and 15 points from macroeconomics test)
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Recommended literature
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Český statistický úřad.
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Holman, R. Ekonomie: Sbírka řešených otázek a příkladů. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2016, ISBN 978-80-7400-615-9. 2016.
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HOLMAN, Robert. Ekonomie. 5. vyd.. Praha: C.H.Beck, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7400-006-5.
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KRAFT, Jiří, Pavla BEDNÁŘOVÁ a Aleš KOCOUREK. Ekonomie I. Technická univerzita v Liberci, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7372-998-1.
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Povolná, L. Obecná ekonomie. UJEP, Ústí nad Labem, 2013.
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Simotová, V. Makroekonomie.
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Simotová, V. Mikroekonomie.
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Šetek, D. Mikro a makroekonomie pro všechny.
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